“You can work part-time for me any day” These are the words of Ross Gibb, Chairman of Pan Macmillan who was my great ally when I started my family and remains so. And I didn’t even work [...]
Frankfurt Book Fair – the centre of the publishing world
It does seem odd to the uninitiated why the entire book world descends on Frankfurt for five days in early October every year. Why sell from Australia to the big US houses in the middle [...]

Royalties
It is so rewarding to pay royalties. The higher the amount the more books we have sold. The financial logistics of publishing are seen as very complex to outsiders but to those like me who have spent [...]

Why I Am A Publisher
JCP launched Dr Ian Plant’s Myth in The Ancient World at Macquarie University last week. At the rear end of the world to paraphrase PJK, we were transported back to ancient Greece and Rome, we mingled [...]

The publisher revealed…
Last week I signed up an author who I think may well change my life: Walter Bellin. JCP will publish his book Mindful Leadership in November. US born Walter has been coaching personal development and [...]



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