Blog
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18th December 2020
Three weeks ago, The Guardian asked me to speak at a conference they were organising on self-publishing. Of late this has become my specialist...
Practical publishing
You work in publishing and/or you are interested in the publishing process and the industry as a whole.
Blog
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Edited
8th December 2020
When I worked at HarperCollins, Stella Paskins, one of the editors in the children’s division, snapped up a great bundle of out-of-print Diana...
Blog
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Edited
8th December 2020
People love talking about brands. Did anyone else think that Orange made an unintelligible move, renaming themselves ‘EE’? It means...
Blog
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Edited
8th December 2020
It’s always an interesting exercise to look back on a big event and think about what was really going on. At the time you are often too...
Blog
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17th December 2020
As soon as Michael came into the party, it was obvious he had no interest in anyone but himself. If somebody else was talking, he was clearly...
Article
7 min read
Edited
16th September 2020
An understanding of the rudiments of copyright law is extremely important to any professional artist, whether selling original work or reproduction...