How Publishing Works: From Caxton to Kindle

In the last episode of this series of How Publishing Works Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press is in conversation with two booksellers, Janet Brakspear adn Helen Simmons from The Corsham Bookshop in Wil…

In this episode of How Publishing Works Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press is in conversation with audiobook producer Arran Dutton from Audiofactory, an audio studio in Somerset.

The conversation roams …

In this episode of How Publishing Works Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press is in conversation with Nick Parker, Director of Two Rivers, a subsidiary of Ingram Publisher Services, possibly the biggest b…

In this episode of How Publishing Works Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press is in conversation with printer Mark Couch of Short Run Press, a traditional printer based in Exeter, Devon.

What does a printe…

In this episode of How Publishing Works Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press is in conversation with books marketer Ceris Jones, formerly of Sandstone Press, now with Inpress Books.

What IS book marketing…

This episode of How Publishing Works is for the book historians who need a bit more medieval in their listening. Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press is in conversation with Dennis Duncan of University C…

In this episode of How Publishing Works Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press is in conversation with editor Simon Spanton, formerly of Gollancx and Unbound, now editor at large for Angry Robot Books and …

In this episode of How Publishing Works Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press is in conversation with Lisa Dowdeswell, Head of Literary Estates at the Society of Authors in London, the oldest trade union …

In this episode of How Publishing Works Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press is in conversation with another publisher - Eloise Millar from Galley Beggar Press, a British independent publishing house.

How…

In this episode of How Publishing Works Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press is in conversation with literary agent Eli Keren from United Agents.

What does an agent do for their authors? What does an agen…

This is the first episode of How Publishing Works. At the beginning of a hypothetical book's journey, Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press is in conversation with author Alice Jolly.

How does she write? W…

This is an explainer podcast, for the newcomer to publishing, either those who want to work in it, or those who want to get published. We’ll be looking at different roles in the publishing process an…