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Category Archives: Industry News
Insights into Booktube: Tor/Forge
In the course of our investigations into the influence of the Booktube community on the publishing industry, the Publishers Inc team reached out to several publishers – inquiring about their relationship with Booktube: community and audience. Diana Griffin, publicist at Tor/Forge (Macmillan), was kind enough to spare some time to answer our query. Could you … Continue reading
Insights into Booktube: an interview with Jen Campbell
Research into the influence of the Booktube community on the publishing industry lead Publishers Inc to seek out more personal insights, we interviewed Jen Campbell on the topic hoping to shed some light on the matter. Booktube provides a type of publicity which breaks down the barriers of time and release dates. Jen Campbell is … Continue reading
Insights into Scottish Comics: DC Thomson
The Publishers Inc team had a chat with Kirsten Murray, commissioning editor for comics at DC Thomson about being a geek, the future of classic comics like Oor Wullie and The Broons, and the importance of supporting new creative talent. Kirsten studied Comics at the University of Dundee and worked as an assistant editor at … Continue reading
Publishers Inc 2015 hailed a success at the Degree Show
The Publishers Inc 2015 team was ambitious, aiming to create a highly interactive but intuitive and elegant magazine app with a variety of publishing-related articles that would appeal to publishing professionals, alumni as well as prospective Publishing students. In this year’s edition of Publishers Inc we made a conscious decision to include relevant industry topics … Continue reading
Bond-ing
In my last post, when I mentioned taking a deep breath and the growing realisation that we had come to the end of a Very Large Project, the intensity of which dropped off as suddenly as a summer blockbuster cliffhanger, it was because I had fogotten how quickly things change… The Degree Show was a … Continue reading
The Show Must Go On
Tomorrow marks the end of an intense 6 months – not an ending but a hiatus and a deep intake of breath. The Edinburgh Napier University MSc Publishing students will be taking part in the Creative Industries Degree Show, showcasing the wide range of talent that the university has helped to hone and develop. Students … Continue reading
Publishers Inc 2015 – The Video!
Haven’t downloaded the free Publishers Inc 2015 app yet? Here’s a fun little video to that gives you a sneak preview! Click on (https://appsto.re/gb/nfhO6.i) or search for Publishers Inc in the iPad app store to download the app today! Much like the exclusive video footage in our app, this promotional video was made using nothing … Continue reading
We’re so excited… and we just can’t hide it!
Publishers Inc 2015 is now available for free download from the iPad app store! We’re proud to announce that our publishing-themed magazine app Publishers Inc 2015 is now available to download for free in Apple’s iPad app store! In this year’s edition of Publishers Inc we made a conscious decision to include relevant industry topics … Continue reading
Marketing Masterclass: what do the interns have to say?
In these short audio interviews 2014/15 Edinburgh Napier University MSc Publishing students Mairi McKay, Rachel Cree and Alessia de Gaspari share their experiences of marketing internships at Scottish companies. We were delighted that they agreed to be interviewed for the Marketing Masterclass article in this year’s edition of our iPad magazine app. Enjoy! Our app … Continue reading