5 Questions for Miral Sattar from Bibliocrunch [INTERVIEW]
Host of November’s BookMachine NYC, Bree Weber, talks to speaker on the night Miral Sattar, founder of BiblioCrunch. Grab your tickets for BookMachine NYC here.…
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Technology still needs an audience
In a technological age we all have to think that little bit more about what we say, how we say it and where we say…
5 questions for Joe Regal from Zola Books [INTERVIEW]
Host of November’s BookMachine NYC, Bree Weber, talks to speaker on the night Joe Regal, co-founder of Zola Books. Grab your tickets for BookMachine NYC…
Independent Publishing: Scottish Literature and the Referendum [ESSAY]
In this essay, BookMachine contributor, Glasgow native and holder of two hitherto useless degrees in Scottish Literature Chris Ward attempts to explain some of the…
Finding gold in the backlist
Many will know I have an unashamed love for Haruki Murakami. So when I heard that his debut work, which is almost impossible to find…
Nielsen reveals further decline in print and books as gifts, rise in digital
We already know that print sales declined in 2013 (as they have year on year for a while now), dropping in value from £1.514 billion…
The Digital Challenge: Disintermediation [AN EXTRACT FROM ‘THE CONTENT MACHINE’]
This is an extract from The Content Machine: Towards a Theory of Publishing from the Printing Press to the Digital Network, by Michael Bhaskar. …
Two Sides to Every Story: London Book Fair through the eyes of a Fledgling Print Author and a Digital Native
Gill Guest (56) Gill Guest is an aspiring children’s author and sheep-keeper based in Shropshire. Previously a freelance garden journalist, her work has appeared in…
The Independent stops reviewing gender-specific kids’ books
In an editorial published yesterday, The Independent on Sunday’s literary editor Katy Guest outlined the manifold problems – artistic, societal and commercial – inherent in…
Authors Need to Know Their Rights
When it comes to working in the rights and licensing field it’s not uncommon to be bombarded with questions, especially from indie and self-published authors.…
The Author Earnings report: point/counterpoint
By now you’ve probably encountered self-published author Hugh Howey’s Author Earnings report – which debuted online yesterday – in some form or another, whether through…
5 questions for Jacks Thomas, Director of The London Book Fair [INTERVIEW]
Jacks Thomas is the Director of The London Book Fair and she will be BookMachine London’s speaker on 27th February. I caught up with her…
Marketing your book on a budget
Most authors do not have a fortune to invest in book publicity, but you’ll still want to ensure that your book launch is given the…
Literacy research: Is writing cool? [VIEWPOINT]
Tom Chalmers is Managing Director at IPR License. Is writing cool? Actually is the word cool cool? What exactly is cool anyway? Well not writing,…
5 Questions for Sarah Faulder [INTERVIEW]
The Publishers Licensing Society is run by the publishing industry, for the publishing industry, to support publishers in rights management. They are sponsors of BookMachine…
