If they search, they shall find… Amazon SEO hacks
Amazon has eclipsed Google and is now the # 1 destination for product search. With few shoppers looking beyond the 1st page of Amazon’s search…
Book Publishing Business
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Keeping publishing flexible through outsourcing: interview with Just Content
Melody Dawes is the Managing Director of Just Content. With 20 years’ experience in educational and academic publishing, she set up Just Content in 2013,…
Introducing the Crip Collective: interview with Ever Dundas
What is the Crip Collective? Crip Collective is an informal Facebook group for disabled people working in the publishing industry in the UK (including emerging…
Language barriers: navigating the world of publishing jargon
In the BookMachine Editorial Board, we’ve been discussing the barriers that prevent people getting into the publishing industry. One of the factors that keep outsiders…
Agile working: How SAGE’s agile office supports cross-team collaboration
One afternoon a few weeks ago I was in that state of high productivity which is fuelled by the panic of an upcoming holiday. On…
What can publishing do about climate breakdown?
Many of us are taking steps to reduce our individual impact on the environment – but how is the publishing industry as a whole responding…
Working together: the Calverts design and printing co-operative
Calverts is a graphic design and printing co-operative based in the East End of London. It was set up as a common ownership co-operative in…
A million downloads and counting: Beyond the Book podcast
In this interview, Christopher Kenneally of the Copyright Clearance Center takes us behind the scenes of the Beyond the Book podcast, which has been broadcasting…
Hatching a brand-new bookshop: interview with Pigeon Books
Melissa J. Davies describes the origin story of Pigeon Books, currently Southsea’s tiniest bookshop. It’s a pop-up shop at the moment, and hopes to have…
How to handle conversations that begin with “I have a good idea for a book”
Anne Trubek is the founder of Belt Publishing, a small press focused on quality non-fiction about the Rust Belt and Midwest. Her Notes from a Small…
Facebook Advertising: the small publisher’s secret weapon
Did you know the amount of time we spend on social media platforms each day has increased by a whopping 58% in the last 6…
Literacy matters: why we’re crowdfunding to bring more books to more people
Did you ever read a book that inspired a lifelong love of reading, propelled you into a new career or opened your eyes to a…
Love Audio Week: Celebrating audio publishers
Eliza Kavanagh is Communications Manager at the Publishers Association and has managed the Love Audio campaign since its inception in 2017. Love Audio Week is…
Velocity Press: interview with founder Colin Steven
Whatever else 2019 is offering us, one thing is certain: this is a great era for small-but-powerful publishing startups. In this interview, we meet Colin…
