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Academic piracy: where next?

By Matthew Jones

VP content acquisition and strategy at Perlego

In 2018, e-book piracy websites received over 800 million visits; a number expected to rise by at least a third in 2019. The scale of... Read more

Books outside the box: lessons for publishers from WeWork, Adidas and IKEA

By Alice Revel

Founder at The Ampersand Book Company

Why do publishers consistently fail to innovate, asks the Ampersand Book Co's Alice Revel. Isn't business as usual getting a little boring? Read more

Can new writers' community Write Together "make blogs great again"?

By Molly Flatt

Comment editor at The Bookseller

This Amsterdam-based writing platform from journalist-developer Owen Williams aims to take the fear out of blogging for aspiring writers. The pitch Write Together is... Read more

Can the concept of the Minimal Viable Product work for books?

By Molly Flatt

Comment editor at The Bookseller

You may have noticed that the startup world is somewhat obsessed with the concept of the MVP. Defined by Wikipedia "as a product with just... Read more

Algorithms, trends and partnerships: the inside story of Wattpad books

By Molly Flatt

Comment editor at The Bookseller

Last week saw the launch of Wattpad Books, the first-ever publishing division from the hugely popular global storytelling platform. Combining human editorial with Wattpad’s Story DNA Machine Learning... Read more

How the Startup Guide team question the publishing process at every stage

By Kat Meyer

Writer at Freelance

In an industry news cycle where digital publishing darling WattPad has just shocked us all with the announcement they will be publishing… BOOKS!, it seems... Read more

Radish's Sue Johnson brings TV and games thinking to serialised books

By Molly Flatt

Comment editor at The Bookseller

This week Radish, a short-form serialised fiction platform, announced the launch of Radish Originals, its first foray into producing in-house stories. It also announced the appointment... Read more

The small way to make things better in publishing

By Bec Evans

Co-founder at Prolifiko

When Futurebook asked for my predictions earlier this month, I said that 2019 will be the year that small beats big. I forecasted an... Read more

"It has been a significant learning curve": Cambridge University Press on its new AR catalogue

By Molly Flatt

Comment editor at The Bookseller

This month, teachers, booksellers and institutions around the world got a bit of a suprise when they received their 2019 ELT (English Language Teaching) catalogue from... Read more

Write efficiently, edit smartly, publish anywhere: meet Blurt

By Molly Flatt

Comment editor at The Bookseller

A software developer from California has created a smart writing platform he hopes will liberate great minds everywhere. Read more

Ideas for how a small black publisher can survive beyond the hype

By Valerie Brandes

Founder & publishing director at Jacaranda Books

As a privately-held, black, female, owned and operated small independent publishing company, Jacaranda is still something of a unique occurrence. When we founded it in 2012,... Read more

Want to know the future of publishing? Look to business books

By Alison Jones

Director at Practical Inspiration Publishing

This week I’m looking forward to piling into a hotel room with around 20 other book- and business-people to argue feverishly about business books for... Read more

Want to make your writing more collaborative, cross-platform and creative? Try Collab Writers

By Molly Flatt

Comment editor at The Bookseller

After collaborating on a novel, two time-poor but idea-rich writers have launched a community to help other ambitious authors connect, collaborate and create. Read more

We need to put books back at the heart of British culture

By Sharmaine Lovegrove

Publisher at Dialogue Books

In December, Sharmaine Lovegrove was named FutureBook Person of the Year at the FutureBook Live 2018 conference. Here, she shares her hopes for what the... Read more