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Ricoh's Clickable Paper connects printed text with online content

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

A collaboration between Cal Poly and Ricoh has resulted in a smart new app that bridges the gap between printed text - of any type and age -and the web. Read more

Join us at FutureBook Live 2018: Provoke, Predict, Play

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Are you sitting comfortably? Well, it’s time to get the hell up, try something new and start taking more risks. Because this year, FutureBook Live... Read more

Newly launched SokBook turns your social profiles into a book

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

This new social media photobook service is local, sustainable, powered by AI - and Brexit proof. Read more

Novel Effect’s new project shows the promise of voice tech for books

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Since becoming a finalist in our BookTech Company of the Year Awards in 2016, Novel Effect has had an impressive trajectory. The Seattle-based husband-and-wife... Read more

5 things inspiring JKP's senior commissioning editor Andrew James right now

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Queer publishing champion and Bookseller Rising Star 2018 Andrew James shares five things inspiring him to think and work differently right now. Read more

Athenaeum Book Bar is a bookshop, library and members' club in one

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

A Chicago-based author and editor redesigns the bookshop for the creative co-working generation. Read more

"It is important to be really clear on the problem": Pearson’s Milena Marinova on AI in publishing

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

We talk to Milena Marinova, Pearson's new head of AI, on how machine learning is transforming educational publishing. Read more

What Bookship has learned about how social reading works

By Mark Watkins

Founder at The Hawaii Project

The founder of our BookTech 2017 finalist shares some of the lessons he's learned on the journey from start-up to sustainable business. Read more

MyManuscripts aims to be the smartest submissions platform yet

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Overwhelm for agents, missed opportunities for publishers and poor feedback for writers. Can MyManuscripts fix the bugs in the traditional submission process? Read more

Are subscription models crucial for the future of books?

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

In their new book Subscribed, Tien Tzuo (the founder and c.e.o. of Zuora, the leading Silicon Valley subscription management platform) and Gabe Weisert (its managing... Read more

Meet ckbk: the (yup) Spotify of cookbooks

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

The pitch Ckbk is a new platform that offers to "put the world's best cookbooks at your fingertips". For a fixed monthly fee, ckbk subscribers have unlimited... Read more

Want more diversity but less risk? Partner with an indie author

By Medeia Cohan

Author at Freelance

Big commercial publishers can help drive the movement for more diverse books by mentoring and supporting self-motivated authors, says Medeia Cohan. Read more

How StoryTourist turned Sherlock Holmes into an immersive multimedia tour

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Our 2016 BookTech finalist has released its first full release - a geolocated, responsive Sherlock Holmes StoryTour set in London. Read more

New startup WatAdventure lets kids collaborate in the publishing process

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

This new Manchester-based children's publisher collaborates creatively with its audience - and has big plans to become a multi-platform, multimedia brand. Read more

What next for influencer marketing in books?

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

In digital marketing circles, 2018 was widely hailed as the year we'd see 'the death of the influencer'. Well, true influence is never going to... Read more