9 questions for Dean Johnson [INTERVIEW]
In the run up to BookMachine Unplugged we interviewed Dean Johnson of Brandwidth. Dean will be talking at Unplugged about Brandwidth’s latest project The Numinous…
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9 Questions for Eric Huang, Penguin Books [INTERVIEW]
A few weeks ago Eric Huang kindly answered some questions about his role at Penguin and how they are working and collaborating with new companies…
5 top publishing partnerships and collaborations
In the run up to the launch of BookMachine.me I’ve picked out some of the top publishing partnerships and collaborations around. I hope it gives…
5 questions for Rebecca Smart, CEO of Osprey Group [INTERVIEW]
The Osprey Group is an international publishing group with a digital success record that many larger publishers would envy. They publish under three brands: Osprey…
6 Questions for Sophie Goldsworthy, Project Director, Oxford Scholarly Editions [INTERVIEW]
Five years ago Oxford University Press initiated a project to transform the way old texts could be accessed, read and re-purposed online. Oxford Scholarly Editions…
Five questions for Sophia Blackwell [INTERVIEW]
Sophia Blackwell is an author, performance poet and cabaret performer. In her spare time, she’s also a marketer at Bloomsbury. Having released her debut collection…
Would you sell advertising space in your book, app, or e-book?
Publishers generally don’t sell advertising space. There’s an underlying fear that this will have a negative impact on readers. What is this fear based on…
Are e-readers teaching us to read again? [INFOGRAPHIC]
A team of designers and researchers over at OnlineTeachingDegree.com have designed an infographic highlighting how they believe e-readers are inspiring us (or folks in the…
Rise of the Machines: Amazon e-book sales pass print
It’s a moment everyone always knew was coming, and it’s finally here: Amazon said yesterday that sales of Kindle downloads have officially sailed past print…
Story time for digital publishers
This a guest post from Simon Appleby, who runs Bookswarm, a digital agency specialising in delivering projects for authors, agents and publishers. Simon has 15 years’ experience of…
Your Innovation Ain’t All That
or The Future of Storytelling Might Not Be So Fancy Two weeks ago, a friend of mine, knowing my penchant for all things techy and…
The Odd Couple: Bundling Print and Digital Books
Last week, after my observation that Waterstones is not in a better position to offer bundling now than it was last year, I had a…
Retailer Plus Social Reading Equals: What Game Is Anobii Playing?
If, like me, you spend a lot of time on the internet (like… y’know… enough to clock when adverts change on the same web pages)…
Tor Swaps DRM for PR
Last week’s breaking news from the USA was that Macmillan SFF imprint Tor have pledged to their readers that by ‘early July 2012, their entire…
