Practical publishing

Recently I began working for a publisher, which has put me on the other side of the desk. For the past five years or so, I’ve been a writer...

Think laterally. For example, I co-wrote a book about parenting teenagers, and at the time I was trying to pitch it, there was very little...

Yes. There’s nothing to stop you doing so.

For a work of non-fiction, select the publisher you consider most appropriate for your...

Being specialist allows them to work on the kind of books they like (it’s their money they are spending, and however much you might wish...

What’s this adversarial language? Surely publishers and authors should be united in their desire to produce a good and...

For over a century, publishers have recognised this fact and paid keen-eyed, trained editors to sort through and pore over manuscripts....