The publishing process

What is your role at Bloomsbury?

I am a commissioning editor, which means I acquire books for the Bloomsbury adult list. I left...

Did you always want to work in publishing?

I loved books and writing but no one ever told me that I could work in publishing. This...

1.     Can I send my manuscript straight to a publisher?

2.     What do literary agents do?

3.     How can I sell my book...

In fact, we almost never read submissions during office hours. We read at home in the evenings, on the train or on weekends. Our time is...

An important point to grasp is that because publicity strives to achieve editorial space – i.e. to get your project included in a newspaper’...

Artists’ agents

An artist’s agent handles the business side of an artist’s life. Many artists’ agents are primarily gallery...