There is no place more universally loved than a good bookstore. For its owner, achieving that is not as simple as it seems. The best book shops are much...

Behind every great author is a host of unsung editors. By convention, they don’t get their names on books. What are they doing behind the scenes? A good book...

Creative communities can be a powerful force for good. Online, they grow around tools that let people be creative together. What comes first, the tools or the community? Two...

We take for granted that books contain no mistakes, but the absence of mistakes is no small achievement. It takes care, commitment, and very, very good processes. In publishing,...

Would you believe that the entire ebook marketplace – including Kindle, iBooks, and thousands of ebook stores – depends on the volunteer work of about a dozen people? There...

Why are book clubs so transformative, and can they change the world? When we read a book we love, no matter how outlandish or challenging it is, we recognise...

Good agents are the fairy grandparents of page and screen. They get writers; and they get writers paid. Most jobs in publishing are done by humans flying solo –...

Open-access publishing models are so ubiquitous today that we forget they had to be invented first – by bold, generous publishers. In this episode, Arthur talks to one of...

There are so many interesting people in book-making; people who cross boundaries and live for the thrill of making art with other people. People like Andrés Barragán: rock guitarist,...