Future events
Members’ Webinar: Singing In the Rain: Maximising Your Wellbeing As a Writer with Rachel Kelly
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Join us for this wonderful workshop where our host Rachel Kelly will talk openly about her own experience of depression and recovery. She’ll shares strategies and exercises to help authors ‘sing in the rain’, to see the…
Book tickets
How Do you Get Your Non-Fiction Book Started? with Nicole Johnston
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Nicole Johnston will be our host for this workshop in which, you will get practical advice on getting started on your non-fiction book with a concrete plan to help you complete it. Included in the ticket price is an opti…
Book tickets
Byte Connects: How to Make Use of the Byte The Book Network (March)
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Join us as we explore ways in which our 400 person network can help you get published, or make useful connections in publishing. This event will run over Zoom. Please register for this event before booking closes at 5pm…
Book tickets
Members’ Webinar: Turning Your Passions into Prose with Chris Russell
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
“Write what you know”, goes the old adage — but the real magic comes when you write what fascinates you. The subjects, ideas or questions that consume you, that keep you up at night, that just won’t leave you alone. Auth…
Book tickets
Agent Tables Sponsored by HW Fisher (March 2021)
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. IF YOU ARE AN AUTHOR WANTING TO MEET WITH AGENTS PLEASE SIGN UP FOR OUR 13TH MAY EVENT. It’s notoriously hard for authors to meet agents so for the past few years we’ve been running Agent Tabl…
Book tickets
Byte Lunch: How Can You Market Your Books? Q&A with Publishing Expert Hermione Ireland
Friday, April 23, 2021
The next of our regular Friday lunchtime chats. A chance for you all to ask your burning questions about book marketing and also meet some of the other members. Our host Hermione is an experienced marketer, communication…
Book tickets
Exploring The Senses (Taste) With Chocolate Expert Cat Black
Friday, May 7, 2021
In this workshop hosted by chocolate expert and writer Cat Black we will look at the writers’ aim to write with all the senses. Attendees will receive a hand picked box from Cocoa Runners for use during the workshop. Thr…
Book tickets
Agent Tables (May 2021) – Sponsored by HW Fisher
Thursday, May 13, 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…
Book tickets
Byte Confluence 2021
Tuesday, May 18, 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. ORGANISERS This event is organised by Byte The Book Standard price tickets…
Book tickets
Homebound: What’s the Best Way to Sell Books Directly to Readers? Sponsored by Glassboxx
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Recent developments in publishing, such as print on demand and the rise of audio and e-books, means that it’s easier than ever for authors and publishers to sell directly to readers. Please join us and a panel of industr…
Book ticketsPAST EVENT REPORTS
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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,…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
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…
Read more
