Due to unforeseen circumstances the Publishing Scotland and ACE
publishing day for members will not now take place at Kelvingrove
Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow on Thursday 2 November 2017.
We hope to arrange a new date and notify
everyone as soon as possible.
The Association for Cultural Enterprises (ACE) and Publishing
Scotland (PS) are hosting a Publishing Study Day in Glasgow for
members. It's aimed at organisations with publishing arms including
museums, galleries and libraries.
It's a members only event and places are free
for ACE and PS members.
Topic: Publishing Study Day: The Art of
Selling Books
PROGRAMME
- 10.00-10.30: REGISTRATION AND REFRESHMENTS
- 10.30-11.05: Recent success stories - Declan McCarthy,
Ashmolean Museum
- 11.05-11.35: Selling titles to heritage outlets - Matthew
Perren, Bookspeed
- 11.35-12.05: Rooted in the Past: A tale of two publications -
Susan Pacitti, Glasgow Museums Publishing
- 12.05-12.15 BREAK
- 12.15-12.45: Blackwell's and Wellcome partnership - Marion
Akehurst, Blackwell's at the Wellcome Collection
- 12.45-13.00: Case Study: Bringing Museums to Life: A Publishing
Partnership - Chani McBain, Floris Books and Lesley Taylor, NMS
Enterprises - Publishing
- 13.00-14.00: LUNCH
- 14.00-14.30: What works for an independent bookshop -
Mairi Oliver, The Lighthouse bookshop
- 14.30-15.00: Cover design panel
- 15.10-16.00: Workshops and Close
2016 Event
This event took place at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh. Talks
and discussions included marketing updates, case studies, setting
up and pitching to book festivals and Waterstones. See our Publishing Study Day listing.
2015 Event
The inaugural event in 2015 at the Scottish National Gallery in
Edinburgh was a great success. For last year's programme and
speakers, see our Publishing in the Heritage Sector listing.