How to use consumer insight to improve book sales [INTERVIEW]
This is a guest post from Louise Vinter. Louise is Head of Consumer Insight at Penguin Random House UK, having previously held the role at…
Book Publishing Business
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Climbing out of the Buzzword Trap
This is a guest post from Jasmin Kirkbride. Jasmin is a regular blogger for BookMachine and Editorial Assistant at Periscope Books (part of Garnet Publishing).…
All authors need the right representation
This is a guest post from Tom Chalmers, Managing Director at IPR License. Authors are more committed to their agent than to their publisher. That…
Corporate Social Responsibility: Not just for hippies
This is a guest post from Jasmin Kirkbride. Jasmin is a regular blogger for BookMachine and Editorial Assistant at Periscope Books (part of Garnet Publishing).…
How can I be better about asking for permissions?
This is a sponsored guest post from Jonathan Griffin. Jonathan is Deputy CEO of the Publishers Licensing Society. Requesting permission to reuse content for a…
5 Top tips to max your backlist
Leila Dewji, publishing entrepreneur, has launched I_AM Self-Publishing, which produces beautiful books and eBooks for self-publishing authors, agents, and media companies, and gives them the…
5 Questions for Deborah Emin about Amazon and publishing
This is a guest interview with Deborah Emin. Deborah began Sullivan Street Press as a way to change the publishing paradigm. An advocate also for…
Spanish start-up interview: SeeBook
SeeBook is a new publishing start-up that enables e-books to be sold in brick-and-mortar stores, given away as gifts or signed by the author. Rosa…
Why Americans Don’t Read Foreign Fiction [Discussion]
This is a guest post from Tom Chalmers, Managing Director at IPR License. Before Christmas I wrote about some of the issues surrounding books in…
Romancing the Reader – Relationship advice from the Mills & Boon archive
This is a guest post from Judith Watts. Judith lectures on the Publishing Masters at Kingston University where she is Co-Director of Kingston University Press. She…
Time to bury the ISBN?
This is a guest post from Ricardo Fayet. Ricardo is an avid reader and startup enthusiast who has been studying the publishing industry with interest…
AI Authors: Who owns the rights to the future?
This is a guest post from Jasmin Kirkbride. Jasmin is a regular blogger for BookMachine and Editorial Assistant at Periscope Books (part of Garnet Publishing).…
Making Love: What the Mills & Boon archive reveals about publishing relationships
This is a guest post from Abigail Barclay, Managing Consultant at Inspired Selection. Abigail is recruiting for a range of roles in professional publishing as…
What Can I Do With This Content? [INTERVIEW]
In the digital age, what steps can publishers take to protect their online content and future-proof their businesses? The proliferation of ‘free’ digital content has…
Is a royalty-only system the way forward for author payment?
Jasmin Kirkbride is BookMachine’s new blogger. Jasmin is the Editorial Intern at Tenebris Books. She is a freelance editor and published author. You can find…
