Interview with Senior Rights Manager Sarah Harvey
Sarah Harvey is Senior Rights Manager at Pan Macmillan where she sells translation rights around the world. She has previously worked in Rights at Hachette,…
Sales, rights and licensing
Why Amazon ebook market is not enough – go global!
PublishDrive is an ebook publishing service which supports the operational processes of small indie publishers and authors. Kinga Jentetics is CEO and co-founder of PublishDrive,…
The adaptation of books
One of the best experiences I get whilst doing the Translating the World Project is the little surprises that appear along the way. That’s the…
OWN IT! snaps up rights to debut novel by exciting new British voice JJ Bola
Crystal Mahey-Morgan at OWN IT! has won a keenly and closely contested auction to the very special debut novel ‘No Place to Call Home’ by…
A day in the life of a Sales Analyst
Naomi Peel moved from department store retail management to a MA Publishing degree at Kingston University where she developed an interest in data and the…
BookGig: The ‘publisher agnostic’ initiative launched by HarperCollins
A new initiative hit the book world this week: BookGig, ‘all the events from the authors you love’. What’s interesting about that? Well, it’s one…
Irish book sales up by 20% as feel-good factor returns to publishing
The book trade in Ireland is booming with sales up by more than 20 per cent to date this year. Here are some of the…
10 tips for bookselling from the shop floor
Chicken and Frog Bookshop is the only independent children’s bookshop in Essex. The family owned and run store opened its doors in October 2012. We…
Frankfurt Book Fair: A survival guide
It’s that time of year again. The Frankfurt Book Fair is upon us in all its quirky and miraculous Germanic splendour. The largest international book…
Savvy business snapshot: Bookspeed
Bookspeed specialise in building the perfect range of books and gifts for retailers. Lewis Dawson is Commercial Director and is responsible for all buying and…
Will Brexit destroy the publishing industry?
Sarah Harvey is Senior Rights Manager at Pan Macmillan* where she sells translation rights around the world. She has previously worked in Rights at Hachette,…
7 things your agent wants you to know
Thérèse Coen is Rights Agent at Hardman & Swainson Literary Agency. She handles translation rights for the agency’s clients in all foreign language territories, and is building…
Top 5 skills you need to survive a career in domestic rights
Jenna Brown is Rights Executive at Bloomsbury Publishing where she handles domestic rights. She’s also currently writing a young adult novel (all queries welcome!) 1) Organisation…
Translated literature: Is the buzz to be believed?
Jonathan Ruppin is Literary Director at digital start-up Orson & Co and the founder of the English PEN Translated Literature Book Club. He was a…
Where we read what: UK regions and their reading habits
While most popular books tend to have their sales spread throughout the country, I always find it interesting to look at how sales differ when…
