Best of both worlds: Creating a combination career as a publicist and writer
The first steps in a career as a publicist I like control – in all areas of my life – but especially when it comes…
Book Publishing Business
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Diversity in Action: Interview with Leonie Annor-Owiredu
Following our interview with Jaheed Hussain, which sprang from a recent article in DesignWeek, entitled ‘Can the design industry’s diversity problem be fixed?’, we approached Leonie…
Creating a community for creatives of colour: Interview with Jaheed Hussain, founder of Fuse
After reading a recent article in DesignWeek, entitled ‘Can the design industry’s diversity problem be fixed?’, we approached Jaheed Hussain, who contributed to that piece,…
Just launched: The new virtual way to work as a team designed exclusively for publishing
Laura Summers runs BookMachine, our fast-growing global community and agency specialising in book publishing. Our mission is to provide publishing professionals with the knowledge, ideas…
How to help your team beat procrastination while we’re working from home
Those of us who are lucky enough to be able to work from home during this pandemic, to actually have the opportunity to keep earning…
The best leaders in publishing (and how to join them)
If you thought you were going to read about top leaders in our industry, think again! Firstly, ‘best’ is way too subjective a term, and…
Wednesday Wisdom: Live interview with Laurence Koster and Emma Hamilton Payton (Cambridge University Press & LDN Apprenticeships)
Catch up with our chat with Laurence Koster, Commissioning Editor at Cambridge University Press, and Emma Payton, an Assistant Editor apprentice working with Laurence and…
Black History Month UK: An interview with Abiola Bello and Helen Lewis
To mark Black History Month in October here in the UK, we chatted to publishing and entrepreneur extraordinaries Abiola Bello and Helen Lewis, founders of Hashtag…
Build the foundations, reduce the risk: Putting good royalty management at the heart of a publishing business
What makes a great publishing business? Bestselling books is one obvious answer. But what truly set the best publishers apart are their foundations: the robust…
How to keep your remote publishing teams motivated
Unprecedented times. Zoom fatigue. A longing to go back to the office. Sound familiar? This year is the year that everything changed and BookMachine has…
Wednesday Wisdom: Live interview with Sarah Benton (Orion Publishing Group)
Settle in and check out the recording of our super-inspiring live interview for all about management with Sarah Benton, Deputy MD at The Orion Publishing…
Wednesday Wisdom: Live interview with Darren Ryan (Deanta Global)
Learn more about managing international publishing teams in the replay of our live interview with Darren Ryan, Founder and CEO of Deanta Global. During the…
Desperately Seeking Susan: How marketing’s pursuit of the ‘ideal consumer’ is bad for diversity and worse for business
The Ideal Consumer Profile (ICP) has been a persistent and useful marketing mechanism: winnowing down the potential buyer into habits, demographics and needs that the…
The Best BookBub Ads of 2019
In 2019, thousands of authors and book marketers used BookBub Ads to promote books to BookBub’s millions of readers. To kick off BookMachine’s Marketing month, we…
Mindset: the shift from employment to self-employment
Laura Summers runs BookMachine, the fast-growing community and agency specialising in book publishing. Our mission is to provide every publishing professional in the UK knowledge,…
