Simon blogs regular updates on the Press, our Themes, forthcoming titles and other (mis)adventures in the world of publishing.
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Read a sample of Eden’s Alternative to Appeasement
As we mentioned last week, Eden’s Alternative to Appeasement is now available to buy in paperback and ebook. This week we also released the hardback, so do encourage your library to buy a copy!…
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If a picture paints a thousand words… (part one)
This week we’re bringing you the first in a 3-week series looking at the issues around selecting and submitting images for your book manuscript. We’re not going to cover absolutely everything, and as always…
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What’s so great about reading?
Last week, while thinking about the future of publishing, I touched on fundamental questions about the continuing importance of reading. I mentioned that I’m a bit baffled by just how much video has come…
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What does the future of book publishing look like?
I’ve been working in publishing long enough to know that anybody who tells you they know what the industry will look like on a ten or twenty year time scale is probably either deluded,…
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The end of our first calendar year
The start of 2026 marks four months since the public launch of Tithebarn Press. The change of year feels like a good time for reflection on how far we’ve come already and where we’re…
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Merry Christmas
I’m taking a little break this week to spend time with my family, with just a couple of bits of manuscript to look at. A significant proportion of my regular readers won’t be celebrating…
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How to write a good editorial blurb
I should begin this week’s update by being clear about my terms. In recent years the word “blurb” has commonly come to refer to what most of us in the industry call “endorsements”, that…
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How to choose a title for your book
It probably won’t surprise you that this can be one of the thorniest questions for publishers and authors to discuss. Authors often get very set on a particular title that appeals to them, whereas…
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What we do with your manuscript
We’ve been talking about proposals and reviewing for some time now, and so I thought this week we’d go into a bit more detail on manuscripts. Specifically, what it is that we at Tithebarn…
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How to be an ideal proposal reviewer
Last week I wrote about why you should say yes as often as you can when asked to review book proposals. This week, on the basis that if a job is worth doing it…
