Reaching Readers – How to Get Your Book Read by People (other than your mum)?
Photos by Daniel Solomons and Alex Shaw, Words by Chris Russell You can listen to an audio recording of this event via this link. Byte The Book returned to its roots on Monday 20th May for an evening…
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Report on Bologna Book Fair or 36 Hours in Bologna without a phone by Justine Solomons
(Featured photo Byte the Book member Rachael Davis with her new book You Got This, published by Little Tiger) Last Monday 8th April I travelled to Italy for the Bologna Book Fair. Bologna Book Fair Pl…
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London Book Fair 2024: Discover the Latest Marketing Trends for Publishers and Authors
Photos by Amelia Kyazze, Words by Maleeha Mir At London Book Fair 2024, Byte The Book packed out the Tech Theatre for a panel on the latest developments in book marketing. Chaired by Byte the Book fou…
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Byte Experts: Martin Hickman, 6 Tips for Pitching Your Non-Fiction Book
Revise and revise. You should only contact publishers when your manuscript has been buffed up. This is likely to mean going over it lots of times, rewriting again and again to get the language just ri…
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Audio Boom – What’s happening in the expanding world of audiobooks and podcasts?
Photos by Amelia Kyazze, Words by Maleeha Mir You can listen to an audio recording of this event via this link. Byte the Book’s first live event of 2024 dove into the dynamic and ever-evolving landsca…
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How Can AI Help Publishers and Authors?
Photos by Amelia Kyazze, Words by Maleeha Mir You can listen to an audio recording of this event via this link. Byte the Book’s November panel focused on the interesting and hotly debated topic of AI…
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The Alternative Publishing Scene – How To Work Directly With Smaller Publishers And Imprints
Photos by Amelia Kyazze, Words by Maleeha Mir You can listen to an audio recording of this event via this link. Byte The Book’s September event explored the alternative publishing options available to…
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The Economics Of Publishing: How do you Make The Business of your Book Work? Report
Photos by Amelia Kyazze, Words by Chris Russell Byte The Book’s May panel saw chair Abiola Bello (author and publisher at Hashtag Press) leading a discussion on the economics of publishing with Phoebe…
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Byte Experts: Nina-Sophia Miralles
I started LONDNR Magazine in 2015 for the simplest reason in the world: I wanted to be a writer, and no one would publish me. I’d sent endless submissions: to zines, travel websites, short story compe…
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Byte Connects: Edwina de Charnace meets Emma Simpson
Byte The Book loves bringing people from all areas of the publishing world together so that they can learn from each other and collaborate, and we want to highlight some wonderful collaborations that…
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The Hachette UK Bursary for Debut Authors 2023
Byte The Book is pleased to announce that for the second year running Hachette UK will sponsor two bursaries for unpublished writers worth over £600 each, to include an annual membership to Byte The B…
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London Book Fair: How To Be Yourself Online Event Report
Photos by Amelia Kyazze, Words by Chris Russell As part of the London Book Fair’s busy programme of author events, Byte The Book packed out the English PEN Literary Salon for a panel on digital promot…
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Byte Connects: Laetitia Rutherford and Anna Reading
Byte The Book loves bringing people from all areas of the publishing world together so that they can learn from each other and collaborate, and we want to highlight some wonderful collaborations that…
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Write Now: How Can You Be A Successful Author in the 21st Century? Sponsored by Bookswarm Event Report
Photos by Alex Shaw and Amelia Kyazze, words by Chris Russell, cartoon by Ollie Randall Byte The Book live events made a triumphant return on 21st February with a spirited discussion on how to be a…
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Member News: February
Congratulations to Byte the Book member Zoe Cunningham who has just produced her first science fiction feature film, Breaking Infinity. Breaking Infinity follows research scientist Liam who, unstuck i…
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Byte Experts: Eleanor Pigg Explains ISBNs
1. Why do we need ISBNs? Most of our telephone conversations at the UK & Ireland ISBN Agency start with “I’ve written this book… now what do I do?” My first question to them is “Do you have an…
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Byte Connects: Rebecca Rennie, Paul Robinson with Justin Nash
Byte The Book loves bringing people from all areas of the publishing world together so that they can learn from each other and collaborate, and we want to highlight some wonderful collaborations that…
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Byte Experts: Angelita Lapuz Bradney on Finding an Agent
When I pick up a new book, the first page I read is the acknowledgements at the back. What is the reason for this strange, back-to-front reading habit? It all stems from my search for a literary agent…
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Member News – November
Huub van de Pol, right, is founder of Audiyence. FutureBook award winners were announced on 18 November, and three Byte The Book members were recognized. Audiyence and Prismatext were shortlisted in t…
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Byte Experts: NFTs and Blockchain Technology
Blockchain technology is essentially an update on how the web can function. A simple way to think of blockchain is as a digital ledger that many people can have access to, yet no single entity owns. W…
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