Startup snapshot: Write Track
Chris Smith is co-founder of Write Track with Bec Evans. He also runs a communications, content and digital marketing agency called Swarm and blogs about…
Self-publishing
Book Marketing Survey identifies the top 5 book promotional services
The latest Book Marketing Survey carried out by KindleBookReview provides a number of interesting insights into the best ways self-published authors should be promoting their…
Startup snapshot: iAuthor
Featured in The Bookseller, Digital Book World and GalleyCat, Adam Kolczynski is best known for iAuthor, the London-based startup. In tackling the perennial problem of…
Startup snapshot: Reedsy
Emmanuel Nataf is the CEO and Co-Founder of Reedsy, a community of publishing professionals creating amazing books. Here we interviewed him to catch-up with Reedsy developments.
Author-pays publishing: Sarah Barlow Scott interview
Sarah Barlow Scott is the founder of Barlow Books, a team of freelance editors, and experts in design, production and marketing. The team run their…
What are Words Worth? Falling author earnings and what we can do
Studies across the world have shown that authors’ earnings are falling fast. Authors remain the only essential part of the creation of a book and…
Independent thinking: Designing covers for self-publishers
You’ve finished! There it is, your first novel. Phew. Now it’s the easy bit, right? Just self-publish it and its ‘Kindle Million Club, here we…
How to write an author bio they’ll remember
This is a guest post by Rachelle Gardner, an agent with Books and Such Literary Agency. Rachelle is also an experienced book editor, publishing coach and speaker. Here…
A misnomer: why successful self-publishing is the opposite of going it alone
This is a Guest Post by Phil Williams on how collaboration is key to successful self-publishing. Phil is a writer and English tutor based in…
4 tips for hitting #1 on Amazon’s Best Seller list
This is a Guest Post by Angela Clarke on building author brands, social media and Amazon’s algorithm. Angela is the Amazon Fashion Chart bestselling author of Confessions of a Fashionista.…
The next 5 years of publishing: self-publishing, royalties and digital [OPINION]
In the run up to Publishing: the next 5 years, BookMachine will be featuring a number of opinions about what might be next for the…
On writing, marketing and self-publishing: Julia Roberts interview
Julia Roberts is a TV presenter and author. Julia has been working for QVC since its launch in 1993 and had her first book, the…
On being a Literary and Digital Consultant: Philippa Donovan interview
Philippa Donovan is an experienced Literary and Digital Consultant, who has been running Smart Quill Editorial for over 4 years. Here Norah Myers interviews Philipppa…
On being an Editorial Consultant: Cressida Downing interview
Cressida Downing has worked in bookselling and publishing for over twenty years. She started at Waterstones in Hampstead and then moved into publishing working at…
Authors marketing themselves online: the components of a strategy
Mike Shatzkin has been in publishing since 1962. Since 1979, Mike has been an independent consultant (The Idea Logical Company) with clients that have included…
