Category: Publishing Role
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Interview with Sai Anandharajah, Data Analyst at DK
On the blog we like to highlight the areas of publishing that people might not know about, and data analytics is often considered to be one of those mysterious areas. If you know, you know, and if you don’t, you reeeeeally don’t. But it’s a vital team that’s instrumental in…
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Reviewing Yellowface & it’s Marketing Campaign
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have seen these bombastic side eyes somewhere in your local bookstore or online. So this week we’re going to talk a bit about R.F Kuang’s new satire Yellowface, published by Borough Press, and the marketing campaign that has been sweeping the…
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Let’s Talk About Production!
Interview with Lauren Easey, Production Controller at Usborne Publishing Anybody who knows anything about publishing knows that Production are the unsung heroes of the publishing world. As they say, “if Editorial are the heart of publishing, then Production are the lungs.” They’re the ones who bring you your gorgeous sprayed…
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Could you be an agent? (Q&A with Elise Middleton)
Our Rights Q&A blog post was received so well that I reached out on Twitter to see if you had any other questions for the industry, and in any certain departments. There were so many good answers, including agencies and literary agents.
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A Day in the Life of an Independent Publisher
Imogen started Greenteeth in her final year at university as a reaction to the lack of publishing opportunities in the north. Now, Greenteeth’s main ethos is to help unpublished writers on their journey to become professional authors while supporting young people in their first steps into a career in publishing.
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Working in Rights (Q&A with Nyasha Oliver)
Nyasha Oliver has created a fantastic document which provides an introduction to Rights for anyone looking to get into publishing. Why not consider Rights as your path into the industry?
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Who Inspires The Experts? Book Design – Horror
It’s spooky season and time to pick up a terrifying book. You know what to expect from a horror book cover – blood, gore, fangs, zombies. Or do you? I speak to 5 designers about their favourite book cover designs.
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How to get into publishing: Metadata
Last time out I looked at how publishers sell books to other companies and regions, now it is all about how we get books noticed online through the use of metadata.
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How to get into publishing: Sales
My next stop in my blog series about the various departments in publishing is all about Sales. Or, to be more exact, Export Sales.
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How to get into publishing: Production
A deep dive into what it is like to work in Production with Amy Wong, Production Controller at Bloomsbury.
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