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How do you get busy online addicts to notice your book?

By Damian Dutton

CEO at BeeLiked

Hello, is there anyone listening? If you have lifted your head to answer such a question during the morning commute, you may have noticed the... Read more

The British Library recorded every keystroke it took to write this novel - now the data is out

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

C M Taylor teaches on the Publishing Degree at Oxford International Centre for Publishing. He's also a freelance editor and an author who has been nominated for the... Read more

"It's been a revelation": why Simon Mayor and Hilary James's new book uses AR

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Last Friday saw the annual FutureBook of the Year Award go to The Ghostkeeper's Journal and Field Guide, "the world's first augmented reality novel" written and produced... Read more

Amazon is more dangerous than ever—and publishers need a plan

By Alice Revel

Founder at The Ampersand Book Company

Amazon’s dubious ethical employment standards are nothing new. You know the ecommerce giant is unrivalled when it comes to logistics and infrastructure. And their unscrupulous... Read more

What do readers really want? Insights from FutureBook Live 2018

By Jon Reed

Founder at Publishing Talk

If you want to hear a futurologist quote a surprisologist, if you want to see a firestarter shudder at the phrase ‘choose your own adventure,’... Read more

How to pitch your publishing startup

By Emmanuel Nataf

Founder at Reedsy

“A book is a startup,” Peter Armstrong, the author of LeanPub, said in a speech: both are “risky, highly creative endeavors undertaken by a... Read more

F.A.I.L. faster with the book industry's 2018 ThinkSprint

By Nick Coveney

Publisher relations and content lead, UK & ANZ at Rakuten Kobo

This time last year, at the FutureBook 2017 conference, I had the pleasure of helping the co-founders of ThinkSprint show publishers how they could gain a... Read more

5 things inspiring Zed Books' Kika Sroka-Miller right now

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Zed Books' brand and growth director shares five things inspiring her to think and work differently right now. Read more

We need to build better e-books

By Nick Barreto

Technology director at Canelo

At the FutureBook Live conference on November 30th, Nick Barreto, Canelo’s technology director, will be running a one-hour workshop exploring his unique digital-first approach to making... Read more

Paul Kemp-Robertson and Chris Barth discuss how to make books contagious

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

How do you make a great story spread? Paul Kemp-Robertson and Chris Barth have been exploring this question since 2004, when they co-founded Contagious Communications: an... Read more

It's time for publishers to choose their own adventure

By Muki Kulhan

Executive digital producer at Muki International

Muki Kulhan is an award-winning executive digital producer with over two decades' experience creating interactive and immersive content for music,TV, entertainment and tech innovation. After 10... Read more

Audio escapes the studio with Almost Tangible's 'cinema for the ears'

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

This new London-based production company aims to "free audio from the studio" using immersive technology and on-location recording. Read more

Seth Godin's mini-guide to publishing, selling and marketing books now

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Over the past quarter century, Seth Godin has taught and inspired millions of entrepreneurs, marketers, leaders, and fans from all walks of life, via his blog,... Read more

Publica wants to free publishers and authors from Amazon using the blockchain

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

BookTech 2018 finalist Publica wants authors and publishers to design their own storefronts and business models - powered and protected by the blockchain. Read more