Publishing industry entrants with fresh minds will be the key to pushing a more innovative approach, taking risks and providing the wide-eyed instinctive foresight to drive projects for the modern market. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Publishing Scotland
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
Women, Wages and Writers
Everyone knows that the gender wage gap exists but how many of us realise it applies to writers? Well, it does! Sara Sheridan, a renowned Edinburgh-based writer, spoke up about the plight of women writers during a panel at the recent Publishing Scotland conference. On average, women writers earn 17% less than their male counterparts, … Continue reading
Marketing Masterclass for SME publishers… in an app near you this summer
Publisher-agnostic marketing is the way to go if publishers want to put readers first. That is the view of Sam Missingham, Head of Audience Development at Harper Collins UK. Sam certainly lit up the audience at this year’s Publishing Scotland book trade conference with her demonstration of how much fun collaboration can be while still hitting … Continue reading
