Report: How are Independent Publishers Shaking up the Book Industry? Sponsored by the Publishers Association
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Katrina Hopewell The final Byte event of 2017 was a lively discussion on the topic of independent publishers, and the ways in which they are shaking up the book indus…
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Free Help Line for Financial Advice to Authors and Publishers from HW Fisher
Our friends at HW Fisher & Company have been advising authors and publishers for many years, helping them manage their finances in the most efficient way possible. If you have any questions about…
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Test the App that Helped Author Wyl Menmuir Get Longlisted for the ManBooker
Prolifiko is a new digital coach for writing and the founders are inviting BtB subscribers to be first in line to take the product for a test drive and get early free access. Find out more and join th…
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The Writer’s Summit – 11th November £10 off with special Byte the Book code
London Book Fair and The Writers Digest have joined forces to create an amazing day for authors on Saturday 11th November and they are offering a discount to our subscribers, just use the code WSBB wh…
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Writing From Life: Memoir And Auto-Fiction – a Masterclass with author Lu Spinney 21/11/17
Our friends at Ink Academy are running a Memoir Masterclass in November, here are some more details: Do you have a real-life story to tell, but are worried about sharing too much of your life – as wel…
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Report: How is EdTech Enhancing and Disrupting Publishing?
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Katrina Hopewell Education and technology came under the spotlight at October’s Byte The Book, in a lively discussion chaired by Alex Hardy of law firm Harbottle…
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Report: Go Global – How Can We Connect With Communities Around the Publishing World?
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Katrina Hopewell. Jane Tappuni, General Manager of IPR License, chaired Byte the Book’s September 2017 event sponsored by Frankfurt Book Fair, which spread the net wi…
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Roald Dahl’s My Golden Ticket – The Latest Personalised Wonderbly Invention with The Roald Dahl Literary Estate
Byte the Book members, Wonderbly, previously known as Lost My Name, have created a tantalising, personalised adventure for children in Roald Dahl’s My Golden Ticket, produced with The Roald Dahl Liter…
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New Media Writing Prize 2017 – Call for Entries
Byte the Book’s Justine Solomons has been asked to part of the judging panel for the New Media Writing Prize. Here are some more detail if you are interested in entering: Bournemouth University in ass…
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Member Discount for the Self-Publishing Masterclass
Members get a 25% discount for the Self-Publishing Masterclass on the 23rd September 2017, Saw Swee Hock Centre, London School of Economics Sponsored by IngramSpark, the Self-Publishing Masterclass is…
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Report: How Can We Access Finance to Enable Innovative Creative Projects?
Words by Chris Russell,photos by Katrina Hopewell. At Byte the Book’s annual pitching event, sponsored by HW Fisher, four budding entrepreneurs were offered the chance to pitch their book businesses t…
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Ambient Literature Invite You To Participate in the Future of Storytelling
Ambient Literature explain their project to Byte the Book and call out for London based volunteers Over the next 6 months, the Ambient Literature project will be publicly releasing three new works of…
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Decision making lessons from Antarctic exploration. A book review of: When Your Life Depends On It by Brad Borkan & David Hirzel
Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone reviews When Your Life Depends On It co-written by Byte the Book member, Brad Borkan and David Hirzel. Antarctic exploration of the early 1900s, before radio communications an…
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Report: The Author As Publisher: Opportunity or Vanity?
Words by Chris Russell,photos by Katrina Hopewell. On a sweltering midsummer’s evening, the panel at June’s Byte the Book sought to answer one perennial question: does self-publishing represent opport…
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How Authors Can Cut Through the ‘Noise’ – by Nicole Johnston
Byte the Book member Nicole Johnston is a Freelance Communications, Policy and Writing Consultant. Here she offers authors some tips on how to get their message through the digital ‘noise’. We live in…
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The Art of the Book Proposal
Writer friends and Byte the Book members Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney are the authors of A Secret Sisterhood: The hidden friendships of Austen, Brontë, Eliot and Woolf published by Aurum P…
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The 2017 ‘Film The House’ Short Film and Script Competition – Call For Entries!
‘Film the House’, one of whose many sponsors are the wonderful ALCS, call for submissions for their Short Film and Script Competition. The Competition We’d like to invite student and independent filmm…
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Why I Decided to Self-Publish: A Self-Publishing Journey by Heather Maisner.
Children’s author, publisher and Byte the Book member Heather Maisner takes us through her journey into self-publishing. I am a children’s author with over 35 books, published by various publishers in…
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Literary Death Match at The Miranda at The Ace Hotel 31st May 2018 Discount to Byte The Book Subscribers
Literary Death Match returns to Miranda at Ace Hotel London to celebrate the launch of their founder Adrian Todd Zuniga’s debut novel (Collision Theory), by putting on a night of epically hiiarious, l…
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Literary Events at Midsummer Muswell – 24th June 2017
Byte the Book member Yasmin Standen will curate this year’s Midsummer Muswell, an annual event which takes place in Muswell Hill, North London. Yasmin Standen, agent and publisher at Three Hares Publi…
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