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Publishing Insight

Flavia Marcocci

Business

Frequency: 1 episode/39d. Total Eps: 24

An interview podcast about working in publishing, featuring professionals across a wide array of roles, in both junior and senior positions, from independent and corporate publishers, in academic and trade, as well as literary agents and founders of innovative start-ups. They tell us about their career path, the latest trends in the book industry, and they give advice for jobseekers and book recommendations for all of us book lovers. Cover portrait by Ellie Beadle. Website: www.publishing-insight.com

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - careers
21/07/2026
#76
🇬🇧 Great Britain - careers
09/07/2026
#87
🇬🇧 Great Britain - careers
22/06/2025
#67

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S2 E7: Ellie Beadle, Production Designer at Usborne

Sunday, November 22, 2020 • Duration 25:23

Ellie Beadle is Production Designer at Usborne. In this interview, Ellie explains what it means to be a production designer, and her path to become one. She also tells us about her creative process, how she collaborates with colleagues in other departments, the skills you need to be an in-house designer in publishing and how exciting it was to work on the campaign for Holly Bourne’s novel “The places I’ve cried in public”.

Books recommended by Ellie: https://www.publishing-insight.com/post/ellie-beadle Bookshop.org affiliate link: https://bit.ly/38dQMKC

Thanks for listening! If you have enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review and recommend it to a friend or on social media. Donate on Ko-fi: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/publishinginsight⁠

Visit my website: ⁠⁠https://www.publishing-insight.com/⁠⁠ Write me an email: ⁠publishinginsight@gmail.com⁠

Music: Modes of Light by Stephen Elliott ⁠https://soundcloud.com/stephenelliott-1⁠ Portrait illustration by Ellie Beadle

Twitter: ⁠⁠@FlamFlam91⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠@flamflam91⁠⁠

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S2 E6: Caroline Carpenter, Deputy Features Editor at The Bookseller and YA Book Prize Chair

Sunday, July 26, 2020 • Duration 27:17

Caroline Carpenter is Deputy Features Editor at The Bookseller and YA Book Prize Chair. In this interview, Caroline tells us about her main tasks and responsibilities, and the most important skills to work in a literary or book trade magazine. She also tells us about how the YA Book Prize started, some interesting behind the scenes and the adjustments and ideas she has worked on this year to make the Prize more digital.
Books recommended and mentioned in the episode: https://www.publishing-insight.com/post/caroline-carpenter
Bookshop.org affiliate link: https://bit.ly/38dQMKC

Thanks for listening! If you have enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave a review and recommend it to a friend or on social media. Donate on Ko-fi: ⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/publishinginsight⁠⁠

Visit my website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.publishing-insight.com/⁠⁠⁠ Write me an email: ⁠⁠publishinginsight@gmail.com⁠⁠

Music: Modes of Light by Stephen Elliott ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/stephenelliott-1⁠⁠ Portrait illustration by Ellie Beadle

Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠@FlamFlam91⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@flamflam91⁠⁠⁠

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S1 E13: Design

Monday, July 30, 2018 • Duration 25:32

Anna Scully is Assistant Designer at Oxford University Press. She describes the main tasks and responsibilities of a text designer and the differences with working on book covers instead. We also discussed the challenges of an extremely interesting book design, with a walking camel in the running header, and the importance of maths and science for design.
In the next episode I will interview an HR professional and would like to ask some of your questions about CVs, cover letters, job interviews and the publishing recruiting process in general. So if there’s anything you would like me to ask, you can tweet me @FlamFlam91 using the hashtag #AskPublishingInsight or write me an email to publishinginsight@gmail.com
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Support the show⁠ (https://ko-fi.com/publishinginsight)
Visit my website: https://www.publishing-insight.com/

Books mentioned:
- The Successful Law Student by Imogen Moore and Craig Newbery-Jones; - The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams.

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Portrait illustration by Ellie Beadle. Music: Dig the Uke by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. https://bit.ly/1VLy3cJ Ft: Kara Square.

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S1 E12: International Sales

Saturday, July 21, 2018 • Duration 18:19

Sara Sanchez is International Sales Manager for DK's International Publishing and Licensing Department and in this episode, I went to 80 Strand, London to interview her. Sara works on co-editions with the French market and explains to us why it is so important to keep an open mind and always be on top of the latest trends and what is happening in other markets.
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Get in touch on Twitter @FlamFlam91 or write me an email at publishinginsight@gmail.com
Visit my website: https://www.publishing-insight.com/

Books mentioned: - The Science of Cooking by Stuart Farrimond; - Chilling Adventures of Sabrina comic book series.

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S1 E11: Rights

Friday, July 20, 2018 • Duration 20:43

Adele Parker is Head of Rights UK at Taylor & Francis. We have talked about many things such as her experience of looking for her first job in publishing before the Internet era, as well as the process and research behind a recent and exciting film deal, and the most important skills to develop to work in Rights.
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Support the show⁠ (https://ko-fi.com/publishinginsight)
Get in touch on Twitter @FlamFlam91 or write me an email at publishinginsight@gmail.com
Visit my website: https://www.publishing-insight.com/

Books mentioned: - William Marshal by David Crouch; - Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie; - Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

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S1 E10: Stock Planning

Sunday, July 15, 2018 • Duration 18:49

Dr Anna Campbell is Stock Planning Analytics Manager at Oxford University Press. She tells us about the main tasks and processes the Stock Planning Department is responsible for and what happens to the books from publication onwards. She is also a researcher and lecturer in Medieval History and explains how she balances these two really different jobs.
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Get in touch on Twitter @FlamFlam91 or write me an email at publishinginsight@gmail.com
Visit my website: https://www.publishing-insight.com/

Books mentioned: - Oxford Companion to the Body; - The Spectator Magazine; - DCI Banks by Peter Robinson; - Ian Rankin.

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S1 E9: Production

Saturday, July 14, 2018 • Duration 29:13

Kristi Langli is Production Assistant for Thames & Hudson. She told me about her route into book production, recent trends and her passion for paper opacity. She also gave us insights about being a young publisher. You can find her on Twitter @EinDrake
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Books mentioned: - The Unfinished Palazzo by Judith Mackrell (paperback); - The Parisian Gentleman by Hugo Jacomet; - Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov; - Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence; - I’m with the Band by Pamela Des Barres; - Jane Slayre by Sherri Browning Erwin; - Lost Boy by Christina Henry; - Alice by Christina Henry; - Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.

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S1 E8: Audio Publishing

Saturday, July 7, 2018 • Duration 24:42

Louise Newton (on Twitter @NewtonLou) is Audio Editor for Little, Brown Book Group and she was London Chair of the Society of Young Publishers in 2017. She told me about her route into audio publishing and what she loves the most about her job. Listen to her advice on how to be heard and be seen when trying to get into publishing and why it is so important to create a section for your personal interests in your cv and highlight also the work experience you have done outside of publishing.
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Books mentioned: - Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff; - The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters; - The Guilty Feminist by Deborah Frances-White.

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S1 E7: Digital Strategy

Friday, July 6, 2018 • Duration 22:02

John Campbell is Head of Digital Platform Strategy at Oxford University Press. In our conversation, he illustrated the main tasks of the different teams in the Digital Strategy area at OUP and he suggested not to specialise too early in your career, but to be flexible and always learn new skills. As regards the future of publishing he stressed how content is pivotal to answer consumer needs.
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Get in touch on Twitter @FlamFlam91 or write me an email at publishinginsight@gmail.com
Visit my website: https://www.publishing-insight.com/

Books mentioned: - The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe - Astérix

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S1 E6: Freelance Publicist

Saturday, June 30, 2018 • Duration 19:31

After working for over 10 years in Publicity at Penguin and Transworld, Emma Dowson (on Twitter @EmmaDowson1) decided to start freelancing. We talked the main differences between working in house and freelancing and how to build relationships with authors and journalists. She also reminisces about touring with Bill Bryson, gives advice for aspiring publicists and recommends checking out the activities and events organised by the Publishers’ Publicity Circle.
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Books mentioned: - Shatila Stories, Peirene Press; - Miss Laila, Armed and Dangerous by Manu Jospeh.

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