There’s been a great deal of discussion recently about how well – or otherwise – the publishing trade is adapting to its digital future, embracing change, disrupting its own business models before others come along and do it to us, and so on. It’s a fascinating debate, but it’s notable that companies and the publishing industry are generally talked about as if they’re faceless monoliths. They’re not. They are collections of people, and the skills and experience of these people don’t seem to come in for as much scrutiny as perhaps they should. Read more »

Inspired by a tweet from Waterstones University of Birmingham asking about authors on Twitter, I decided to tweet a few of my favourites. In my opinion, authors are some of the best Twitter users. Giving, what can be a fairly solitary pursuit, an instant connection with fans, bookshops, librarians and publishing folk and a great way of conducting research for their books. Read more »

"Great news for the UK ebook market: Sainsbury's is our new shareholder!" So said Anobii chief executive Matteo Berlucchi in his tweet this morning announcing that supermarket Sainsbury's had bought a controlling share in the business for £1. Read more »

Osprey recently took the decision to launch a digital only list. We are very fortunate to receive a vast array of proposals daily, both from existing authors and new, unsolicited submissions. Not all books are suitable for publishing, but of the books that are eligible for publication, what makes some more suited to digital formats than others? Read more »