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Category Archives: Bookselling

Crowdfunding, Superfans and the ‘Power of Free’

May 5, 2015by kingstonpublishing 1 Comment

This year’s London Book Fair and the Alliance of Independent Author’s have both recently featured crowdfunding. Here is Publishing MA student Laura Bryars with her view on this hot and sometimes misunderstood topic. […]

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Book production, Bookselling, entrepreneurship, Guest blog

Three revolutions and counting – The Stephen Page Masterclass

December 8, 2014by kingstonpublishing 1 Comment

Publishing MA student and Faber intern, Danny Lyle, distils the essence of the Masterclass delivered by Stephen Page. Faber and Faber’s CEO engaged us with his wit and wisdom as he took us […]

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Bookselling, Guest blog, history, Masterclasses

How are you reading? The challenge of reaching the reader in a digital society

October 28, 2014by kingstonpublishing Leave a comment

Have you ever stopped to think about how you read? MA Publishing student Scarlett Hermon got a surprising answer when she followed up Masterclass speaker Julia Kingsford’s discussion about how […]

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Bookselling, Guest blog, marketing, Masterclasses, Reading

Whither publishing, when you can buy ten books for the price of a pint?

October 12, 2014by annafaherty 1 Comment

The first Kingston University Publishing Masterclass of the 2014/15 season welcomed David Roche, Chairman of The London Book Fair, former Group Sales and Trade Marketing Director at HarperCollins and one-time […]

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Bookselling, Branding, Masterclasses, Self-publishing

Book rental Chegg’s user-focus is the key to an $800m valuation

August 27, 2013by annafaherty Leave a comment

If you live outside the US you probably hadn’t heard of textbook-rental company Chegg until news of its impending IPO hit publications like the Bookseller. The announcement caught my eye […]

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Bookselling, marketing, Publishing news
Dystopian Fiction

The Dystopian Future of Publishing

March 28, 2013by kingstonpublishing 4 Comments

In this guest post, MA Publishing student Chantal Moclair investigates the world of dystopian fiction. Restrictive worlds.  Cruel governments.  Post-apocalyptic setting.  These elements characterize a dystopian future.  You don’t have […]

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Bookselling, Reading, Young adult publishing

Celebrity publishing as strong as ever: examining the people behind the books with Alan Samson

December 13, 2012by kingstonpublishing Leave a comment

By Stephen Haskins, Kingston University MA Publishing student I work in a bookshop, and every day when I arrive at work I walk past a wall of the latest hardback […]

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Bookselling, Guest blog, Masterclasses

E-rotic e-reading

November 23, 2012by kingstonpublishing 1 Comment

In our latest guest blog, Kingston MA Publishing student Stacey Hill writes about the growth of erotic fiction and how e-readers have helped increase this market. There was a time […]

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Bookselling, Digital publishing, Guest blog, Reading

A cautionary tale for academic publishers: how not to provide books to academics

November 20, 2012by annafaherty 5 Comments

I was recently emailed about a new textbook for publishing students, The Publishing Business by Kelvin Smith. From the publisher’s website it looks like an interesting book – covering more […]

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Academic publishing, Bookselling

Stop dilly-dallying, it’s time to be direct!

April 30, 2012by kingstonpublishing 2 Comments

In our latest guest post MA Publishing student Melanie Kydd describes how John Blake Publishing tackle the challenge of selling direct to readers. I love bookstores. I can spend hours […]

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Bookselling, Guest blog, Student experience

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