Posts Tagged PUBLISHING

Gorgeous books and the people behind them

Gorgeous books and the people behind them

I really, really love a gorgeous book cover. And I really, really love a book that looks good on the inside too. So today I want to blow the trumpet of one of Australia’s best book designers, Gayna Murphy.

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Books, business and back-up bands

Books, business and back-up bands

I was very happy to do a Q&A last week over at Founding Moms, ‘the world’s first and only kid-friendly collective of monthly meetups for mom entrepreneurs.’

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‘Usage is like oxygen for ideas’ – a message for all perfectionists

‘Usage is like oxygen for ideas’ – a message for all perfectionists

Matt Mullenweg knows a thing or two about making something amazing and putting it out in the world. He’s the founding developer of WordPress. You might have heard of it: it’s blogging software that’s used by, oh, 27 million people or so (including me – thanks, guys!). Matt writes a pretty tidy blog himself, and [...]

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Writers: you need to get the knowledge

Writers:  you need to get the knowledge

Writers who understand the book business are better able to make their way through it. Simple as that.

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Attention all writers: back to basics

Attention all writers: back to basics

Literary agent Rachelle Gardner does a dynamite job in her blog of educating writers about the real world of publishing. In today’s blog post, she touches on something that I thought was very, very obvious – until yesterday.

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The immutable law of publishing

The immutable law of publishing

If there’s one thing you need to know about publishing, it’s this: there is no such thing as a perfect book.

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An elevator pitch for Red Hill Publishing

An elevator pitch for Red Hill Publishing

It’s been a remarkable year for Red Hill Publishing, our first in business. We sat down this week to ask the central question: exactly what do we do?

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