Words by Chris Russell,photos by Katrina Hopewell. The Library Club, with its stylish modern art and exposed brick walls, hosted Byte The Book’s March event on the topic of how publishers can maximise…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Miguel Villar. Crowdfunding was under the spotlight for Byte The Book’s February event, overseen by chair of London Book Fair David Roche, himself an author with read…
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Ryan Morison, Director of Erudition Digital, and member of Byte the Book, offers his thoughts on DRM and shares his alternative anti-piracy solution, Custos for eBooks. As with any major innovation, t…
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Byte the Book Member, Jon Watt, Country Manager of Type & Tell UK, shares five reasons why now is the best time to self-publish. Who is the most successful self-publishing author of all time? This…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Katrina Hopewell. Pan Macmillan’s Sara Lloyd chaired Byte The Book’s opening event of 2017, which tackled the ever-increasing importance of data and explored how it c…
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Words by Hermione Ireland and picture by Jasmin Kirkbride The Westminster Media Forum is an invitation-only group including politicians, policy makers and people from industry, and is one of 16 run on…
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The brilliant people at Girl Friday Productions gave us some top tips on how to edit and also need some help from UK based editors. Here’s what they have to say: Ten Tricks of the Trade Look for the c…
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The brilliant people at Girl Friday Productions gave us some top tips on how to edit and also need some help from UK based editors. Here’s what they have to say: Ten Tricks of the Trade Look for the c…
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Prolifiko, co-founded by Byte the Book members Chris Smith and Bec Evans, has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to turn its prototype writing productivity coaching product and system into an app. T…
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Rachel Mann was one of the first Byte the Book members, having taken the City University Novel Studio course with Justine a few years ago. Here she talks about the process of writing and publishing he…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Tamara Craiu On the evening of Monday 14 November, Theresa May declared during her Mansion House speech that “we meet today in a world transformed … change is in the…
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1. As a ‘hybrid’ author whose non-fiction work is traditionally published you have experienced the benefits of both publishing routes. What, to you, are the benefits of publishing your own work indepe…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Nicole Kavanaugh. Children’s publishing came under the microscope at Byte The Book’s September event, in the plush surroundings of Regent Street’s Café Royal. Jo Henr…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Zoe Sharples. The Groucho Club was packed wall-to-wall for Byte The Book’s ‘back to school’ event, which set out to tackle the sticky issue of how authors can generat…
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What’s in a number – everything, if you want to publish and sell books in the competitive global market of today! What is an ISBN? The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) is the single most impo…
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Nicole Kavanaugh. On a sweltering summer’s evening in Soho, Byte The Book brought together a panel of industry experts to discuss the very contemporary topic of perso…
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Girl Friday’s newly released podcast, From the Margins, is an NPR-style narrative exploring the “story behind the story.” With themes ranging from pitching your project to how parenthood affects craft…
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A two-year collaborative research project, exploring the developing relationship between digital technology and literature was formally launched last week, against the iconic backdrop of The Thames. …
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Words by Chris Russell, photos by Nicole Kavanaugh. For its June event, Byte The Book turned its attention to the dynamic and ever-changing world of crime and thriller publishing. Amid the occasional…
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Words by Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone, photos by Nicole Kavanaugh. Everyone knows that Byte the Book is the place to come and talk about technology in publishing and media. If you have a creative project…
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