9 Questions for Eric Huang, Penguin Books [INTERVIEW]
A few weeks ago Eric Huang kindly answered some questions about his role at Penguin and how they are working and collaborating with new companies…
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5 top publishing partnerships and collaborations
In the run up to the launch of BookMachine.me I’ve picked out some of the top publishing partnerships and collaborations around. I hope it gives…
Penguin sues authors for advances. Books are a business.
‘I don’t get up in the morning and say: Am I inspired? …No, I’m not. I won’t work. ‘cos, God, how often would I ever…
4 questions for Caroline Crofts, UK Rights Manager for HarperCollins [INTERVIEW]
With Amazon announcing in early September that they were looking at novel serialisation, we got to wondering what goes into getting the content to you,…
Why I love the Man Booker Prize (and you should, too)
I try not to read the comments sections of a lot of websites because generally they are filled with postulating jerks who have glanced at…
Book Burning Back in Fashion with 50 Shades Libricide
There aren’t many people I know who have come away from reading 50 Shades of Grey feeling they have experienced a well-written, deeply thoughtful piece of…
6 questions for Wendy Toole of the SfEP [INTERVIEW]
The SfEP (Society for Editors and Proofreaders) was founded in 1988 and since then has nurtured and encouraged copy-editors and proofreaders both in and new to…
Would you sell advertising space in your book, app, or e-book?
Publishers generally don’t sell advertising space. There’s an underlying fear that this will have a negative impact on readers. What is this fear based on…
Are e-readers teaching us to read again? [INFOGRAPHIC]
A team of designers and researchers over at OnlineTeachingDegree.com have designed an infographic highlighting how they believe e-readers are inspiring us (or folks in the…
5 questions for Sarah Benton of Hot Key Books [INTERVIEW]
In the last 12 months Bonnier’s newest enterprise, Hot Key Books, has gone from boardroom idea to fully fledged business, currently supporting 17 people and…
Rise of the Machines: Amazon e-book sales pass print
It’s a moment everyone always knew was coming, and it’s finally here: Amazon said yesterday that sales of Kindle downloads have officially sailed past print…
Bring Your Own Technology
We keep hearing that America is a few years ahead of us in terms of technology. If this is the case then UK Publishers, Schools…
Should Children’s Books Come with Age Certifications?
This is a guest post from Margaret Eckel, who is a freelance PR Co-ordinator. You can find her on Linkedin and Twitter. Earlier this month…
The Inimitable Success of the Self-Published
There are quite a few authors around the world who have sold a lot of books on their own when they didn’t with publishers, and…
Mills & Boon empower women everywhere with digital erotica relaunch
In our latest instalment of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey, A-Hur-Hur-Hur’: venerable pensioner stimulators Mills & Boon have relaunched 12 backlist short stories on their digital-only…
