Future events
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? Byte The Book’s Justine Solomons will chair this event and her speakers will include: Amy Ellis, Rights and Licensing Man…
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Virtual Agent Tables Sponsored by HW Fisher
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. OUR NEXT AGENT TABLES WITH AVAILABILITY IS 21ST JANUARY 2021. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FINDING AN AGENT PLEASE SIGN UP FOR THAT DATE. ON OCCASION SPACES COME FREE FOR EARLIER DATES AND WE MIGH…
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The Groucho Club and Byte The Book Meet Online with Dotti Irving
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
Join Byte The Book’s Justine Solomons as she interview’s one of the Groucho Club’s and the literary world’s most influential PR agents Dotti Irving. Dotti is the founder and chief executive of Four Culture, a company whi…
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Byte Online: Ask The Experts with Frankfurter Buchmesse
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Hear from publishing industry experts and have the opportunity to ask questions. More details to follow. This event is free to everyone but booking is essential. Please sign up for this event by 5pm on Tuesday 13th Octob…
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How Do You Become A Successful Freelance Writer? with Karen Hockney
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
How do you make a living as a successful freelance writer? Join our host, journalist and author Karen Hockney as we explore this topic. This is a members event, but if you’re not a member you can take part for £20 + VAT….
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Watch It! How Do You Adapt a Book for TV? with Philippa Donovan
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Book on TV are big business these days. How do books get optioned for television and what’s the process of honing them for the small screen? Philippa Donovan is a book to film/TV Scout and will be hosting this event and…
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Byte The Book Virtual Agent Tables Sponsored by HW Fisher (November)
Thursday, November 19, 2020
THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. OUR NEXT AGENT TABLES WITH AVAILABILITY IS 21ST JANUARY 2021. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN FINDING AN AGENT PLEASE SIGN UP FOR THAT DATE. ON OCCASION SPACES COME FREE FOR EARLIER DATES AND WE MIGH…
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Changing Times: What Does Digital Transformation Mean for the Media Industry? Sponsored by Softwire
Wednesday, November 25, 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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Agent Tables Sponsored by HW Fisher (January 2021)
Thursday, January 21, 2021
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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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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