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    Kirsten Irving July 18, 2017
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    Why choose a specialist picture library?

    Luci Gosling, Head of Sales and Research at historical image specialist Mary Evans Picture Library argues the case for the smaller, specialist agency in an…

    Luci Gosling June 1, 2017

    Publisher-author clashes: How to deal with the most common areas of conflict

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    Monika Lee April 18, 2017
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    Each month BookMachine offers a community member, with great ideas, the chance to write on the site. March’s winner was Percie Edgeler who writes about the…

    Percie Edgeler April 14, 2017
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    A budding author’s experience of The London Book Fair

    It’s London Book Fair! A daunting prospect for rookies starting out… Bookollective co-founder Esther Harris remembers Day 1 of her first Fair as a new…

    Esther Harris March 13, 2017
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    Jonny Geller January 23, 2017
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    What can publishers learn from the Women’s March London?

    On 21st January 2017, I made the journey to London, met with my youngest sister and some friends and we marched from Grosvenor Square to…

    Caroline Goldsmith January 22, 2017
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    Lisa Davis December 20, 2016
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    Sara Donaldson October 3, 2016
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