Beyond the book: How audiobooks have expanded on other formats across publishing
Across the UK audio publishers are joining forces this week to raise the profile of audiobooks as part of the #LoveAudio campaign. Each year the…
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Hope, home, escapism and reflection: publishing trends of the pandemic
Despite the surreal drudgery/pressure cooker/Zoom resilience involved in working from home for almost a year, the publishing world has motored on, with many of the…
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…
Just your type – new font formats come to InDesign
The most interesting new feature of InDesign 2020 – the latest major update of our industry standard page layout software from Adobe – was the…
Using smart thinking to build a better tomorrow: FutureBook Live 2019
Monday’s FutureBook Live conference, hosted by The Bookseller, felt deeply grounded in realistic, achievable innovations; actions we can embed in our daily lives to bring…
Self-publishing audiobooks with Kobo Writing Life: Interview with Nick Coveney
Before we start talking about audiobooks, can you give us a quick intro to Kobo Writing Life? Launched in 2012, Kobo Writing Life is a…
Get inspired to be more innovative, with the FutureBook BookTech awards
We’re told that publishing should be more innovative. We get it – innovation will help build a robust industry for the future. But where do…
The making of Greta and the Giants: going green in the children’s book industry
When the incredible text of Greta and the Giants landed on our desks, we knew that it wasn’t just an opportunity to publish a great…
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…
Top 5 tips to publish your interactive content with confidence
Beyond creating a cover and converting an MS Word file, ebooks are evolving – exponentially. Yet, bridging the gap between traditional print methods with digital…
Audio publishing: Common misconceptions
Louise Newton is an Audio Assistant at Little, Brown Book Group, and works across all imprints at Little, Brown on fiction and non-fiction titles. Louise is…
Who is buying and reading ebooks?
With further reports of a decline in ebook sales, we share Geethik Technologies’ insights into who’s reading ebooks (this blog post first appeared on the Geethik Technologies blog).
Irish book sales up by 20% as feel-good factor returns to publishing
The book trade in Ireland is booming with sales up by more than 20 per cent to date this year. Here are some of the…
2016 Trend Report: What publishers need to know
The Future Today Institute has created a terrific, free report summarizing key technology trends and what they mean for tomorrow. I’ve embedded the report below…
What can publishers learn from Pokemon Go?
Long considered nothing more than a gimmicky fad, it turns out that augmented reality (AR) is actually alive and well. At least that’s the case…