Blogs

The Books are Alright

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

This spring it will be the job not just of booksellers, but of every single one of us to press books on others wherever we... Read more

Time to detox

Clive Lewis Founder of Globis Mediation Group

One issue that causes the most stress for many employees, including those in the publishing industry, is the dread of simply arriving at work. Far too many... Read more

Exposing Audiblegate

Orna Ross Director of the Alliance of Independent Authors

A few months ago, the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi)’s watchdog desk, which which monitors the self-publishing sector, rates the best and worst services, and... Read more

Give and take

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

This week Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos said he planned to take a step back at the giant e-commerce business. Read more

The dog that didn't bark

Jared Shurin Head of strategy at M&C Saatchi’s Social Impact Practice

Last year - among a few other things - Simon & Schuster was purchased by Penguin Random House. Yet the inevitability of that result shouldn’t... Read more

Rewarding the longlist

Neil Griffiths Author and founder of the Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses

How might a literary prize disrupt the literary prize culture? Perhaps by reversing the structure: announcing the winner first, then the shortlist, followed by the... Read more

The future is augmented

Alastair Hagger Doctoral researcher in creative writing

You are midway through the fourth book (of seven) in your favourite magical teenage warlock series. On her way to a first confrontation with the... Read more

Raising our A-game

Aliya Gulamani Junior commissioning editor at Unbound

Many Deaf people are natural storytellers, with a flair for creative thinking. And yet there are so few of us in publishing. As well-publicised research... Read more

Embracing BookTok

Georgia Henry Campaign executive at Rocket

Marketing books during a pandemic brought about many challenges, including re-directing campaigns, getting cut-through and navigating the suddenly massive world of TikTok. Conversations began this... Read more

Seeking sanctuary

Francesca Hughes Student and journalist

I have Triplegic Cerebral Palsy, which means that even before schools and offices closed due to the pandemic, I was categorised as at higher, moderate risk... Read more

Up, up and awry

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

Last week, Nielsen reported that based on estimated data the UK print book market grew 5.2% by volume in 2020, and rose 5.5% by value,... Read more

Authors' brands: a case of doublethink?

Jeremy Morton Partner at Temple Bright LLP

JK Rowling is. John le Carré isn’t. Albert Camus and F. Scott Fitzgerald are. George Orwell might or might not be. I’m talking about registered trade marks. Authors... Read more

Join the club

Alex Holmes Writer and podcast host

Books have always been a source of wonder and escape. A place for new thoughts, brilliant ideas, tragic stories and exciting lives. A way to... Read more

The understory

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

Last week we noted that 2020 had not been such a bad year for début authors after all, with generational talents such as Kiley Reid,... Read more

Taking back control

Angela Hughes Author

Reedsy.com describes indie publishing as “…any form of publishing that doesn’t rely on the Big 5 publishing houses.” I have produced work with three such companies.... Read more