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7 simple steps: how not to get employed by a publisher

In the past three months, we here at Brascoe Publishing have had a lot of requests for work. A lot of really bad ones. So many, in fact, that we thought it was high time to post a blog about it. Here is how you avoid getting a job with a publisher. 1. Forget that [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Metal as f–k short-listed in the Australian Web Awards

— Adelaide, 19 October 2009 Metal as F–k, Australia’s biggest and most active online metal magazine, has been short-listed in the Australian Web Awards, presented by the Australian Web Industry Association. The site is one of just three finalists in the media category. Brascoe Publishing is happy to announce that the house’s publication Metal as [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Online metal music magazine celebrates six months

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Metal as F-ck celebrates its six-month anniversary In the past six months, our online metal music magazine, Metal as F-ck, named for a particular phrase common to metalheads when they hear music that hit just the right spot, has achieved some amazing things. Having launched in March 2009, we’ve cranked things up as [...]

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Self publishing is a messy business. Apparently.

Over the past three weeks or so, maybe longer, I’ve been keeping a keen eye on the blogosphere. In particular, with bloggers’ obsession with self-publishing versus ‘traditional’ publishing. And I’ve come to the conclusion that the debate turns on one issue; that there is one basic insecurity underlying the majority of blogs on the topic. [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Small craft title redefines crochet

- Adelaide, Thursday 3 September: Brascoe Publishing soon to release a craft title that takes a new look at crochet: Passionate Hookers. Small book/magazine crossover title from Brascoe Publishing, Passionate Hookers, takes a new look at crochet. The mook isn’t about cute, or even necessarily functional crochet; it’s about crochet as art and, in some [...]

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