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International Creative Writing Summer School – 2014

Do you fancy doing some creative writing in warmer climes? How about taking a writing course out in Greece? Here are some more details: The British Council and Kingston Writing School are proud to an…

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…

One Big Book Launch – April 30th 2014

We were really excited to hear about CompletelyNovel’s event next month, it sounds like a great opportunity for authors and readers alike. Here are some more details: Author applications are now open…

Thank you and a free e-book from our February Sponsors ePub Direct

ePubDirect sponsored our event on Pricing and sent us the following note to pass on to attendees of February’s Byte the Book event: Just a quick note from us to say thank you for coming to the Byte th…

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…

Writing in a Digital Age Conference 2014 13th – 15th June

We are very excited to hear about the launch of a brand new writers’ conference which is to take place in June of this year, here are some more details: Royal Society of Literature and Alliance…

Books and Conversations – a New Project from John Ngo

“Books, films, music, these things fucking matter; and by that measure I was having one of the best dates of my life.” — Rob Gordon, High Fidelity We were really excited to hear recently about Byte th…

Sexed out? Drugged up to the Eye Balls? Now it’s time for some Rock and Roll with Salon London

I literally cannot wait for the final instalment of Salon London’s Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll salon-tryptic. The line up includes my all time favourite singer, bar none, Tracey Thorn, who as wel…

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,…

Completely Novel – Print and/or e-Book? Advice and a Special Offer

What’s the relationship between print and e-books? Completely Novel give us some advice and there’s a special offer too for Byte the Book subscribers. Byte the Book member and Co-Founder of Completely…

Special offer: Festival of Wellbeing 12th October reduced price tickets

Ahead of our poetry event on 21st October we’ve a special offer for Byte the Book subscribers to help get you in the poetic mood. Resurgence & Ecologist are holding a one-day Festival of Wellbeing…

Am I the only person who thinks publishers should open bookshops?

Megan Toogood asks: Am I the only person who thinks publishers should open bookshops? I know that at first it seems like a crazy idea, so let me explain what I mean. This idea is a response to the pro…

Twas Brillig: Add your Voice to a Talking Book as Part of Read for RNIB Day 11/10

We were so excited to hear about this event we just had to tell you all about it. Thousands of people will help to give literary classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland a curiouser and curiouser twis…

Sex with Salon London: Discount for Byte the Bookers for Foyles event on 3/10/13

As part of its autumn series Sex, and Drugs and Rock and Roll, Byte the Book members, Salon tackles Sex. With Aarithi Prasad explaining how science is redefining the rules of sex, Sarah McCartney tes…

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…

World Wide Wonderfulness from Brand New Venture: The Book Globe

Perfect timing given this week’s announcement of the Man Booker shortlist, one of our rather brilliant members, Nick Sidwell, told us about thebookglobe.com, a project he’s been working on with his co…

Byte the Book Discount for Publish! New adventures in innovation 24/9/2013, St Brides, London

Media Futures is offering Byte the Bookers a 20% discount on early booking tickets for its Publish! New adventures in innovation a day of discussion and demonstration that showcases cutting edge proto…

Thinking smart: Collective licensing and secondary revenue streams

Our sponsor for this month’s event is the Publishers Licensing Society. If you want to earn extra revenue from your licenses, they can help. Here’s some more information: As is regularly reported, day…

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…

Byte the Book July Sponsor’s – Red Button Publishing

Our July Sponsor’s, Red Button Publishing, are eager to see your manuscripts and also offer consultancy services to self published authors. They asked us to pass on the following message to the Byte t…

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