Here are the latest newsletters with ideas for your TBR piles:
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Where audio
is going next – and how we can take it there
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1st June
– 16th July, 2021
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Welcome to
Audio Season!
Whether you're an audio expert, avid audio consumer or complete
audio newbie, Audio Season has been designed to help you find out
more about what the future of audio holds in book publishing.
Throughout our packed programme, you can explore the latest insights
into the different areas that are feeding into the steady
growth of audiobooks, podcasts and other audio experiences.
From VR and accessibility to audiobooks as marketing tools and new
audio formats, there are some incredibly exciting updates to explore
as audio continues to push the boundaries into 2021 and beyond.
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BookMachine Unplugged 2021:
Talking Audio
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Back in
2020, we looked at the acute growth of audio in the wake of the pandemic,
and delved into the changing considerations of both the producers
of audio content and consumers self-isolating at home.
This year, join our panel of audio and publishing industry pros on Wednesday 30th June,
6-7pm BST to unpack what's changed.
Hear from speakers Louise Harvey (Little, Brown),
Steve Bohme (Nielsen Book
Research UK), Dominic Gribben (Hachette UK)
and Adrian Hon (Six to Start) to
get the very latest on what's next for audio – from exciting
advancements in tech to new listener experiences.
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Tickets are free for
members or £5 (+VAT) for non-members.
Members and ticket holders also get exclusive access to the
recording, which will be available shortly afterwards. Become a BookMachine member
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Expert
Q&As to tune into live
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On
selected Wednesdays throughout Audio Season, you can tune into
short interviews with publishing people to top up your knowledge,
pick up some tips and get inspired.
More
sessions will be announced in the next few weeks, so look out for
further updates coming soon!
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Andrew
Rhomberg (Jellybooks) & Kieron Smith (Blackwell's)
Wednesday 23rd June
1-1:30pm BST
Celebrate #IndieBookshopWeek
with us, Andrew and Kieron in this special session. Learn about
Jellybooks and Blackwell's partnership to bring interactive
features to online bookselling for both bookshops and publishers.
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Han
Ismail (PRH)
Wednesday 7th July
1-1:30pm BST
Later on, we'll be chatting with Han, Audio Sales Manager at
Penguin Random House. Find out the most important thing to consider
when growing audio sales, changes in the audiobook market over the
past year and how audio works across the business to bring their
books to the earbuds of their readers.
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Join us
at Edelweiss Bookfest!
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From the 8–9th June, 2021,
join the Edelweiss team and their 180,000-strong community of
book professionals for this one-of-a-kind virtual event bringing
together publishers, booksellers, librarians, authors, bloggers and
booklovers from around the world.
On Wednesday
9th at 4pm EST/ 9pm BST, BookMachine
Co-Founder, Laura Summers, will be hosting "Meet and mingle
with publishing professionals: the networking session". We'd
love to see you there!
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You'll also be able to find new
audio blog articles up on the BookMachine blog on Mondays
throughout Audio Season!
Until then, why not delve into the archives to
remind yourself how far we've come in the last year.
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Mid-Senior
Jacket Designer
£27,000 – £33,000 depending on experience
Watkins Media Limited is seeking super talented Mid-Senior Jacket
Designer brimming with creativity and who understands the
commercial requirements of publishing design.
Apply by: Friday
11th June
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We hope you enjoy Audio Season!
Kind regards,
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Thank you
to our Audio Season sponsors Bookwire, Ladbroke Audio and Ingram
Content Group.
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Thanks
for joining us for Tech Season!
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26th April –
28th May, 2021
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As Tech
Season comes to a close at the end of this week, now's a great
time to catch up with anything you missed, get up to speed on the
latest resources on the BookMachine site, or to revisit the
illuminated insights that emerged.
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We had a
fantastic time at Talking Tech on 12th May! Thank you to
speakers Fiona
Kilkelly, Jeremy Dalton, and Glen Neath and David Rosenberg –
and host Emmanuel
Kolade – for sharing your insights, ideas,
stats and inspirations with us!
If you missed it, you can catch up with our top takeaways on this Twitter thread.
Alternatively, if you didn't buy a ticket to attend and you're
thinking of signing up as a member, you can access the recording.
Sign up today from £10/month.
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Current
job listings on BookMachine
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During
Tech Season, we listed some exciting new publishing roles from
across the industry on our blog pages. Find out more about them,
below...
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Marketing Manager at Lume Books
*Apply by Sunday 30th May, 2021*
Lume Books are looking for a creative, adaptable, and talented
digital marketer to work across their list of Fiction and
Non-Fiction. If you understand how to connect your audience to their
next favourite read with irresistible copy, creatives, and
conversation-starters, this is the role for you!
Salary: £31,000
– £38,000 (DOE)
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Marketing & Publicity Executive at
Saqi Books
Salary: £24,000 – £27,000 (DOE)
Saqi books have an exciting opportunity for a talented publicist
and marketeer with a few years’ experience to work across their
diverse publishing programme. The ideal candidate will be
creative, resourceful and a team player with strong
organisational skills who will implement holistic and fully
integrated publicity and marketing campaigns.
Apply
by: Monday 7th June
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Graphic Designer at emc design
Salary: £20,500/yr – £27,500/yr
emc design are seeking a technically-minded graphic designer and
InDesign "Power User" who is experienced at delivering
stunning materials and resources for learners around the world.
Paid
overtime if required: up to
£500/month - Relocation
package available if necessary
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Tech
resources & tips on the blog
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We've
had a bumper crop of guest posts sharing
tips, resources and advice throughout Tech Season. If you missed
them at the time, catch up below. Thank you to our wonderful
contributors for sharing your thoughts, tools and sage wisdom
with us!
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Paula Neary (CEO, Ribbonfish) details how publishers can start
building more data-driven organisations, get key insights into
customer behaviour and deliver results.
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Jens Troeger (Bookalope) explores how, by treating books
as software, we can find new ways of connecting content
meaningfully, and sell and distribute content more flexibly to customers.
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Andrew Rhomberg, founder of reader analytics and publishing
technology firm Jellybooks, does a deep dive into powering
innovation driven by data.
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Emmanuel Kolade (Shulph) shares how tech can help publishers
reach untapped readers, track engagement and create new user
experiences.
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Jason Mitchell (Typefi) shares his 5 steps for tech vendor success,
making your goals heard and creating a team that works for
you.
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David Marlin (MetaComet Systems) outlines how you can deliver
accurate, timely royalties and increase your transparency.
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Antina Van De Veen (Bookstagrammers.com), shares how automation can
help you to boost your digital marketing strategies when partnering
with influencers.
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With
Tech Season all wrapped up, we'll be kicking off Audio Season from
Tuesday 1st June! More will be coming your way
shortly – but, until then, grab a ticket for our main event Talking Audio for £5 +VAT.
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We hope to see you for Audio Season!
Kind regards,
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Thank
you to our Tech Season sponsors Typefi, Bookalope and Publica.
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Pick
up some more Wednesday Wisdom!
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To wrap
up a brilliant Tech Season here on BookMachine, we're hosting two
further Wednesday
Wisdom quick-fire interviews that you can tune
into live.
These two final sessions are designed to help you identify the
tools available to you, whether you work in Royalties or
Marketing, to help you work smarter and boost sales.
We hope you can join us!
*Live closed captions will be available for
viewers to turn on and off as required*
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A
focus on Royalties with David Malin of MetaComet
Wednesday 19th May
1-1:30pm BST
Tune into our session with David Marlin, Co-Founder
of MetaComet Systems, to learn more about finding royalty
systems that work for you, your teams and your authors, how
author royalty agreements have and are changing, and what
publishers can do to measure the effectiveness of their royalty
systems.
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Marketing
Insights with Ingram Content Group & Legend Times
Wednesday 26th May
1-1:30pm BST / 8-8:30am Eastern
We'll be speaking to Peter McCarthy (Director of Consumer
Insights at Ingram) and Tom Chalmers (MD of Legend Times)
about Ingram's powerful Marketing Insights tool, how digital
marketing has shifted since the pandemic and the tools you can
use to boost your marketing in 2021.
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Download
your guide to successful leadership in publishing
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Since
our day-to-day ways of working were disrupted more than a year
ago in March 2020, we believe that strong leadership is needed
more than ever.
We have created this guide to equip both the current and next
generation of leaders in publishing with the knowledge and tools
to make a difference, adapt to changing circumstances, and forge
new paths.
Six influential leaders from around the global publishing
landscape have come together to share deep insights into 5
different areas of what being a great leader means to them, and
what they've learned along the way:
Bodour Al Qasimi (International Publishers Association, UAE)
Lance Fitzgerald (Penguin Random House Audio, USA)
Belinda Rasmussen (Macmillan Children’s Books, UK)
Amanda Ridout (Boldwood Books, UK)
Sanphy Thomas (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, UK)
Helen Wicks (Bonnier Books, UK)
If you are someone who is leading the way in publishing, whatever
capacity that may be, this guide is for you!
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What
publishing people have said about the guide:
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“A jam-packed guide filled with advice, insights
and thoughts on leadership and skills development – ideal for
anyone in publishing looking to future-proof their career.”
– Hannah Brierley, Marketing Manager at
Oxford University Press
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“This is a brilliant guide for anyone working in
publishing and for those just starting their journey in
the industry. A must-read!”
– Ain Deheb Bensenouci, Partnerships and Evens
Manager at Penguin Connect
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“Strong, relevant and insightful commentary,
including some fantastic tips that can be put into practice
today.”
– Gaynor Roberts, Head of Publishing at
Springer Nature
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“Full of relevant and inspiration advice for
anybody in publishing – from junior positions to senior
leaders. An easy-to-digest summary of best practice that is
insightful and practical.”
– Antje King, Group Sales & Marketing Director at
Boydell & Brewer
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