I’m a huge supporter of audiobooks. I listen to them in the car, while walking the dog, and on the rare occasion I’m compelled to do some housework. With the news that audio sales have doubled in the last five years, I wanted to find out more about who listens to audiobooks, so I asked […]
Building a Book: What does a book publicist do?
We’re approaching the end of this series on people in publishing, which I hope has been interesting and/or useful. So far we’ve looked at: what does an editor do?, what does a desk editor do?, how are book covers designed?, how do you record an audio book? , what does a rights agent do?, how are books translated […]
Building a book: marketing fiction
It’s been great fun going behind the scenes to find out more about the publishing process, and I hope you’ve found it interesting. So far in the series we’ve looked at: what does an editor do?, what does a desk editor do?, how are book covers designed?, how do you record an audio book? , what does […]
Building a book: how are books translated into different languages?
I hope you’re enjoying this series on the publishing people behind the scenes. So far we’ve looked at: what does an editor do?, what does a desk editor do? (there’s a difference!), how are book covers designed?, and how do you record an audio book? Last week I introduced you to Andy Hine, in what does […]
Building a book: what does a rights agent do?
In this blog series I’ve delved behind the scenes to learn about the various roles involved in publishing my books. So far we’ve met Cath Burke, in what does an editor do? Thalia Proctor, in what does a desk editor do?, Hannah Wood, in how are book covers designed? , and Sarah Shrubb, in how do you record […]
Building a book: how do you record an audio book?
In this series of blog posts I’m going behind the scenes to find out more about the various roles involved in publishing my books. So far we’ve met Cath Burke, in what does an editor do? Thalia Proctor, in what does a desk editor do? and Hannah Wood, in how are book covers designed? More people than […]