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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How to Job Search in Book Publishing – An Offer from Bookcareers
Here’s an excellent offer from Suzanne Collier of bookcareers: She asks, are you networking in November? And goes on…. We couldn’t help but notice that within a week of our next HOW TO JOB SEARCH IN…
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Cronycle – Supporting Publishers and Brands
Marina Cheal the MD at Cronycle , the sponsors of our October Byte the Book event looking at how publishers and authors working with brands, has put together a collection specifically related to last…
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Inside Out Festival: Monday 20th October – Sunday 26th October
Byte the Book’s founder, Justine Solomons, is speaking at the Inside Out Festival this Wednesday 22nd October, please do come along if you’re in town. Here are some more details: Inside Out Festival 2…
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**Adapt to Survive**
John Pettigrew of FutureProofs urges you all to **Adapt to survive** we reckon he’s got a point. Here’s what he says: We’re living in one of the most exciting times in the history of publishing, we’re…
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Idyllic Writer’s Retreat – Portugal
Do you feel as though you just need to get away with from it all, with your manuscript and a room of your own? Check out this gorgeous house out in Coimbra, Portugal, (nearest airport Porto). It’s on…
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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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Thoughts on Cover Design from Print on Demand Worldwide
Simon Potter (Design Services Manager at Printondemand-worldwide), reflects on cover design, having worked for many years with both major publishers and indie authors “You can’t judge a book by its co…
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Publish and Be Defined
Here’s some more thoughts, this time on self (funded) publishing from our September event sponsor, Print On Demand Worldwide’s, business development manager, David Birkett. It’s fascinating to witness…
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The Invisible Booksellers of Peterborough
What’s it like going from working in a physical bookshop to a virtual one? Here’s a personal note from our September sponsor, David Birkett of Printondemand-worldwide. The Invisible book-sellers of Pe…
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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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MOCKSTARS: A Byte The Book Success Story
Our writer-in-residence Christopher Russell recently published his debut novel Mockstars through Red Button Publishing − a connection that was made at Byte the Book. In this interview, both writer and…
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CMC Keynote Speaker Announced and Subscribers Discount
The Children’s Media Conference has announced that Jonny Mitchell will deliver the Opening keynote speech on Wednesday 2 July in Sheffield. Mr. Mitchell is Headteacher of Thornhill Community Academy,…
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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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Kingston Writing School: Hilary Mantel International Short Story Competition
Kingston Writing School have just launched a short story competition judged by the multi-award winning Hilary Mantel. 1st prize is £3,000 and there are two runner up prizes of £500. The winner will al…
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City University Novel Studio 2014/15 Course and Competition
City University are currently accepting applications for their Novel Studio course 2014/15, with a deadline of 31 May. They’re also running a competition this year open to all applicants. The top thre…
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Indie Author Fair from Triskele Books, Alliance of Independent Authors and Chorleywood Literary Festival
Triskele Books, The Alliance of Independent Authors and the Chorleywood Literary Festival will be coming together in this autumn to organise an Indie Author Fair in Chorleywood. The event is on the a…
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Byte The Book Subscriber Discount for The Literary Conference, June 13th-15th
Those nice people at The Literary Consultancy have a conference coming up on June 13th – 15th and have offered Byte The Book Subscribers a discount Here are some more details: TLC is delighted to offe…
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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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The Children’s Media Conference – Extended Earlybirds for Byte the Bookers
Often cited as a favourite conference for all those in children’s media, we’re very pleased to announce that The Children’s Media Conference are offering Byte the Book subscribers an extended early bi…
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