Two & A Half Minutes With Elvis Shackleton

Added on 24 January 2011

As the new year blunders disastrously forward, driven by petty party politics, brutal murders, rising petrol prices and people you've never heard of dancing on ice, Long Midnight Publishing's Marketing Director Elvis Shackleton discusses what lies ahead for the nation's biggest publishing company as...

Shower Gel Polemic II

Added on 05 January 2011

The second in Douglas Lindsay's Shower Gel's of the World series. Standing in the shower this morning I was confronted by Imperial Leather Japanese Spa shower gel. For that truly ethnic shower experience. Of course, we're not really here to discuss the pale custard-coloured gunk in the bottle, but ...

Elvis Shackleton at Christmas

Added on 14 December 2010

As the festive season hurtles nearer in relentless fashion, Long Midnight Publishing's enigmatic marketing legend, Elvis Shackleton, gives his traditional end of year interview to LMP Beat reporter Eldon Crayfish. Eldon Crayfish: So, let's cut straight to the most exciting story of the year, the ne...

Slow Winter Days

Added on 29 November 2010

Slow days at Long Midnight Publishing. We’ve long discussed the possibility of a Russian football-esque winter break, and it looks like we might be bringing it for next winter. We will start in the middle of November and resume work in early May. Shackleton is arguing that we oughtn’t t...

To The Kitchen

Added on 23 November 2010

As of 13 November, publishing behemoth Jamie Oliver had sold 446,969 copies of his eponymous 30-Minute Meals book, and has been number one now for a fair few weeks in the Neilsen chart. In the week to 13/11 alone he sold 85,628 copies, more than twice the number two title, Guiness World Records. Th...