Future events
Members’ Surgery – June
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Lots of you want personal introductions or advice on the industry so we have set up a FREE members-only surgery once a month. Each session is a maximum of 15 minutes. If you wish to come along please book yourself a time…
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Virtual Agent Tables (June 2023)
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
It’s notoriously hard for authors to meet agents so for the past few years we’ve been running Agent Tables. Lots of authors have found agents and some have secured publishing deals, others have got useful advice that the…
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The Writing Scene: What are authors’ publishing options today?
Thursday, June 29, 2023
Join us and publishing industry experts to learn what options are available to authors wanted to get their work in the hands and readers. Byte the Book’s Justine Solomons will chair this discussion and her panelists incl…
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Opening the Book: Behind the Scenes at a Publishing House
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Join us as we celebrate the second year of working with Hachette UK as they sponsor two bursaries for unpublished writers worth over £600 each, to include an annual membership to Byte The Book, as well as the following d…
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Author Mindset Surgery with Kelly Weekes – September
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Are you feeling a bit stuck? Are your confidence levels dwindling? Does your inner critic keep telling you you can’t do this? That you’re not cut out to be a writer? Do you find yourself out of motivation for your writin…
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Live at The Century Club (September)
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
We’re back to in-person events! Join us and publishing industry experts to learn what’s new and interesting in the publishing industry. Topic and speakers TBC. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from our panel,…
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Virtual Agent Tables (September 2023)
Thursday, September 28, 2023
It’s notoriously hard for authors to meet agents so for the past few years we’ve been running Agent Tables. Lots of authors have found agents and some have secured publishing deals, others have got useful advice that the…
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Marvelous Metadata – How Can Listing your Books Well Get Them Discovered? Sponsored by Nielsen Bookdata
Thursday, November 16, 2023
Join us and publishing industry experts to learn what’s new and interesting about metadata and how this data could be used more effectively in the publishing industry as well as how our use of metadata links to the topic…
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Live at The Century Club (November)
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
We’re back to in-person events! Join us and publishing industry experts to learn what’s new and interesting in the publishing industry. Topic and speakers TBC. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from our panel,…
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Read reports and view photos from past Byte The Book events.
Report: How is EdTech Enhancing and Disrupting Publishing?
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Katrina Hopewell Education and technology came under the spotlight at October’s Byte The Book, in a lively discussion chaired by Alex Hardy of law firm Harbottle…
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Report: Go Global – How Can We Connect With Communities Around the Publishing World?
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Katrina Hopewell. Jane Tappuni, General Manager of IPR License, chaired Byte the Book’s September 2017 event sponsored by Frankfurt Book Fair, which spread the net wi…
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Report: How Can We Access Finance to Enable Innovative Creative Projects?
Words by Chris Russell,photos by Katrina Hopewell. At Byte the Book’s annual pitching event, sponsored by HW Fisher, four budding entrepreneurs were offered the chance to pitch their book businesses t…
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Report: The Author As Publisher: Opportunity or Vanity?
Words by Chris Russell,photos by Katrina Hopewell. On a sweltering midsummer’s evening, the panel at June’s Byte the Book sought to answer one perennial question: does self-publishing represent opport…
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Report: Prick Up Your Ears – What are the Opportunities for Authors and Publishers in Audio?
Words by Chris Russell,photos by Katrina Hopewell. May’s Byte the Book tackled the hot topic of audio, a branch of the industry that has seen extraordinary growth in recent years. Videl Bar-Kar, forme…
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Report: How is Technology Revolutionising Distribution in Publishing?
Words by Chris Russell,photos by Katrina Hopewell. If there’s one driving force behind the ever-evolving landscape of book publishing, it’s technology. Like many aspects of the business, distribution…
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Report: How Can You Maximise Revenue From Your Content?
Words by Chris Russell,photos by Katrina Hopewell. The Library Club, with its stylish modern art and exposed brick walls, hosted Byte The Book’s March event on the topic of how publishers can maximise…
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Report: The Wisdom Of Funders – How To Crowdfund Your Creative Projects
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Miguel Villar. Crowdfunding was under the spotlight for Byte The Book’s February event, overseen by chair of London Book Fair David Roche, himself an author with read…
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Report: Publishing For Consumers: How Can We Use Data To Maximise Sales?
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Katrina Hopewell. Pan Macmillan’s Sara Lloyd chaired Byte The Book’s opening event of 2017, which tackled the ever-increasing importance of data and explored how it c…
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Report: How Can We Sell More Books Through Non-Traditional Retail Channels?
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Tamara Craiu On the evening of Monday 14 November, Theresa May declared during her Mansion House speech that “we meet today in a world transformed … change is in the…
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Report: Children’s Publishing: How Can We Use Digital to Drive Discoverability and Sell More Children’s Books?
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Nicole Kavanaugh. Children’s publishing came under the microscope at Byte The Book’s September event, in the plush surroundings of Regent Street’s Café Royal. Jo Henr…
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Report: Shelf Stoppers – How Do You Make Your Book Sell?
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Zoe Sharples. The Groucho Club was packed wall-to-wall for Byte The Book’s ‘back to school’ event, which set out to tackle the sticky issue of how authors can generat…
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