Publishing is a massive, complicated industry. It began in English with William Caxton in the fifteenth century, and it’s still evolving. Join Kate Macdonald, the publisher at Handheld Press and a visiting research fellow at Oxford Brookes University, in conversation with weekly guests to break down the mysteries of publishing as a business, as a trade, as an art, and as a culture. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

How Publishing Works: From Caxton to Kindle
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Publishing is a massive, complicated industry. It began in English with William Caxton in the fifteenth century, and it’s still evolving. Join Kate Macdonald, the publisher at Handheld Press and a visiting research fellow at Oxford Brookes University, in conversation with weekly guests to break down the mysteries of publishing as a business, as a trade, as an art, and as a culture. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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November 3, 2023
How Publishing Works. From Caxton to Kindle
<p>In this episode of How Publishing Works Kate Macdonald of Handheld Press is in conversation with audiobook producer Arran Dutton from Audiofactory, an audio studio in Somerset.</p><p>The conversation roams from the rise of the audiobook, how an audio studio works, how an audiobook is made, whether an author should narrator their own book, and why fantasy fiction costs more to narrate. </p><p>Arran talks a lot about <em>No Dig </em>by Charles Dowding. You can find him and the audiofactory team at audiofactory.co.uk.</p><p>For more information about Handheld Press, go to www.handheldpress.co.uk. You can email this podcast at podcast@handheldpress.co.uk. </p><p>This episode was edited and produced by Kate Macdonald. The jolly intro and outro music is 'Feels Like Home' by Avocado Junkie, sourced through Podcastle.</p><p>If you like this podcast, please leave a review on your podcast provider! And tell your friends: word of mouth is the best way to get new folk listening.</p><p> </p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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