The benefits of in-house Creative Content – a designers response

Last week we posted 'The benefits of in-house Creative Content – why picture researchers need designers'. The post looked at the advantages from a picture research point of view of working in the same studio as our designers. Amy, one of our Design Managers, gives her response on why our set-up is beneficial to our design [...]

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 [...]

Eric Huang of Penguin Books on collaboration & re-defining the role of Publishers

A few weeks ago Sophie interviewed Eric Huang for BookMachine, in the run up to the Unplugged event which emc design are proudly sponsoring. Eric talked about his role at Penguin and how they are working and collaborating with new companies to strengthen their offer as a publisher. There is no doubt that Penguin is [...]

Our 5 top publishing partnerships and collaborations

In the run up to the launch of BookMachine.me I’ve picked out some of the top publishing partnerships and collaborations around. I hope it gives you some inspiration to get out there and start collaborating! And to also come to the launch event Unplugged (which we're sponsoring)  on Wednesday 7th November. 1) Mind Candy and [...]