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ePub Direct Converts with Care

Everyone wants to make money from their backlist. Our February sponsors, ePub Direct have developed a a carefully formulated process to simply and efficiently digitise your books. Click on the infogra…

What Can I Do With This Content? – Some More Information and An Interview with Paul Rollins of the CLA

What Can I Do With This Content? In recent years there has been lively debate within the publishing industry around the potential of exciting, new digital formats: from iPad apps to Hybrid Books. Ther…

International eBook Infographics on Pricing from ePubDirect

Are you wondering how best to price your books for international markets? Our February sponsors, ePubDirect, have produced some fascinating infographics highlighting international eBook statistics wit…

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…

Blue Mark Books at Daunt Books Wednesday 21/1/15 – An Invite to Byte the Book members

We really excited to learn this week, that one of our members, Toby Fountaine, has just launched Blue Mark Books and he’s really keen for Byte the Bookers to come along to their first title’s launch….

Is Everyone Now a Publisher? An Important Single-Day Course for all Authors – Kingston University 28th March 2015

Kingston University have been long standing supporters of Byte the Book and so we were delighted to be invited to speak at their Author Conference later this year. Here are some details on the event:…

Is Going Indie the Right Route for You? by Laxmi Hariharan

To be Indie or not is the question. I published my first novel the Indie way. My second novel The Many Lives of Ruby Iyer is being published through Books@Jacaranda on Amazon White Glove. It’s an agen…

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…

Thoughts on Sharjah International Book Fair by Lisa Edwards

Byte the Book member Lisa Edwards has just come back from her first Sharjah Book Fair, here are her thoughts on the conference… I came to Sharjah not quite knowing what to expect, not least because…

Press Conference with Dan Brown at The Sharjah International Book Fair 2014

While out at the Sharjah Book Fair I was invited to a press conference with the guest of honour, Dan Brown. Given he’s got such a big brand, I asked him if he’d think about self-publishing. “No,” he s…

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…

How to Job Search in Book Publishing – An Offer from Bookcareers

Here’s an excellent offer from Suzanne Collier of bookcareers: She asks, are you networking in November? And goes on…. We couldn’t help but notice that within a week of our next HOW TO JOB SEARCH IN…

Cronycle – Supporting Publishers and Brands

Marina Cheal the MD at Cronycle , the sponsors of our October Byte the Book event looking at how publishers and authors working with brands, has put together a collection specifically related to last…

Inside Out Festival: Monday 20th October – Sunday 26th October

Byte the Book’s founder, Justine Solomons, is speaking at the Inside Out Festival this Wednesday 22nd October, please do come along if you’re in town. Here are some more details: Inside Out Festival 2…

Adapt to Survive

John Pettigrew of FutureProofs urges you all to **Adapt to survive** we reckon he’s got a point. Here’s what he says: We’re living in one of the most exciting times in the history of publishing, we’re…

Idyllic Writer’s Retreat – Portugal

Do you feel as though you just need to get away with from it all, with your manuscript and a room of your own? Check out this gorgeous house out in Coimbra, Portugal, (nearest airport Porto). It’s on…

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…

Thoughts on Cover Design from Print on Demand Worldwide

Simon Potter (Design Services Manager at Printondemand-worldwide), reflects on cover design, having worked for many years with both major publishers and indie authors “You can’t judge a book by its co…

Publish and Be Defined

Here’s some more thoughts, this time on self (funded) publishing from our September event sponsor, Print On Demand Worldwide’s, business development manager, David Birkett. It’s fascinating to witness…

The Invisible Booksellers of Peterborough

What’s it like going from working in a physical bookshop to a virtual one? Here’s a personal note from our September sponsor, David Birkett of Printondemand-worldwide. The Invisible book-sellers of Pe…

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