Are you ‘noticing’ publishing’s gender bias?
Calling the question Conference organisers, prize judges, pretty much anyone who has a role in deciding who gets to be heard: don’t they notice the roll call of mainly white men? My colleague at The...
View ArticleWhat makes a good indie book cover?
Duck and cover By this time next year, there will not be fewer mobiles in the world; there will not be fewer videos uploaded to YouTube; or fewer ebooks published; or fewer tweets sent into the ether....
View ArticleDivisions and support at #AuthorDay
Open submissions, face-to-face feedback New developments in our Author Day (#AuthorDay) planning for 30th November are helping us to bring elements of practical author support, one-on-one networking,...
View Article#AuthorDay – ask-the-agents
Friday 3-5 p.m. GMT live on Twitter, hashtag #AuthorDay The Author Day conference on 30th November at 30 Euston Square in London has become a double-barreled event, thanks to the generosity and...
View Article#FutureChat today: Have we manifested your concern?
Emma Barnes and Alastair Horne to present their manifestos at FutureBook 2015 We’re delighted today to announce that the #FutureBook15 manifestos chosen for presentation at The FutureBook 2015...
View ArticleWhich #BookTech player is your favourite?
What the world needs now is…. An aggregator of a book lover’s print and digital bookshelves? “The YouTube of storytelling”? A curated marketplace for publishing professionals? You tell us in...
View ArticleRebecca Smart joins Author Day speakers
Conference note: While anticipation is building for #AuthorDay on Monday (30th November), we’re closing bookings Friday (27th) for #FutureBook15, hurry to get your seat. PRH-Ebury’s chief on ‘What...
View ArticleDoes writing matter in a ‘not book’?
‘Writing created for a digital space’ Late in her review of The Pickle Index for The FutureBook, Ami Greko tells us that Eli Horowitz and Russell Quinn (who, as Sudden Oak, also produced The Silent...
View ArticleYour 2015 high points
Let’s do the time warp again Then Amazon switched to per-page payouts on KDP Select. Right? And then Amazon changed it to different per-page rates for various territories. And then Amazon opened a...
View Article2016 #FutureChat: Make a wish
How do you like 2016 so far? Not that long ago, in a #FutureChat not that far away, we asked you what you considered to have been the high points of 2015 for publishing. Today, we’re looking for...
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