Book Machine newsletters

These are the latest Book Machine newsletters for my followers to peruse:

New The TLS/BookMachine event announced Hello,  As some of you know, next month you are invited to the second in The TLS events series of 2018. This evening event will focus on smaller, independent publishers with a line up of speakers from some of the UK’s most exciting presses. There are limited early bird tickets available for only £5 and sales end next Wednesday (2nd May).   Early bird tickets here What's it all about? These are boom times for small, independent presses, with a recent report citing a 79% increase in sales by sixty of the UK’s smallest publishers. How do we account for this in an otherwise stagnating publishing sector? Is it part of a broader societal shift? And how can we – publishers and readers – sustain it? Speaker line up: Thea Lenarduzzi, commissioning editor at the TLS and the co-host of Freedom, Books, Flowers and the Moon, the TLS’s weekly podcast. John Mitchinson, a writer and publisher and the co-founder of Unbound, the award-winning crowdfunding platform for books. Sarah Cleave, Publishing Manager at Comma Press, an independent publisher specialising in the short story. Cécile Menon, a translator between French and English, and the joint-laureate, with Natasha Lehrer, of the 2016 Scott Moncrieff Prize for Translation from the French. Early bird tickets here BookMachine members get free entry to all BookMachine events, and discounted rates on training and partner courses. Membership starts at £5/month. Hope to see you soon! Laura Summers (BookMachine, Co-founder) Copyright © 2018 BookMachine, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: BookMachine 6 Mitre Passage (10th Floor) Greenwich Peninsula London, - SE10 0ER United Kingdom

For the people who make publishing happen ... Good morning publishing!  The London Book Fair is over for another year. It was fabulous that so many of you were able to attend our gatherings - and hope that you are able to keep connected to everyone you met. We're emailing you today to make sure you're in the loop about upcoming events. As always, please do let us know if you think we're missing anything that needs discussing. It's time to start planning the 2019 event series; so we're all ears!  Inclusion: It’s time to stop talking and start making real changes Wednesday 25th April 2018 NEARLY SOLD OUT! Publishing, we have a problem: despite years of well-meaning discussion, our industry is still failing to represent the diversity of society in our staff and the content we produce. So what can we do about this, as individuals?  Book tickets here BookMachine London with the Times Literary Supplement Wednesday 16th May 2018 Limited early bird tickets £5 (until 2nd May) These are boom times for small, independent presses, with a recent report citing a 79% increase in sales by sixty of the UK’s smallest publishers. How do we account for this in an otherwise stagnating publishing sector? Is it part of a broader societal shift?  Book tickets here How technology influences book design and three visual trends you cannot ignore Wednesday 20th June 2018 Limited early bird tickets £5 The big visual trends within book design tend to come from outside of publishing and increasingly, it’s our use of technology that drives what’s hot and what’s not. How can you filter out the fads and focus on visuals your readers will love? Book tickets here BookMachine members get free entry to all BookMachine events, and discounted rates on training and partner courses. Membership starts at £5/month. This month, Jill Whitehouse, Rosie Wilby, Cara Wynn-Jones, Cathryn Wynn-Jones, Becca Wynne, Paul Baichoo and Joseph Lynch have joined BookMachine. Welcome to you all! Have a great week folks! Laura Summers (BookMachine, Co-founder) Copyright © 2018 BookMachine, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: BookMachine 6 Mitre Passage (10th Floor) Greenwich Peninsula London, - SE10 0ER United Kingdom