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How big is the pre-order market?

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

New data suggests that the best kind of book for Amazon to sell is one not yet published. Read more
The power of the printed word

By Stuart Rising

Stuart Rising, head of commercial print at Canon, considers how publishers can embrace digital transformation and build on positive consumer sentiment to ensure a sustainable future. Read more
Should a c.e.o. write code?

By Karen Christensen

C.e.o. and publisher at Berkshire Publishing

Ahead of FutureBook's Day of Code, Berkshire Publishing's Karen Christensen explains why publishers need to engage more with technology. Read more
The BookTech competition - calling for startups who are hacking publishing

By Bec Evans

Co-founder at Prolifiko

The annual Futurebook BookTech competition is looking for startups and new companies who are doing something new and exciting in publishing. Read more
Confessions of a Bookseller: day 6 takeover

By Shaun Bythell

Bookseller and author at The Bookshop in Wigtown

In the final part of his Confessions of a Bookseller takeover, Shaun Bythell encounters and remembers some of his longtime local customers. Read more
Confessions of a Bookseller: day 5 takeover

By Shaun Bythell

Bookseller and author at The Bookshop in Wigtown

In the next instalment of his Confessions of a Bookseller takeover, Shaun Bythell travels to a remote location to pick up stock for his bookshop. Read more
Confessions of a Bookseller: day 4 takeover

By Shaun Bythell

Bookseller and author at The Bookshop in Wigtown

Wigtown's Shaun Bythell shares further insight into the life of a secondhand bookseller. Read more
Confessions of a Bookseller: day 3 takeover

By Shaun Bythell

Bookseller and author at The Bookshop in Wigtown

In his Confessions of a Bookseller takeover, Shaun Bythell contemplates how charity shops impact on authors' incomes. Read more
Confessions of a Bookseller: day 2 takeover

By Shaun Bythell

Bookseller and author at The Bookshop in Wigtown

In his second takeover blog, Shaun Bythell shares more of his experiences running a bookshop. Read more
The future of video in publishing

By Francesca Pymm

Online content editor at The Bookseller

PRH's head of video shares his thoughts on the future of video in the publishing industry, as well as his top takeaways for creating a strong and successful digital marketing strategy. Read more
Confessions of a Bookseller: day 1 takeover

By Shaun Bythell

Bookseller and author at The Bookshop in Wigtown

To mark the release of his second book, Confessions of a Bookseller, Shaun Bythell—who owns The Bookshop in Wigtown—shares his diary extracts. Read more
Ten tips for writing for audio

By David Roper

Founder and managing director at Heavy Entertainment

FutureBook's audio original writing competition is asking authors to write a short piece of fiction (no more than 5,000 words) that will be made into an audiobook. Read more
The founder of app Poio on the importance of gamification to keep children learning

By Caroline Carpenter

Web editor at The Bookseller

We talk to Daniel Senn, c.e.o. and founder of Poio, a Norwegian app that helps children learn to read through play. Read more
Announcing the FutureBook 2019 Day of Code

By Sara O'Connor

"Software is eating the world," said Marc Andreessen, in 2011. So why don’t you and your team learn to make it, for free? Read more
Can heat and touch-sensitive book To You replicate human connection?

By Caroline Carpenter

Web editor at The Bookseller

British-Cypriot multimedia artist, performance maker and academic Yiota Demetriou talks to us about creating her innovative, interactive book about love and loss, To You. Read more