Seek permission before reproducing something
Tom Chalmers is Managing Director at IPR License. The writer Charles Caleb Colton once said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery but in…
Book Publishing Business
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5 Questions for Brett Sandusky [INTERVIEW]
Brett Sandusky is a maker of things, both digital and physical. He is the founder of bdigitil Media Labs, a consultancy which provides UX, product…
6 Questions for Eric Huang [INTERVIEW]
Eric Huang is Development Director at Made in Me, an award winning digital agency specialising in children’s entertainment and brand development. He’ll be our key…
Finding Feminism: A Woman In Publishing
or If I Was A Car, I Would Run You Down Four years ago, I would have probably said we don’t need feminism anymore. I…
5 Questions for Jamie McGarry of Valley Press [INTERVIEW]
Earlier this year, Valley Press published an anthology of short stories by writers under 25 featuring yours truly called Front Lines (here’s a review and here’s…
Navigating the collaborative whirlpool: five tips for gliding through challenging publishing projects
We’ve all encountered the notion that being thrown into the deep end of the pool is the most effective way to learn how to swim.…
5 Questions for Timo Boezeman [INTERVIEW]
Timo Boezeman is the Digital Publisher for De Arbeiderspers, one of the largest publishers in The Netherlands. He is involved in creating enhanced e-books, apps…
International Collaboration In Publishing: Why Being Old is a Good Thing
Note from the editor: If you’re free on Thursday 23rd May, please do join us at BookMachine Unplugged, as our top speakers discuss collaboration and…
The advent of online global platforms
Tom Chalmers is Managing Director at IPR License. Believe it or not it is 40 years, give or take a week, since the first mobile…
5 Questions for Anna Lewis [INTERVIEW]
Anna Lewis is our host at BookMachine Unplugged on the 23rd May– having successfully created Completely Novel (a publishing community) she is now co-founder of…
The Book is Dead. Long Live the Book
This is a guest post from Johnny Rich, author of The Human Script, published by Red Button Publishing I love books. I love the musk…
Fifty Shades of Backlist Fiction
This is a guest post from author Judith Summers, who is currently storming the Kindle charts with her book Dear Sister. I’ve been a No.5 …
The mysterious art of book rights
Tom Chalmers is Managing Director at IPR License. Are all authors fully aware of all the rights they hold to their work? Are too many…
Gender has no place in media coverage of book awards
The shortlist for one of the most coveted awards in science fiction was announced last week – the Arthur C. Clarke award for 2013 has…
Three Tips to Preparing for the Bookpocalypse
Last week’s IPG conference unearthed some strong criticisms of high street booksellers from Iain Dale. He slated WH Smith for their “marketing fee”, hit out…
