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Bookswarm has designed and built a new website for independent publisher Gallic Books. Gallic was founded by Managing Director, Jane Aitken, working with Editorial Director, Pilar Webb. Colleagues for many years at Random House UK, they are both committed...

Bookswarm has worked with Canongate Books to create a new site in support of Imagine, by Jonah Lehrer. The site is a bank of ideas, a place where users can share their creative thoughts and tips for harnessing the imagination. Created in association with Wired...

Bookswarm has developed a Sales Extranet for Faber that combines the ease of use of WordPress with the power of Faber's bibliographic data systems. The password-protected website is designed to allow both export and UK trade customers to keep up to date with Faber's...

As part of our consultancy enagement with Octopus Publishing Group, and working with app developers Aimer Media, we are proud to be able to showcase the Guru apps: My Pilates Guru and My Yoga Guru. These free apps, developed for iPad and iPhone, are designed to...

Bookswarm will be attending all three days of the London Book Fair - so if you would like to take the opportunity to talk about a project or just meet up for a coffee and a chance to get to know us better (Simon's favourite drink is green tea and he's very partial to...

Love Your Indie, developed and operated by Bookswarm on behalf of the Independent Alliance, and sponsored by The Guardian, has double loyalty points in April. Until midnight on 30th April, cardholders get TWO points on your card for every £10 they spend in...

Hamlyn, an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group, has launched an innovative new mass-market cookery series, with a significant digital element realised by Bookswarm. The books themselves are clever and convenient: simply choose a recipe from the book, work out how much...

Bestselling author, and client and friend of Bookswarm, Chris Cleave is riding from London to Paris in June for Geoff Thomas Foundation. As he explains: While researching my novel, Gold, I spent time at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children shadowing a paediatric...

Bookswarm has created a new look for the website of the British Sports Book Awards, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year in style with a dinner at the prestigious Savoy Hotel in London on 21st May. The star studded event will celebrate the very best in...

In preparation for the paperback release of her novel The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs, and the follow-up in July, Just Like Proper Grown-Ups, Bookswarm has revamped the website of author Christina Hopkinson. Christina wanted something classy, elegant and...

Bookswarm's Simon Appleby will be on the panel for the inaugural Publishing Now event on 2-3 December 2011. Exciting times in the world of publishing. The concept of the book is being re-imagined and re-wrought, the act of reading is undergoing enhancement and...

The latest author site to be launched is for New York Times bestselling author Raymond Khoury, whose novels include The Last Templar and the recent follow-up The Templar Salvation. It's all based on Wordpress so Raymond's already fully in control of his own content -...

The Guardian on Saturday 1st October featured an Independent Bookshops Directory and a free Love Your Indie loyalty card. These special cards offer holders a 20% discount on their first purchase at any one of the retailers participating in the scheme. Bookswarm...

We're pleased to announce the launch of Ali Knight's official author website - based on a custom Wordpress theme designed and implemented by Bookswarm. Ali's debut novel, Wink Murder, was published by Hodder & Stoughton earlier this year and shortly comes out in...

The Independent Alliance has launched a nationwide loyalty card scheme for independent bookshops – built by Bookswarm!

Something rather more sedate and peaceful to report on now: the launch of Marcel Theroux's new site. He wanted something calming that reflected his interests without being an ego trip - so we created line drawings based on details his study at home. Visit the site

Bookswarm's latest project has taken to the skies today - a new blog for Faber's fabulous Faber Finds imprint. Faber Finds | The Place for Lost Books When Faber decided to move across from a blog hosted on Wordpress.com, they asked Bookswarm to create a bespoke new...

Bookswarm has launched a new website for Saul David, who writes history books published by Penguin and historical fiction published by Hodder & Stoughton. Reflecting this split, as well as his other roles as broadcaster and lecturer, were a central part of the...