Lucy Myers in the Publishing Chair
Lucy Myers is Managing Director of visual arts publishers Lund Humphries, where she has worked since 1991. Following a degree in Modern Languages at the University of Cambridge, she cut her teeth i...
Louisa Symington in the Publisher’s Chair
Louisa Symington worked for Penguin Books for 16 years as a Publicist, working with authors such as Alec Guinness, Paul Theroux, John Mortimer and Pat Barker. She now co-runs Books at the Barn, a s...
Lucy McCarraher in the Publisher’s Chair
LUCY McCARRAHER started her first publishing company while she was still at university and has worked in publishing and the media ever since. She is the Founder of Rethink Press, the UK’s premier h...
Influencers and the rise of online book clubs
If the last few years have taught us anything, it’s that people like to read. Today, it is estimated that there are more than 5 million book club members in the U.S. alone. However, with the post-p...
Bookshop.org - what is it and should you be using it?
Overview Bookshop.org is a UK based corporation with the mission to “financially support local, independent bookstores”. The company gives almost all profits from online book sales (+/- 30% of cove...
Nick Newlin in the Publisher's Chair
Nick Newlin has been entertaining children of all ages for 30 years with a comedy juggling act. He spent 20 years as a Teaching Artist with Folger Shakespeare Library in DC, which led to his book s...
Glowing book sales in Nielsen's 2021 report
Nielsen’s 2021 BookScan report brings an encouraging sigh of relief and renewed hope for publishers as book sales soared across the UK and other parts of the world. UK bookshops re-opened in April ...
A greener future: how can publishing become more sustainable?
With areas such as ‘The Hall of Shame’ - where unsold books go to be destroyed; high carbon emissions from book manufacturing and shipping; and the consumption of energy and raw materials to create...
Katie Sparks in the Publisher’s Chair
Dr Katie Sparks is CEO of Cloudaloud, the children's audiobook subscription service. She has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UCL and has worked in fundraising, project and property management,...
Joshua Tallent in the Publisher's Chair
Joshua Tallent is an acclaimed teacher and guide on the role of data in publishing, and a vocal advocate for high quality book metadata. He serves as the Director of Sales and Education at Firebran...
Backlist sales are crucial for any publisher but are far too often overlooked. Through direct and social media marketing to enriched product pages, there are numerous ways to enhance title visibili...
Michele Cobb in the Publisher's Chair
Michele Cobb is Executive Director of PubWest and the Audio Publishers Association. She is a partner at Forte Business Consulting, which provides Business Development and Association Management ser...
At the heart of many publisher websites is Supafolio - a unique website and metadata platform. It’s ability to dynamically populate your website, online store and marketing pages has been proven to...
David Diop’s second novel At Night All Blood is Black has been critically acclaimed worldwide. Not only has it won the International Booker Prize 2021, it has been shortlisted for ten major prizes ...
David Hetherington in the Publisher's Chair
David Hetherington is the Vice President – Global Business Development at Books International, a leading provider of US and International book manufacturing, print and digital distribution services...
Children and audio - what’s out there and what are the benefits?
We spoke here about the audiobook market and whether it’s worth making the push into audio, but where do children fit into this? Is it good for children to listen to books instead of reading them? ...
Sofie Samuelsson in the Publisher’s Chair
An interview with Sofie Samuelsson, Digital Marketing Executive at Boydell & Brewer. What does your role as Digital Marketing Executive involve? My role is very varied and there are two sides...
Alexandra Nicolajsen in the Publisher's Chair
An interview with Alexandra Nicolajsen, Director of Social Media and Digital Sales at Kensington Publishing Corp. What does your role involve and what do you like about working at Kensington? I ove...