Tips for Editing from Girl Friday Productions and a Call for UK Based Editors
The brilliant people at Girl Friday Productions gave us some top tips on how to edit and also need some help from UK based editors. Here’s what they have to say: Ten Tricks of the Trade Look for the c…
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Tips for Editing from Girl Friday Productions and a Call for UK Based Editors
The brilliant people at Girl Friday Productions gave us some top tips on how to edit and also need some help from UK based editors. Here’s what they have to say: Ten Tricks of the Trade Look for the c…
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Prolifiko, Co-Founded By Two Byte The Book Members, Launch Kickstarter Campaign
Prolifiko, co-founded by Byte the Book members Chris Smith and Bec Evans, has just launched a Kickstarter campaign to turn its prototype writing productivity coaching product and system into an app. T…
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A Novel Approach by Byte the Book Member Rachel Mann
Rachel Mann was one of the first Byte the Book members, having taken the City University Novel Studio course with Justine a few years ago. Here she talks about the process of writing and publishing he…
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Report: How Can We Sell More Books Through Non-Traditional Retail Channels?
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Tamara Craiu On the evening of Monday 14 November, Theresa May declared during her Mansion House speech that “we meet today in a world transformed … change is in the…
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Indie Author Christine Webber Talks to Clays About Her Publishing Journey
1. As a ‘hybrid’ author whose non-fiction work is traditionally published you have experienced the benefits of both publishing routes. What, to you, are the benefits of publishing your own work indepe…
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Report: Children’s Publishing: How Can We Use Digital to Drive Discoverability and Sell More Children’s Books?
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Nicole Kavanaugh. Children’s publishing came under the microscope at Byte The Book’s September event, in the plush surroundings of Regent Street’s Café Royal. Jo Henr…
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Report: Shelf Stoppers – How Do You Make Your Book Sell?
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Zoe Sharples. The Groucho Club was packed wall-to-wall for Byte The Book’s ‘back to school’ event, which set out to tackle the sticky issue of how authors can generat…
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Why Do All Publishers Need an ISBN? Nielsen launches a New ISBN Website.
What’s in a number – everything, if you want to publish and sell books in the competitive global market of today! What is an ISBN? The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) is the single most impo…
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Report: Personalised Production: How Can New Technology Push Printing to Service Individual Consumers?
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Nicole Kavanaugh. On a sweltering summer’s evening in Soho, Byte The Book brought together a panel of industry experts to discuss the very contemporary topic of perso…
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From the Margins: Girl Friday’s latest podcast
Girl Friday’s newly released podcast, From the Margins, is an NPR-style narrative exploring the “story behind the story.” With themes ranging from pitching your project to how parenthood affects craft…
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Reimaging reading: Digital literature research project launched
A two-year collaborative research project, exploring the developing relationship between digital technology and literature was formally launched last week, against the iconic backdrop of The Thames. …
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Report: Crime and Thriller Publishing – How Do You Publish Crime & Thriller Books That Audiences Want to Read?
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Nicole Kavanaugh. For its June event, Byte The Book turned its attention to the dynamic and ever-changing world of crime and thriller publishing. Amid the occasional…
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Report: How Can We Access Finance to Enable Innovative Creative Projects?
Words by Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone, photos by Nicole Kavanaugh. Everyone knows that Byte the Book is the place to come and talk about technology in publishing and media. If you have a creative project…
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Facebook Advertising for Authors – A Brilliant Course from Best Selling Author Mark Dawson
Lots of you will have seen or read about the amazing Mark Dawson who spoke at our event with Amazon in 2015. Mark has sold millions of copies of his books and is now teaching others how to make thousa…
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Love across a broken map. An expanded book review by Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone
I was lucky enough to be given Love across a broken map by Farhana Shaikh of Dahlia Publishing. Through Byte the Book and the Authors’ Licensing & Collecting Society, I’d been invited to the All P…
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Report: The Authorpreneur – What Team Do Authors Need To Run Their Book Business?
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Nicole Kavanaugh. May’s Byte The Book was a bustling affair – the venue was so packed that people were being turned away at the door. Authors and industry professiona…
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Member Offer: Free Month’s Membership for The Club at Cafe Royal
The Club at Café Royal is offering a month’s free membership to Byte the Book members. Originally this was just for April but it’s been such a success they are extending the offer. Please email us on …
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Report: Genre Focus on Food and Drink Publishing
Words by Chris Russell, photos by Nicole Kavanaugh. Byte The Book’s April event was its first in the opulent surroundings of the Hotel Café Royal. With introductory drinks laid on by sponsors Blurb, t…
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Members of Byte the Book Get 10% off NetGalley
We extremely excited to announce that members of Byte the Book can now get a 10% discount on the superb book marketing platform NetGalley. Please read on for more details: Byte the Book members enjoy…
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