There’s a networking session coming up next, followed by a panel on Trust and Transparency. I’m afraid I won’t be posting from that panel session, as I’m chairing it and my multitasking isn’t good enough to do both simultaneously!
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April 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
There’s a networking session coming up next, followed by a panel on Trust and Transparency. I’m afraid I won’t be posting from that panel session, as I’m chairing it and my multitasking isn’t good enough to do both simultaneously!
#sypscotconf2025
#sypscotconf2025
Hargrave talking about a wild swimming book in terms of ‘making a splash’ and avoiding being ‘dead in the water’.
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April 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Hargrave talking about a wild swimming book in terms of ‘making a splash’ and avoiding being ‘dead in the water’.
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April 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Bickmore: at Canongate, the manuscript is typically delivered thirteen months before the planned publication date.
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April 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Bickmore: at Canongate, the manuscript is typically delivered thirteen months before the planned publication date.
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#sypscotconf2025
Allum: we get an average of two rep visits a week, pitching maybe a hundred books each. And that’s not including the inbox!
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April 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Allum: we get an average of two rep visits a week, pitching maybe a hundred books each. And that’s not including the inbox!
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#sypscotconf2025
April 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
April 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Jones: inviting booksellers to meet authors can be really important. You want the book to stand out for them.
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April 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Jones: inviting booksellers to meet authors can be really important. You want the book to stand out for them.
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#sypscotconf2025
Bickmore: Alasdair Gray would still be editing and changing the book after the hardback had come out, for the paperback edition.
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April 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Bickmore: Alasdair Gray would still be editing and changing the book after the hardback had come out, for the paperback edition.
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Jones: in sales, account management is vital - finding out what the booksellers you’re dealing with want.
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April 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Jones: in sales, account management is vital - finding out what the booksellers you’re dealing with want.
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#sypscotconf2025
Allum: the popularity of works on Wattpad that haven’t been through a rigorous editorial process shows that ‘perfection’ isn’t vital for success.
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April 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Allum: the popularity of works on Wattpad that haven’t been through a rigorous editorial process shows that ‘perfection’ isn’t vital for success.
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Jones: if I met someone at a dinner party and I wanted to talk to them, I’d tell them I worked in publishing; if I didn’t want to talk with them, I’d tell them I worked in sales.
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April 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Jones: if I met someone at a dinner party and I wanted to talk to them, I’d tell them I worked in publishing; if I didn’t want to talk with them, I’d tell them I worked in sales.
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Back at #sypscotconf2025 with a panel on The Publishing Metamorphosis: Manuscript to Market with Francis Bickmore (Canongate), Hannah Allum (Lighthouse)m Emma Hargrave (freelance) and Lizzi Jones (Collins).
April 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Back at #sypscotconf2025 with a panel on The Publishing Metamorphosis: Manuscript to Market with Francis Bickmore (Canongate), Hannah Allum (Lighthouse)m Emma Hargrave (freelance) and Lizzi Jones (Collins).
(Our group workshopped a queer YA romance between a German and Scottish soldier following the Christmas Day armistice in the Great War.)
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April 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
(Our group workshopped a queer YA romance between a German and Scottish soldier following the Christmas Day armistice in the Great War.)
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#sypscotconf2025
Wojturska now introduces the workshop activity (so live-posting will pause as I take part in that!)
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April 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Wojturska now introduces the workshop activity (so live-posting will pause as I take part in that!)
#sypscotconf2025
#sypscotconf2025
April 5, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Wojturska: indie publishing is on the rise due to a rise in self-servicing distribution options, the rise of ebooks and print-on-demand, social media, and crowdfunding.
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April 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Wojturska: indie publishing is on the rise due to a rise in self-servicing distribution options, the rise of ebooks and print-on-demand, social media, and crowdfunding.
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Wojturska: indie publishers can find it harder to connect with larger media, distribution, agents etc., and authors tend to move on to bigger publishers.
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April 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Wojturska: indie publishers can find it harder to connect with larger media, distribution, agents etc., and authors tend to move on to bigger publishers.
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Wojturska: indie publishers having small teams can often lead to a better, more personalised author experience.
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April 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Wojturska: indie publishers having small teams can often lead to a better, more personalised author experience.
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#sypscotconf2025
Wojturska: indie publishers don’t base their acquisitions purely on financial returns; more likely to go with passion projects.
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April 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Wojturska: indie publishers don’t base their acquisitions purely on financial returns; more likely to go with passion projects.
#sypscotconf2025
#sypscotconf2025
Wojturska: Haunt Publishing launched in 2019 in Fife as an indie publisher of Gothic, horror, and dark fiction: Rebecca and her army of freelancers publish 1-2 books a year - not fast publishing!
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April 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Wojturska: Haunt Publishing launched in 2019 in Fife as an indie publisher of Gothic, horror, and dark fiction: Rebecca and her army of freelancers publish 1-2 books a year - not fast publishing!
#sypscotconf2025
#sypscotconf2025
April 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This will be my thread for today’s @sypscotland.bsky.social conference, so read on for live coverage… #sypscotconf2025
The opening keynote at #syscotconf2025 is Jessica Gaitan Johannesson of Fossil Free Books, a collective campaigning for an industry free of fossil fuel money and complicity in human rights abuses.
April 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
This will be my thread for today’s @sypscotland.bsky.social conference, so read on for live coverage… #sypscotconf2025
In the absence of an official hashtag, I’m going to use #sypscotconf2025 for the @sypscotland.bsky.social conference today, unless anyone has another?
April 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
In the absence of an official hashtag, I’m going to use #sypscotconf2025 for the @sypscotland.bsky.social conference today, unless anyone has another?