Five steps to tech success: how to select the right tech vendor for your needs
When was the last time you downloaded a new app to your phone? Every day, we make choices about new and existing technologies that will…
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Managing the challenges of accurate, timely author royalty payments
Royalties really matter to authors, so it’s worth spending the time and money to get them right. After all, they are how content creators get…
A year of publishing dangerously: how a small independent publisher adapted to COVID19
In 2018 an agent and a publisher announced in the industry trade magazine, The Bookseller, that they were asking their ‘mid list female authors’, those…
Adaptability: the key to success in design
The role of an editorial designer has gone though considerable changes in recent years, particularly in-house positions. And now, more than ever, is it important…
How to help your team beat procrastination while we’re working from home
Those of us who are lucky enough to be able to work from home during this pandemic, to actually have the opportunity to keep earning…
The best leaders in publishing (and how to join them)
If you thought you were going to read about top leaders in our industry, think again! Firstly, ‘best’ is way too subjective a term, and…
How to keep your remote publishing teams motivated
Unprecedented times. Zoom fatigue. A longing to go back to the office. Sound familiar? This year is the year that everything changed and BookMachine has…
The Best BookBub Ads of 2019
In 2019, thousands of authors and book marketers used BookBub Ads to promote books to BookBub’s millions of readers. To kick off BookMachine’s Marketing month, we…
Ask Bec: How can I improve my productivity and make work more fun?
In a one-off agony aunt feature, our blog editor, Abbie Headon, has a problem. Can productivity guru Bec Evans of Prolifiko help her out? Abbie…
Six ways to be the freelance editor you want to be
I’ve never been much of a trendsetter – I’m writing this in my trusty cardigan and slippers – but I was ahead of the curve…
How to make online recruitment work – for candidates and interviewers
Since lockdown, BookMachine members Inspired Selection have been hard at work, talking to clients and candidates and communicating about changes in recruitment patterns. We are…
Online book festivals come of age
If we could have a pound for every time someone has commented on how prophetic we were in launching our virtual book festival venue back…
How to choose the right narrator for your audiobook
James Faktor is both Publishing Director for Lume Books, a digital-first indie press, and Founder of USound, an audiobook production service that helps authors and…
Swap skills not bills: BookMachine launches new initiative in time of coronavirus
Starting from today, Mondays will be Skill Swap day on BookMachine. The idea is to help our members to discover and offer each other new opportunities in…
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…