On being a literary agent at book fairs: Ella Kahn interview
Ella Kahn is co-founder and literary agent at Diamond Kahn & Woods, where she represents a wide range of children’s and YA fiction, and adult…
Sales, rights and licensing
5 tips for getting the most out of The London Book Fair
London Book Fair is the place for publishing people to be this April. If you are attending the fair, it is best to be prepared…
Intellectual property is a serious subject
This is a guest post from Tom Chalmers, Managing Director at IPR License, on the importance of IP and copyright to publishers now. Intellectual property (IP)…
Countdown to The London Book Fair
This is a guest post by Isheeta Mustafi, Editorial Director at RotoVision in Brighton. RotoVision is part of The Quarto Group’s co-edition arm, so rights…
10 tips for avoiding a riot on your book fair stand
In the run up to The London Book Fair 2016, we ran a series of posts on how to make the most of your visit to…
Kindle Instant Preview reinforces Amazon’s dominance
Ebook preview widgets have been around for quite awhile but when was the last time you saw one on a blog or website? I can’t…
Getting found in translation
In 2015 there was a much needed push for works in translation. In October Amazon announced it was making a $10m (£6.5m) investment in AmazonCrossing…
Seven tips for powering through permissions
After spending the past few months sourcing over 90 works of fiction, non-fiction and art for inclusion in Wellcome Collection’s new anthology, States of Mind:…
2016: A license to innovate
This is a guest post from Tom Chalmers, Managing Director at IPR License, on rights and licensing in 2016. The advent of any New Year…
Hope and Confidence: An optimistic future for publishing
Some weeks ago, I was explaining the returns system and how integral it had become to the industry to a friend. “I get it,” he…
It’s Not You, It’s Me: Is it time to divorce the returns system?
Publishing is an unusual industry in many ways, yet perhaps the most bizarre of its kinks is the returns system. Under this system, provided certain…
Publishers implanting technology both inside and outside their businesses
This is a guest post from Tom Chalmers, Managing Director at IPR License, on technology, rights and licensing. October was, as expected, a busy month…
Getting A Book Adapted into a Hollywood Film: Howard Kaplan interview
Howard Kaplan is the author of four novels, three published and one to be released around the time the Damascus Cover film (starring Jonathan Rhys…
On crowdfunding your way to a publishing deal
This is a Guest Post by freelance writer and journalist, Sabuhi Gard. Here Sabuhi tells us about her experience crowdfunding for her debut children’s picture book, The Valentine’s Day…
Frankfurt Survival Guide
It’s that time of year again when the publishing world heads off to Frankfurt for a few days of meetings, parties and other shenanigans. The…
