Simon Appleby – Director, Bookswarm
Programmer
Simon Appleby is the founder of Bookswarm, the only digital agency in the UK dedicated to delivering projects for publishers, authors and other clients in the world of books. Bookswarm won the Services to Independent Publishers Award at the 2021 Independent Publishing Awards.
Simon started specialising in book publishing in 2007, and in 2009 he went client-side, when as Digital Projects Manager for Octopus Publishing Group he produced apps and eBooks based on their illustrated publishing output.
In the course of establishing himself in the industry, Simon has spoken at the Publishing Scotland and Faber Factory conferences, been on panels at the London Book Fair and for Byte The Book, contributed to the Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook and the Bookseller, and created and delivered a course for the Publishing Training Centre.
Members of Byte the Book can get £100 off the list price for author websites on Bookswarm. Just tell them you're a member of Byte the Book.
He can be contacted via:
Email: simon.appleby@bookswarm.co.uk
Mobile: 07847 912989
