So here we are at the third and final post in our mini-series on being agile in the publishing world. If you’ve been following along with us so far, in part 1 of this mini-series, you’ll remember that we introduced the complex and rapidly-changing world of (specifically) ELT publishing, highlighting the need for agile workflows [...]
In the first part of this mini-series we discussed the complexities of ELT publishing – focusing on publishers’ growing need to get courses to market quickly without losing quality. To do this, the supply chain for larger projects is often made up of smaller companies and individuals, all of whom are going to be working [...]
As global publishers increasingly promote agile workflows both internally and externally, they rely more and more heavily on many individuals and smaller businesses to help get their massive, multi-million pound courses and products to market. These external suppliers (like emc) can provide any number of different services – from simple design of one component to [...]
We are really excited and pleased to be sponsoring the first Cambridge event this June 8th as part of BookMachine week. ivermectin philippines We’ve been involved in BookMachine for a number of years now and find it’s a great way to engage with the industry as well as meet new people. billig ivermectine It’s important [...]
We're really excited to be taking part in the Independent Publishers Guild's "Meet the Innovators" zone at this year's The London Book Fair. There will be a total of nine companies taking part including us! We decided to take part because we want to talk to companies about innovative ways we can work together, either through collaborative projects [...]
On Monday Kathryn and Sophie travelled across to Oxford Brookes to take part in their annual "Working in Publishing Day". The uni arranges this day every year to give students the opportunity to talk to people working in and around the industry and this year we were really privileged to take part! We talked to [...]
Last week Sophie attended MaWSIG's (IATEFL's Materials Writing Special Interest Group) first meet-up. And as she's part of the organising committee we thought it would be a good chance to find out more about the event and how it went. What is MaWSIG? The International Association of Teachers of English as a Foreign Langauge has special interest [...]
On November 6th 2014, a few of us from emc design attended the BookMachine event held in London with guest speaker Rebecca Swift. It was an informal event and an opportunity to meet, socialise and network with other people from within the publishing industry, including designers, editors, writers, publishers and general book lovers. Sophie from emc said: [...]
We came across this great little interview from Kaplan International Colleges with designer and illustrator Pablo Stanley. We particularly love his illustrations around the English language. Which for Pablo has been an amusing language to learn and a difficult one to grasp all the awkward phonology. Interview with Pablo Stanley, Graphic Designer & Illustrator - [...]
Back in September at the Media Futures event in London, we were given a booklet from event-based publishing service Book Kernel. Book Kernel is one of the eight collaborations to come out of the Research & Enterprise in Arts & Creative Technology (REACT) Books & Print Sandbox. Here is a short summary of what Book Kernel can bring to your events [...]