We’re very happy to announce the inauguration of the Byte Bursary, which will award one young outstanding member of the publishing industry with free membership to the Byte the Book, free access to ou…
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On 30 March 2015, Hodder Children’s Books announced the acquisition of Songs About A Girl by Chris Russell. Senior Commissioning Editor Naomi Greenwood acquired UK & Commonwealth rights from Ed Wi…
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After the success of One Big Book Launch 2014, submissions are now open for authors to submit their books for 2015 on the theme; ‘Inspiring People and Places’. One Big Book Launch is a ‘CompletelyNove…
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Zoe Cunningham and Tracey Sinclair met through Byte the Book and went on to create a critically-acclaimed theatre show together. Zoe has written an article to tell us a little more about their collabo…
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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…
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Are you always complaining you don’t have enough time to write? Well here’s some advice from author, journalist and editor Lane Ashfeldt For years before putting any real graft into my fiction, I wrot…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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:…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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