Fireworks: Byte the Book’s First Year
Byte the Book has been running for a little over a year now. Our first event was on 14th March 2012. I brought together eight people and we sat in a very quiet Loft at the Ivy Club and discussed ways…
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Free Publishing Event: BIC Open Day May 15th at RIBA
We were really excited to hear about one of our sponsors, Book Industy Communication’s 1st Open Day on Wednesday 15 May 2013 at RIBA from 1:30 – 5pm. It’s free for members and non-members of BIC and i…
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New Life for an Old Novel Thanks to e-books – Dear Sister by Judith Summers
When Judith Summers got in touch to tell us about her story of the self-publishing an old novel we were intrigued. Here’s what she told us: Where do old novels go when they die? The answer used to be…
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Publishing Career Resource from The Publishers Association
We were very pleased to hear that the Publishers Association launched a brand new section of their website entitled “Working in Publishing,” at this years London Book Fair. This new area of The PA’s w…
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City Masterclass: How to Get Ahead in Digital Media, 8th June 2013
City University are running a session on: How to Get Ahead in Digital Media, on Saturday 8th June 2013. The course is a two-hour masterclass taught by two top digital industry experts: Natasha McNamar…
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A Panelist’s Response to Byte the Book by Will Le Fleming
So last night I was at the Club at the Ivy. I should say that with debonair insouciance to give the impression that my life consists of nothing but rounds of trendy clubs populated by elegant people w…
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Reminder of BIC’s 15% Discount to Byte the Book Subscribers
BIC, one of our valued sponsors, would like to remind Byte the Book subscribers of their 15% discount code valid (subject to availability) for all their courses/events scheduled up until the end of M…
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Register for Intro to Creative Writing at City University and Get an Amazon Voucher
We’re a special offer from City University, the sponsors of March’s event: The first 20 people who book onto their introductory course Creative Writing (Poetry and Prose) between March 18-22 inclusiv…
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Learn to Write Novels at City University
As an alumni of this month’s sponsor, City University, I can thoroughly recommend their Novel Studio course. Here is what they have to say about it: Always wanted to write a novel? Got one ‘under the…
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As You Read – An Intriguing New Start-Up
We’re intrigued by this exciting new start up from one of our members. Here are some more details: Calling all creative types! As You Read Ltd. needs crowdfunding support! Pay for what you read, as yo…
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“A History of Bohemian Soho” – The Colony Room Club Book Launch 15th March
The Club at the Ivy have invited Byte the Book subscribers to an upcoming book launch. The event is on Friday 15th March, doors will be at 7pm for a 7:30pm start and it is free to attend. Here are so…
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Early Bird Discount for The Literary Consultancy Conference 7th – 8th June
The Literary Consultancy are running a conference in June and wanted to let Byte the Book subscribers know about the early bird discount which runs until the end of March. Here are some more details:…
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The Rites of Spring – Salon London 6th March at Adam Street
It’s been a long cold hard winter but there’s some light now at the end of the tunnel, another brilliant Salon London event – “The Rites of Spring”, here’s what the organisers have to say about it: Fi…
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Dame ‘Steve’ (Stephanie) Shirley – 20th March, 8pm, Ivy House, NW11 7SX
Another interesting event from one of our members, the London Jewish Cultural Centre, here are some more details: Let IT Go Dame ‘Steve’ (Stephanie) Shirley in Conversation With Trudy Gold Wednesday…
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City of Blood – An Evening with New Crime Author and City Alumna MD Villiers, 20th March
Another exciting event, this time from City University. Here are some more details: From a taste for Nordic noir immortalised in The Killing to Sophie Hannah’s best-selling psychological crime novels…
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A Response to “What Skills Do Publishers Need?”
Our event a few weeks ago “What Skills Do Publishers Need?” was absolutely fantastic and we had a really positive response on the night both at the event and via the twitter feed. We were especially…
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The Big DRM Debate from BIC 4th March 2013
A interesing event from BIC coming up in March, here are some more details: BIC BATTLE – THE DRM DEBATE MARCH 2013! EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION OPEN NOW! Not sure which way to go regarding DRM for digital…
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Two UK Start-ups as Semi-finalists for Tools of Change, NYC
Congratulations to BookMachine and Valobox for getting in to the semi-final of TOC NYC Startup showcase. If they win this round, they will have the opportunity to present their technology to leaders i…
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Salon London on 7th February at Foyles plus launch of the Transmission Prize
Salon London’s first event of the year is on Thursday 7th February, at Foyles Bookshop, Charing Cross Rd, from 6:30pm and it sounds like it’s going to be great. In addition to the launch of the Transm…
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What’s Going On In London?
To make sure literary and publishing folk don’t miss any great events in the capital and to ensure, where possible, event organisers avoid clashes, we’re going to try and track all the literary and pu…
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