Byte The Book is pleased to announce that for the second year running Hachette UK will sponsor two bursaries for unpublished writers worth over £600 each, to include an annual membership to Byte The B…
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Photos by Amelia Kyazze, Words by Chris Russell As part of the London Book Fair’s busy programme of author events, Byte The Book packed out the English PEN Literary Salon for a panel on digital promot…
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Byte The Book loves bringing people from all areas of the publishing world together so that they can learn from each other and collaborate, and we want to highlight some wonderful collaborations that…
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Photos by Alex Shaw and Amelia Kyazze, words by Chris Russell, cartoon by Ollie Randall Byte The Book live events made a triumphant return on 21st February with a spirited discussion on how to be a…
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Congratulations to Byte the Book member Zoe Cunningham who has just produced her first science fiction feature film, Breaking Infinity. Breaking Infinity follows research scientist Liam who, unstuck i…
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1. Why do we need ISBNs? Most of our telephone conversations at the UK & Ireland ISBN Agency start with “I’ve written this book… now what do I do?” My first question to them is “Do you have an…
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Byte The Book loves bringing people from all areas of the publishing world together so that they can learn from each other and collaborate, and we want to highlight some wonderful collaborations that…
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When I pick up a new book, the first page I read is the acknowledgements at the back. What is the reason for this strange, back-to-front reading habit? It all stems from my search for a literary agent…
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Huub van de Pol, right, is founder of Audiyence. FutureBook award winners were announced on 18 November, and three Byte The Book members were recognized. Audiyence and Prismatext were shortlisted in t…
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Blockchain technology is essentially an update on how the web can function. A simple way to think of blockchain is as a digital ledger that many people can have access to, yet no single entity owns. W…
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On 31 October, Byte The Book and Stationers’ Company members gathered at Stationers’ Hall in London to hear from a panel of experts on the future of bookselling. Bookselling in 2022: New Routes to Mar…
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Photo: The Bookseller Simon Appleby, Byte The Book member and founder of Bookswarm, recently ran the London Marathon, raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. This was Simon’s first marathon, which…
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The big goal for many unpublished authors is getting a deal with a publisher, and often the terms of the publishing contract are something of an afterthought. The author may know in general terms what…
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Byte The Book loves bringing people from all areas of the publishing world together so that they can learn from each other and collaborate, and we want to highlight some wonderful collaborations that…
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I founded Byte The Book back in 2012. The idea came to me in 2011 while I was on the Novel Studio course at City University. We were reading each manuscript on our kindles and I realised how digital r…
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A sequel to Into the Mouth of the Lion, by A.B. Kyazze is coming soon. Called Ahead of the Shadows, it is another fast-paced story set in war zones, this time in DR Congo and Darfur, Sudan, but…
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By Dea Parkin “Ill Wind” was selected as the finalist of the 2022 Byte Shorts Showcase. The wind keened across the Trojan plain. Huddled in the camp, shivering in a thin fur, Lysander stared at his s…
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The countdown has already started for this year’s, in-person, Frankfurter Buchmesse (19-23 October) and, under the motto “Translate. Transfer. Transform.”, the book fair is putting a special focus on…
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Byte The Book, a network for authors and publishing professionals, is pleased to announce two winners of the Hachette UK Bursary for Debut Authors: Angelita Lapuz Bradney for Wildwood and Viktoria Dah…
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