Futurebook blogger: sammissingham

Romantic intentions

In my head at least, book readers fall into two distinct groups. 1) Those with a To Be Read pile 2) Everyone Else. I’ll be... Read more

52 seconds

However hard I try to offer a balanced perspective on this market, I find myself once again back at Amazon, heaping praise on them. This... Read more

Startup profile - Glipho

What is your company name? Glipho. Where are you based? Read more

FutureBook Innovation Awards - open for entry

Excited to announce that the FutureBook Innovation awards are now open . Launched 3 years ago, the awards were the first of their kind to... Read more

FutureBook 2013 - Call for papers

The Bookseller's FutureBook 2013 conference will be taking place on 21st November in London. Read more

In search of a happy ending

Recent news and analysis of publishing has made me wonder if the book business is hoping for its own ‘happy ending’. This happy ending looks... Read more

“TOC was a great ride…”

With those words Tim O’Reilly CEO of O'Reilly Media brought the curtain down on seven years of Tools of Change with the shock announcement of... Read more

Who fancies playing chess with Jeff Bezos?

Not exactly a pleasant thought, is it? Bezos has once again shown that he is a formidable strategist. A Grandmaster. Read more

Top 12 FutureBook blogs from 2012

Had a look at the analytics for 2012 and thought a top 12 most-read blogs list might be useful. Here they are: 25 ways to... Read more

The author paradox

For the first time this year, our Digital Census survey asked specific questions of authors. Yes, authors, like they’re important. Huh? Read more

FutureBook conference and awards: the basics

The FutureBook conference and awards is happening today. Here are a few basics: Hashtag : #fbook12 Venue : QEII Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London,... Read more

Interview: Charlie Redmayne, ceo of Pottermore

Ahead of this year’s FutureBook Conference , The Bookseller's Felicity Wood talks to keynote speaker Charlie Redmayne , c.e.o. of Pottermore , about building brands... Read more

FutureBook conference - programme live

This is my final push to encourage you to book onto the conference. The process of putting this conference together has been challenging to say... Read more

FutureBook Innovation Awards shortlist announcement

I am delighted to announce the FutureBook Innovation awards shortlist. I'm also very pleased to announce our awards sponsors are Kobo. We received 221 entries... Read more

The Road to Discoverability Part 1 – Metadata, SEO and Serendipity

I was asked to chair a panel at Tools of Change conference last week on Discoverability and it was a theme that emerged time and... Read more