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It’s not “nice”: it’s a business
That’s how Kate Wilson, MD of Nosy Crow, described publishing in her entertaining and insightful Masterclass at Kingston University this week. Hot from what Kate describes as her best – and most fun –...
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A week is a long time in Publishing
One week ago, Howard Jacobson had not yet won The Man Booker Prize, and we were still reeling from the torrent of enthusiasm provided by Nosy Crow’s Kate Wilson. One week on, Jacobson’s past crticisms...
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So you want to be a publisher? A Masterclass with Bobby Nayyar
Working for big companies can be good. You have bigger budgets for marketing cool authors and a regular pay cheque. They are efficient. But they can also be machines. Bobby Nayyar, former graduate...
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Foreign language publishing: the ‘last bastion’ of rights
Diane Spivey, Rights and Contracts Director at Little, Brown Book Group, delivered the latest Kingston Publishing Masterclass, sharing fascinating insights into the mechanics and motions behind the...
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“It’s timing, timing and timing,” says celebrity publisher John Blake
Managing Director of John Blake Publishing and former journalist John Blake delivererd a lively Masterclass last semester at Kingston University. In the newest Kingston Publishing video, John talks...
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To survive the digital revolution, publishers need a “fundamental shift of...
John B. Thompson is author of the groundbreaking investigation into commercial publishing, Merchants of Culture: the business of publishing in the 21st century, and Professor of Sociology at the...
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Publishers as DJs, Chefs or Producers?
What a publisher is, and does, is up for grabs as long as they are bold. Publishing MA student Marie Claire Grima on Canongate’s Jamie Byng, and the publisher as storytelling animal… You could...
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Three revolutions and counting – The Stephen Page Masterclass
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 through the...
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And the winners are…Kingston Publishing!
The course is proud to announce news of our students and staff who have recently been sweeping up awards and accolades. First up to the winners podium was Michael Kerin, who won £250 for his publishing...
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Crowdfunding, Superfans and the ‘Power of Free’
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...
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