Archive: Event reports

Report: Who are the New Publishers?

Words by Chris Russell photos by Daniel Solomons The sold-out return of Byte The Book proved to be one of its most thought-provoking and boisterous nights yet. Chair Lisa Edwards led a three-strong pa…

Report: How Can We Access Finance to Enable Innovative Publishing Projects?

Words by Jantien Abma photos by Danny Lyle. July’s Byte the Book had us all gathered to watch a discussion on accessing finance for innovative publishing projects, in association with charity World Re…

Report: What Place do Book Design and Illustration have in the Digital Age?

Words by Chris Russell, photos by Daniel Solomons. For May’s Byte The Book, Tate Publishing’s Jacky Klein chaired an event discussing the role of book design and illustration in the digital age. The p…

Report: Blogs, Vlogs and Books – How Can you Use Different Platforms to Build an Audience?

Words by Chris Russell, photos by So Fraiche Media Author and freelance journalist Daisy Buchanan chaired Byte The Book’s March event, leading a discussion on how writers, bloggers and vloggers can us…

Report: The Independent Author’s Journey

Words by Chris Russell, photos by Howard Pugh. February’s Byte The Book was an author-focussed affair, turning the spotlight on best-selling independent novelist Mark Dawson. Interviewed by Amazon’s D…

Report: Is DRM Killing the Publishing Industry?

Words by Chris Russell, photos by Daniel Solomons. Byte The Book enjoyed a record attendance for its opening event of 2015, a debate on the controversial topic of Digital Rights Management (DRM). CEO…

Report: What’s the best publishing route for authors?

Words by Chris Russell, photos by Daniel Solomons. Sparks flew at the final Byte The Book of 2014, as traditional publishing locked horns with self-publishing over the best route for authors. Represen…

Report: How can publishers and authors work with brands?

Words by Chris Russell, photos by Daniel Solomons. Byte The Book’s October event was chaired by Sally Foote of FEB Digital who, in her introduction, instantly set the tone for the evening: “Working wi…

Report: How is Print Adapting to the Shifting Consumer Market in the Digital Age?

Words by Chris Russell, photos by Daniel Solomons. The Ivy was packed to the rafters for September’s Byte The Book, which brought together Andrew Davies (Publisher at Immediate Media), Martin Spear (R…

Report: More Bucks for Your Books – What Alternative Revenue Sources Exist in the Digital Age?

Words by Chris Russell, photos by Daniel Solomons. Eric Huang from digital agency Made In Me chaired July’s Byte The Book, which brought together James Woollam of F&W Media, Head of eBooks at Unbo…

Report: What are the Most Effective Methods to Market your Books?

Sparks flew at June’s Byte The Book event, much to the delight of the packed crowd at The Ivy. Locking horns on the topic of effective marketing strategies were publishing consultant Chris McVeigh, Ma…

Report: What are the latest innovations in publishing today?

For May’s Byte The Book event, Sara O’Connor (Digital and Editorial Director, Hot Key Books), Theo Gray (co-founder of Touchpress) and Michael Bhaskar (Digital Publishing Director at Profile Books) ga…

Report: The Future of Book Selling in the Digital Age

Host: Justine Solomons, Chair Sam Missingham, Panel: Jon Woolcott (Buying and Marketing Director at Stanfords Map and Travel Specialists Bookshop), Julia Kingsford (Business Development & Consu…

Report: What are the Most Effective Pricing Models?

The relationship between the creation of artistic works and the sale of those works has always been an uneasy one, and it seems to be a particularly thorny issue in publishing. Experienced industry pa…

Report: “What’s the Future of Poetry Publishing?”

Sir Andrew began with an overview of the current state of poetry publishing. He debunked the myth that consumers of poetry are dwindling with reference to his online audio resource the Poetry Archive,…

Report: “What Lessons Can Consumer Publishing teach the Book Industry?”

It was standing room only at Loft at The Club at the Ivy for our September event focussed on the newspaper and magazine industry. Byte the Book founder, Justine Solomons chaired a discussion with a p…

Report: “The Author Experience II”

The focus was on authors at Byte The Book’s July event, with a panel of experienced and successful writers from a wide variety of literary backgrounds offering their pearls of wisdom to yet another se…

Report “What New Busines Models are Emerging for Publishing in the Digital Age?”

Another packed and lively crowd was in attendance for Byte The Book’s June event, which tackled the hot topic of emerging business models in the digital age. Discussion kicked off with an exploration…

Report on Byte the Book “How is Technology Influencing the Size and Shape of What We Read?”

We understand that some of you can’t get along to Byte the Book but are still curious to know what gets discussed. So we asked one of our members, Chris Russell, to write a report on our May meeting. …

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