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Here are the latest BookMachine newsletters, with details of  the Scholarly Publishing: Crossing the Rubicon event and more, for my followers to peruse:

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The importance of covers in commercial fiction Phoebe Morgan I don’t want to shatter any illusions here, but most retailers simply don’t have the time to read every book that comes their way, so they judge it on the cover – and sometimes, that’s the only thing they see if the text isn’t finished yet.    Read more   Talking Podcasts: 6 questions for The Riff Raff Abbie Headon Podcasts are becoming more and more popular, and it’s time we all started paying attention to them, as publishers and authors. In this first interview in a series called Talking Podcasts, Abbie Headon interviews Amy Baker and Rosy Edwards about The Riff Raff podcast, which focuses on debut authors.   Read more   Disruption of scholarly publishing ecosystem: Early bird ends tomorrow [EVENT] BookMachine “Scholarly Publishing: Crossing the Rubicon” is a new BookMachine event, taking place in Oxford on Thursday 7th September – early bird ticket sales end tomorrow (Friday).   Read more   Project Manager, Education [JOB POSTING] BookMachine Out of House Publishing Solutions is a fast-growing publishing services company based in Gloucestershire. We offer a comprehensive project management service for every kind of publishing project, and we are currently looking for a project manager to come and work on our expanding list of educational titles.    Read more   Editorial freelancers, know when to say no Liz Jones We’re in the business of saying yes … but just as important can be knowing when to say no – some projects may just be more trouble than they are worth. Here are some warning signs to look out for.   View photos   Take the bookcareers salary survey now bookcareers Book Publishing has a reputation for being notoriously underpaid, but how do we even know what people are being paid? You have until midnight on Friday 28th July 2017 to contribute   Read more   Junior Designer [JOB POSTING] BookMachine Quarto Publishing – the original co-edition list in The Quarto Group – produces illustrated books with a well-deserved reputation for style and quality. We are looking for a junior designer to join our creative and dynamic, non-fiction publishing team, based in our busy Islington office.   Read more   EVENT: 7/9/2017 Scholarly Publishing: Crossing the rubicon 18/10/2017 TBA, London       TRAINING: Understanding InDesign Understanding Ebooks Understanding Print Production       Fancy blogging for BookMachine? Use this form to pitch your idea   Would you like to advertise here? Get in touch

See you next week! Sam & the BookMachine Team     © BookMachine 2016 | We love your books     Hello and good morning, Did you hear the news about the "Scholarly Publishing: Crossing the Rubicon" event? Well, here we have it - delivered straight to your in-box this sunny Wednesday morning. NEW SPEAKER! First up we have a new speaker announced. Our fourth speaker is Duncan Campbell - Director, Digital Licensing and Sales Partnerships, with John Wiley & Sons. Read all about his experience below.   EXTENDED EARLY BIRD! Early bird tickets sales have been extended - grab one before Friday 28th July to get a ticket at 50% off (£5 instead of £10)     Grab an early bird ticket here     New! Duncan Campbell is Director, Digital Licensing and Sales Partnerships, with John Wiley & Sons, where he is responsible for licensing and business development for Wiley’s academic journal and database content. He is also engaged in developing Wiley’s strategies and policies with regard to government affairs, open access and text and data mining, and represents Wiley on several industry boards and committees.     As Head of Ingenta Connect, Byron Russell provides overall leadership and management of the commercial activities for Ingenta's publisher-facing CMS product, Ingenta Connect, spanning 280+ publisher clients and over 25,000 registered libraries.     Charlie Rapple is Sales & Marketing Director and Co-founder of Kudos, a web-based service that helps researchers and their institutions and funders maximise the visibility and impact of their published articles.      Phill Jones is Director of Innovation at Digital Science. He works in the Digital Science Consultancy where he supports publishers with strategic decision making in editorial, marketing and sales, based on scientometric analyses.    Find out more   We hope to see many of you there! All the best for now, Suzanne Kavanagh Member, BookMachine Works     Understanding InDesign, Ebooks and Production       Hello and good morning, Who doesn't want to learn something new? Well, today we are back with more training courses, just for you. All the courses are led by Ken Jones. Ken has years of experience gained training hundreds of creative, production and marketing staff at the UK’s largest and smallest book publishers.    Understanding InDesign - how to build a book Brush up on your InDesign skills and learn how to build a book from scratch with this fast-paced and practical workshop. Thursday 19th October, Faber Academy  BookMachine Members £100+VAT Early bird tickets £125+VAT Standard tickets £150+VAT   More information and tickets   Understanding Ebooks Do you want to be an ebook expert? Do you want to thoroughly understand the market; plus have the practical skills to code your own ebooks? Join us for this two-part, one-day course. Monday 23rd October, Faber Academy  Morning: Demystifying ebooks £75+VAT Afternoon: Coding for ebooks £75+VAT Morning and afternoon, with lunch: £150 +VAT (15% off for BookMachine members)   More information and tickets   Understanding Print Production Improve your knowledge and understanding of the print production process by attending this fast-paced presentation. Friday 3rd November, Faber Academy  BookMachine Members £50+VAT Early bird tickets £75+VAT Standard tickets £99+VAT   More information and tickets   Tickets are likely to go quickly for some of the sessions, why don't you book today? See you there! Laura BookMachine, Co-founder     The ideal training course for you... Understanding InDesign, Ebooks and Production               Did you know that BookMachine don't only organise awesome events? We also create affordable, practical and useful training courses for publishing people to dip in and out of throughout their careers. By taking one of the courses below, you'll benefit from: Advice and up-to-the-minute techniques from experienced trainers to help you with your day-job, or side-projects The opportunity to speak to your peers working at other publishers, and pick up additional tips and ways of doing things  Access to best practice advice which is specific to working in book publishing There are added discounts for members, and Early Bird tickets are available till 15th September.        Understanding InDesign - how to build a book Brush up on your InDesign skills and learn how to build a book from scratch with this fast-paced and practical workshop. Thursday 19th October, Faber Academy  BookMachine Members £100+VAT Early bird tickets £125+VAT Standard tickets £150+VAT     More information and tickets     Understanding Ebooks Do you want to be an ebook expert? Do you want to thoroughly understand the market; plus have the practical skills to code your own ebooks? Join us for this two-part, one-day course. Monday 23rd October, Faber Academy  Morning: Demystifying ebooks £75+VAT Afternoon: Coding for ebooks £75+VAT Morning and afternoon, with lunch: £150 +VAT (15% off for BookMachine members)     More information and tickets     Understanding Print Production Improve your knowledge and understanding of the print production process by attending this fast-paced presentation. Friday 3rd November, Faber Academy  BookMachine Members £50+VAT Early bird tickets £75+VAT Standard tickets £99+VAT     More information and tickets   If you would like more in-depth information about any of the courses, please drop us a line.         See you there! Laura (BookMachine, Co-founder)     Copyright © 2017 BookMachine, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: BookMachine 6 Mitre Passage (8th Floor) Greenwich Peninsula London, - SE10 0ER United Kingdom