Blogs

Letter: I miss the smell of the books mixed with coffee

By Kurde Atfield

Manager at Waterstones Horsham

Bookselling has been my passion for so long, I miss the smell of the books mixed with coffee. Read more

Are women's book festivals part of the problem?

By Sian Norris

Founder at Bristol Women's Literature Festival

The moment they hit the press, the reviews for The Mirror And The Light were glowing. A “shoo-in for the Booker Prize” said the Guardian.... Read more

Locked down, but not out

By Philip Jones

at The Bookseller

Last week I wrote, in respect of the coronavirus, that decisions taken in good faith one day, may go bad the next. Read more

Letter: are we all in this together?

By Richard Charkin

Founder at Mensch Publishing

E-retailers should pay more quickly to compensate for lost print business Read more

Nine ways to save indies now

By Ellen Desmond

Co-founder at Monstrous Regiment Publishing

Almost all industries are now facing an unprecedentedly challenging time. Last week saw the book industry take a particular hit, as announcements to close all... Read more

The e-book vaccine?

By Wendy J Fox

Author at

Despite the fact that so much entertainment content is now digitally delivered, physical books - at least up until this point - have continued to outpace the... Read more

What book marketers can learn from B2B

By Jamie Fewery

at Octopus Group

The job of a book marketer is a tough one. You’ve likely got more titles than time, tight budgets and big expectations, and lot of... Read more

Brave new worlds

By Philip Jones

at The Bookseller

Today we face, as a trade, as businesses and as humans, an unparalleled challenge in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus, Covid-19, across... Read more

Publicity in a time of corona

By Georgina Moore

Director of Books and Publishing at Midas PR

Just three weeks ago I had all been ready and excited for the Live From London event to announce the recipients of the Windham-Campbell Prizes... Read more

Remote, home-based publishing

By Hannah Macdonald

Founder/Publisher at September Publishing

Some of what we have learnt about working at home as part of a publishing team over the past six years is true of all remote... Read more

Leveraging invisible work

By John Howkins

From the outside, publishing is showing signs of rude health. Read more

Catch and cull

By Philip Jones

at The Bookseller

It is hard to imagine the concatenation of bad decisions that led to Hachette Book Group USA announcing that it intended to publish Woody Allen’s... Read more

Coronavirus Outbreak: Behind the Headlines

By Jo Lushby

Co-Founder at Pixie B ltd

How China's book trade is coping with Covid-19 Read more

We need architects, not posters

By Jared Shurin

at M&C Saatchi’s Social Impact Practice

In the 1930s, legendary public relations counsel Edward Bernays was hired by a consortium of publishers. They asked him to help with the deceptively straightforward... Read more

Asian Booklist: my response to the exhausting diversity debate

By Kia Abdullah

Author and Founder at Asian Booklist

I don’t ever want to be pitted against Lionel Shriver because, frankly, I’m intimidated by her. Shriver is successful, wealthy and powerful and has that... Read more

By Kurde Atfield

By Sian Norris

By Philip Jones

By Richard Charkin

By Ellen Desmond

By Wendy J Fox

By Jamie Fewery

By Philip Jones

By Georgina Moore

By Hannah Macdonald

By John Howkins

By Philip Jones

By Jo Lushby

By Jared Shurin

By Kia Abdullah

The Bookseller's Publishing Calendar 2020

Children's Special 2020

Live: postponed book launches

Live: bookshop closures and new hours

Live: online book launches

The History Press looks forward

The British Library Bookshop finds its niche

Pictures of the week

The Mirror and the Light

by Hilary Mantel

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

by Charlie Mackesy

One Good Deed

by David Baldacci

A Village Scandal

by Dilly Court

Girl, Woman, Other

by Bernardine Evaristo

The Long Call

by Ann Cleeves

The Beekeeper of Aleppo

by Christy Lefteri

You'll Never See Me Again

by Lesley Pearse

Tidelands

by Philippa Gregory

The Case of the Drowned Pearl: World Book Day

by Stevens, Robin