If 2020 was a currency, how would you spend it?
Aaarrrrgggghhh!!! January hasn’t even finished yet and the advice for this clean slate keeps coming. Set goals, create realistic targets, try ‘Veganuary’, participate in walking…
Success
How to get a promotion in publishing: your questions answered
On Wednesday 22 January, BookMachine hosted a live Wednesday Wisdom interview session with Suzy Astbury (MD, Inspired Selection), focusing on how to get promoted in…
Goal-setting that really works: a guide from Inspired Selection
Happy New Year! I love the start of a new year. It is like the smell of a brand new car or the start of…
New Year, New Financial Me: Top tips for 2020
It is that time of year for New Year’s Resolutions! How can you plan your financial 2020 resolutions best for success? From my experience as…
What I have learnt from working in recruitment for half a decade
Helen Harradine is well known to many of our readers as a regular attendee of BookMachine events. Helen is celebrating her fifth workiversary with Inspired…
Event Report: BookMachine Unplugged – Talking Audio
On Wednesday 25 September, a packed house of audiophiles gathered in London’s Century Club for the very first BookMachine Unplugged: Talking Audio event. BookMachine editorial…
Event report: BookMachine Meets Bloomsbury Publishing
On 19th September, BookMachine hosted its second BookMachine Meets… event in collaboration with the Bloomsbury Institute (@BloomsburyInst on Twitter). Held in the beautiful Bloomsbury HQ…
Like and subscribe: how Influx Press is connecting with readers
Influx Press is an independent publisher based in north London. Influx is committed to publishing innovative and challenging fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction from across…
Publishing roles beyond the book industry: tips for job seekers and career changers
So you’re looking for a career in publishing – that must mean looking for a job making books for a publishing company, right? Well, in…
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 Editors Want: tips from the experts for editorial success
I interviewed 15 editors whose work I admire for my new podcast, What Editors Want, to find out what they look for in a book…
Stop trying to go viral
Norah Myers is a freelance publishing consultant for BookMachine. She is currently writing a business book for a marketing company, practising Pilates, and eating too…
Getting to the top of your profession: Interview with Georgina Morley
Georgina Morley is Non-Fiction Editorial Director at Macmillan. She acquires history, historical biography, memoir and the occasional book that might surprise you. Norah Myers interviews…
Why publishers should be like Bond (James Bond)
Last week I gave a talk at the CoreSource user group on success and agility. Ingram Content Group itself exemplifies both: over the last 20…
The business of books: Only connect
At the launch of BookMachine’s Snapshots III I kicked off the talks by raining hard on the book industry parade. (Sorry.) While I was on…