A Look Back at 2013

2013 was a very busy and challenging year for emc design. With a large volume of work throughout, we really had to continuously provide the level of commitment and skill that our clients expect and that we strive to provide. The year saw many changes, both for us as a company and the industry as [...]

IATEFL MaWSIG Event – "New Directions in ELT Materials Writing"

With little over a month until the first IATEFL MaWSIG event takes place, two-thirds of the tickets have already been sold! So get your tickets before they all disappear. The conference is looking to be a really great day, with many excellent speakers and key industry experts participating in panel discussions. Here is an overview [...]

By |2017-01-11T15:57:42+01:00December 16th, 2013|Categories: ELT, Publishing|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

SYP Conference Round Up

Last weekend I was fortunate enough to attend the Society of Young Publishers Conference at Oxford Brookes University. It was my first publishing conference and I was eager to learn more about the industry and where it was heading. From an emc design perspective, we were also keen to discover the future trends of publishing [...]

What a busy summer we've had

The UK has seen some of its hottest temperatures for a few years this summer but whilst the rest of the country may have been donning their sun hats and relaxing by the sea emc design has been hard at work having had some of our busiest months on record. We’ve invested in a whole [...]

A very big BookMachine event extravaganza!

To celebrate the launch of the latest BookMachine.me update 6 fantastic hosts, in 6 different cities are all getting together on the same night – 25th September. BookMachine [http://bookmachine.org], an event series and online networking service for the publishing industry, has partnered with organisations across UK, US, Spain and Canada to host 6 events in [...]

By |2017-01-11T15:57:42+01:00August 27th, 2013|Categories: Publishing|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Is it the end of Digital Publishing Units? Tim Oliver thinks so – BookMachine Oxford round-up

Last night a whole load of us from emc design went along to celebrate a year of BookMachine events in Oxford. It was a great evening with lots of new and interesting people coming along, as well as some familiar faces. Tim Oliver (Macmillan Education) gave an insightful talk into running a Digital Publishing Unit. [...]

Tips for improving your BookMachine.me profile

Last night Sophie was showcasing our BookMachine.me profile at BookMachine Unplugged and gave some quick tips on how to make the most of your portfolio. So we thought it would be useful to share her tips here. Add your most prestigious and important links first as the links currently get ordered top to bottom. Consider adding in [...]

A lot is happening in Publishing right now – here's our round up!

As we all know Publishing and its other relevant industries has been changing and it's sometimes hard to keep up with everything that's been going on. Well here at emc design we are constantly keeping our eyes and ears open to find out what's going on. So here are our top picks of some of [...]

5 Questions for Ricardo Redisch of Grupo Editorial Nacional [INTERVIEW]

Last week Sophie spent a great half hour chatting to Ricardo Redisch from Grupo Editorial Nacional on the changing role of the publisher. تعليم لعبة البوكر In a pre-Toronto BookMachine interview Ricardo talks about how we need to make the most of user feedback from social networks. You can read the full interview here: 5 [...]

We were Unplugged last night @BookMachine London

Last night Kathryn and Sophie from emc design went along to the latest in the BookMachine Unplugged series. It was a fantastic evening at The Venue 229 with some brilliant guest speakers and some familiar faces in the crowd. The Unplugged series is looking at collaboration across the Publishing industry and guest speakers are asked [...]