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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…

Report: More Bucks for Your Books – What Alternative Revenue Sources Exist in the Digital Age?

Words by Chris Russell, photos by Daniel Solomons. Eric Huang from digital agency Made In Me chaired July’s Byte The Book, which brought together James Woollam of F&W Media, Head of eBooks at Unbo…

MOCKSTARS: A Byte The Book Success Story

Our writer-in-residence Christopher Russell recently published his debut novel Mockstars through Red Button Publishing − a connection that was made at Byte the Book. In this interview, both writer and…

CMC Keynote Speaker Announced and Subscribers Discount

The Children’s Media Conference has announced that Jonny Mitchell will deliver the Opening keynote speech on Wednesday 2 July in Sheffield. Mr. Mitchell is Headteacher of Thornhill Community Academy,…

Report: What are the Most Effective Methods to Market your Books?

Sparks flew at June’s Byte The Book event, much to the delight of the packed crowd at The Ivy. Locking horns on the topic of effective marketing strategies were publishing consultant Chris McVeigh, Ma…

Kingston Writing School: Hilary Mantel International Short Story Competition

Kingston Writing School have just launched a short story competition judged by the multi-award winning Hilary Mantel. 1st prize is £3,000 and there are two runner up prizes of £500. The winner will al…

City University Novel Studio 2014/15 Course and Competition

City University are currently accepting applications for their Novel Studio course 2014/15, with a deadline of 31 May. They’re also running a competition this year open to all applicants. The top thre…

Indie Author Fair from Triskele Books, Alliance of Independent Authors and Chorleywood Literary Festival

Triskele Books, The Alliance of Independent Authors and the Chorleywood Literary Festival will be coming together in this autumn to organise an Indie Author Fair in Chorleywood. The event is on the a…

Byte The Book Subscriber Discount for The Literary Conference, June 13th-15th

Those nice people at The Literary Consultancy have a conference coming up on June 13th – 15th and have offered Byte The Book Subscribers a discount Here are some more details: TLC is delighted to offe…

Report: What are the latest innovations in publishing today?

For May’s Byte The Book event, Sara O’Connor (Digital and Editorial Director, Hot Key Books), Theo Gray (co-founder of Touchpress) and Michael Bhaskar (Digital Publishing Director at Profile Books) ga…

The Children’s Media Conference – Extended Earlybirds for Byte the Bookers

Often cited as a favourite conference for all those in children’s media, we’re very pleased to announce that The Children’s Media Conference are offering Byte the Book subscribers an extended early bi…

International Creative Writing Summer School – 2014

Do you fancy doing some creative writing in warmer climes? How about taking a writing course out in Greece? Here are some more details: The British Council and Kingston Writing School are proud to an…

Report: The Future of Book Selling in the Digital Age

Host: Justine Solomons, Chair Sam Missingham, Panel: Jon Woolcott (Buying and Marketing Director at Stanfords Map and Travel Specialists Bookshop), Julia Kingsford (Business Development & Consu…

One Big Book Launch – April 30th 2014

We were really excited to hear about CompletelyNovel’s event next month, it sounds like a great opportunity for authors and readers alike. Here are some more details: Author applications are now open…

Thank you and a free e-book from our February Sponsors ePub Direct

ePubDirect sponsored our event on Pricing and sent us the following note to pass on to attendees of February’s Byte the Book event: Just a quick note from us to say thank you for coming to the Byte th…

Report: What are the Most Effective Pricing Models?

The relationship between the creation of artistic works and the sale of those works has always been an uneasy one, and it seems to be a particularly thorny issue in publishing. Experienced industry pa…