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Publishing today has become a worthwhile enterprise. Thanks to leaps in information, networks and distribution have enabled dissemination in becoming efficient. Yet, the role of the publisher was not always so simply defined. For a start, publishing emerged exigently with the invention of writing – introducing a way to retain records in material form, typically… Continue reading The History and Future of Publishing

Book design is formed by the book’s content, layout, style, and of course, its design. Design enhances the reading experience and better assists in the dissemination of the book‘s information. At the same time, good book design can also bring direct sales and revenue. Before the design process begins, the target audience needs to be… Continue reading The Design of a Book

The internet’s boogie man— social media. From the dawn of Myspace to Tik Tok’s infinite scroll, it has become a behemoth that no one could have ever foreseen. An essential piece of daily life. Today, there is no shortage of research studies, fear-mongering articles, and out-of-touch adults  to preach on the ills of socials. Lowered… Continue reading Social Media

A business model is a plan elaborated by a company to make a business successful. It includes identifying sources of revenue, an audience analysis, details of finances, etc. There are different models to be applied to different businesses, not one is more successful than another, but rather a choice to fit the publisher’s image with… Continue reading On Business Models

As technology advances, more and more people are turning to digital devices as their preferred methods of reading. So print publishing is dying?  Digital publishing offers a level of convenience that print simply can’t match. You can store an entire library of books on a single device, and they’re easily accessible on the go. Plus,… Continue reading Print to Digital

The art of bookmaking can be traced back thousands of years, to a time when books were lovingly crafted by hand on parchment or wooden tablets, adorned with text and illustrations that transformed them into cherished works of art. Nowadays, the production and distribution of books are still evolving, and the art that accompanies them… Continue reading The Art of Bookmaking

The dawn of the digital age has brought with it a dystopian-esque vision of a robot-dominated society: where humans hide underground and scavenge for nuts and berries, living in dark caves like their sad and stinky ancestors, the Homo sapiens— but before this nightmare inevitably comes to pass, we can agree that digitalisation of society… Continue reading Disability Beats Dystopia

In recent years, the publishing industry is making greater efforts to increase the diversity within their staff, as well as in works written by BIPOC, queer and disabled authors. The reason why should be obvious enough, each publishing organisation wants to be the cornerstone of societal import. Now that society is starting to pay closer… Continue reading Diversity and Inclusion in Publishing

Publishing by nature is an incredibly interconnected industry. Writers will often have agents to liaise with publishers – their work would then go through editorial, production, design, and marketing teams, all before delivering it to the hands of readers through distributors and retailers. This has been the case in traditional publishing for years, making most… Continue reading Collaboration in Publishing: Connecting to Create

Welcome to the Collaboration and Connectivity blog managed by MA Publishing students at UAL. Ahead of our publishing innovation event on the 27th of April, we will be releasing a series of posts and interviews with the aim of creating open dialogue surrounding the evolution of the publishing industry. We hope to uncover how publishing… Continue reading INNOVATION BLOG