Future events
Members’ Webinar – Writing Life Balance: How Do you Nurture Yourself and Your Creativity? with Jasmin Kirkbride
Monday, July 13, 2020
Please join us and host Jasmin Kirkbride for this members’ inspirational workshop. Find out how to strike that tricky writing-life balance. How do you make time to write with a busy job? How do you prioritise your creati…
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The Writing Process: How Do You Organise Your Ideas? With Chris Russell
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
How do you write? How can you be more effective getting your words on the page? Join our host, author, Chris Russell as we explore this topic. This is a members event, but if you’re not a member you can take part for £20…
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Byte The Book Culture Club (September)
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Time for our members to get together online and swap culture tips If you’re keen to take part in this webinar and to network generally in the publishing industry you can join us from just £36 a quarter here. This event i…
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Byte Online – Myth Busting: What Right Do I Have To the Words of Others?
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
How do we navigate the tricky world of copyright when using others work in our books and articles? This event will be hosted by Amy Ellis of the Publishers’ Licensing Services. More details will be posted closer to the e…
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Virtual Agent Tables Sponsored by HW Fisher
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THE WAITING LIST PLEASE GET IN TOUCH VIA INFO@BYTETHEBOOK.COM. PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO BYTE THE BOOK MEMBERS. ALTERNATIVELY PLEASE BOOK ON TO OUR NOVEMBER VIRTUAL AGENT T…
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Byte The Book Virtual Agent Tables Sponsored by HW Fisher (November)
Friday, November 20, 2020
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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Changing Times: What Does Digital Transformation Mean for the Media Industry? Sponsored by Softwire
Monday, November 30, 2020
How is technology affecting the media industry? How will it affect roles in organisations, and leadership of those businesses? What new skills will people need and how will they adapt to the changing landscape. Join us a…
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ByteConfluence 2021 in Partnership with Google’s Academy London
Friday, February 12, 2021
CONFLUENCE IS WHERE PEOPLE AND IDEAS COME TOGETHER. It’s about how we tell stories today. Come along if you are in the business of storytelling or telling stories to businesses. ORGANISERS This event is organised by Byte…
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Read reports and view photos from past Byte The Book events.
Report: What’s the best publishing route for authors?
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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Report: How can publishers and authors work with brands?
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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Report: “What’s the Future of Poetry Publishing?”
Sir Andrew began with an overview of the current state of poetry publishing. He debunked the myth that consumers of poetry are dwindling with reference to his online audio resource the Poetry Archive,…
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Report: “What Lessons Can Consumer Publishing teach the Book Industry?”
It was standing room only at Loft at The Club at the Ivy for our September event focussed on the newspaper and magazine industry. Byte the Book founder, Justine Solomons chaired a discussion with a p…
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Report: “The Author Experience II”
The focus was on authors at Byte The Book’s July event, with a panel of experienced and successful writers from a wide variety of literary backgrounds offering their pearls of wisdom to yet another se…
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Report “What New Busines Models are Emerging for Publishing in the Digital Age?”
Another packed and lively crowd was in attendance for Byte The Book’s June event, which tackled the hot topic of emerging business models in the digital age. Discussion kicked off with an exploration…
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