Our report headline is about as exciting as it got. Plenty of deep discussion in huddled corners of trade stands and some agreements reached, but it was a quieter London Book Fair than previous years. The emphasis was on quality of content and discussion rather than the amount of trade stands or footfalls. In the […]
Torin Douglas, BBC media correspondent hosted a discussion this morning at the London Book Fair in Earls Court on ebooks with contributions from Gail Rebuck, CEO Random House, Tim Hely-Hutchinson, CEO Hachette Livre UK, Victoria Barnsley, CEO HarperCollins UK and John Makinson, CEO Penguin Group. Getting these publishing CEO luminaries together did not achieve wholesale […]
Amazon.co.uk Titles – 200+ Amazon.com Titles – 200+ Melrose Books is a division of Melrose Press, who, for many years, published biographical books through the International Biographical Centre. Melrose Books is their imprint for their system of partnership publishing between author and publisher. http://www.melrosebooks.co.uk/ “Melrose Books is a new venture from Melrose Press, the renowned […]
Titles on Amazon.co.uk – 9 Titles on Amazon.com – 7 Domtom Publishing is a recent newcomer to the author solutions scene. They are based in West Sussex in the UK. They describe themselves as ‘…literally a breath of fresh air to book writers’ and were founded by people from the ‘print industry’ with over 30 […]
The London Book Fair 2009 at Earls Court starts today and runs through to this Wednesday, 22nd April. You can find full details of the event and itinerary at the official website on the link below. http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/ The Independent Publishing Magazine | TIPM Media
It is not too often we have a company in our review section which can boast that it was first established in 1898. A. H. Stockwell can. They have survived two world wars and all the changes that have happened in the traditional publishing industry. Things have indeed changed considerably now. Their website strikes you […]
Felicity Woods, editorial assistant at the Bookseller.com has written a nice piece today about witnessing the Espresso Book Machine up close and personal at Blackwell’s London book store. “Up close and personal it is as if the Gutenberg Press met with Willy Wonka, and the chocolatier come out on top.” You can read Felicity’s full […]
I submitted my order for a first proof of Thais on April 6th. On Tuesday, this week, I got an email from Blurb support to say that the order had shipped. Today, when I got back from the office, I was delighted to find a parcel from Holland with Blurb’s insignia on it. For any […]
With the London Book Fair almost upon us next week, it is fitting that Self-Publishing will get its own Book Expo for the first time this year. The project is the brainchild of Diane Mancher, a publishing professional for twenty years, and Karen Mender, who served as VP Associate Publisher and Marketing Director and Publicity […]
Hot on the heels of Lulu’s recently introduced assisted publishing packages, Lulu today launched Lulu.poetry. Built upon Lulu’s successful tools and widgets platform, Lulu.poetry offers many of the same publishing options, including their ‘Publish by Lulu’ and ‘Publish by You’ options. “Whether you’re a professional writer compiling your magnum opus, a talented weekend poet sharing […]
