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Don’t believe everything you read – e-books are on the rise

By Amy Durant

Co-founder and editorial director at Sapere Books

With e-books recently being deemed ‘stupid’ by Arnoud Nourry, chief executive of Hachette Livre, and many articles in the last year claiming a ‘plunge’ in... Read more

What does the publishing industry look like from the outside?

By James Spackman

Publisher at Pursuit

That’s a question I’ve been asking myself a lot, lately, as I work on a new conference, called Get a Job in Publishing, which... Read more

Is ‘the Spotify for Books’... Spotify?

By Sophie Rochester

Founder and c.e.o. at Yodomo

With renumeration issues being tackled and smart speakers in the works, it looks as though ‘the Spotify for Books’ might end up being simply being... Spotify. Read more

Here’s to the innovators: welcome to the first FutureBook 40 list

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

The first ever FutureBook 40 list of UK book industry innovators, sponsored by Kortext, is here. Read more

How OWN IT! is reimagining the book launch for a multimedia generation

By Crystal Mahey-Morgan

Digital/Content/E-commerce/Developer at Random House

With 60,000 – 80,000 books being published a year, it’s little surprise that there’s no shortage of a book launch or two. What is surprising... Read more

The 45-year-old startup: how Lonely Planet's technology has evolved for a changing world

By Laura Lindsay

Director of global communications at Lonely Planet

Laura Lindsay, director of global communications at Lonely Planet, reflects on how the publisher has adapted its content for emerging platforms over the decades. Read more

StoryStylus helps turn authors into game designers

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

This Canadian husband-and-wife team are helping authors make their stories interactive with a user-friendly "book meets game" platform. Read more

"A smartphone is not a neutral carrier of story": lessons from the Ambient Literature project

By Tom Abba

Associate Professor of Art & Design at UWE Bristol

As we approach the final months of the Ambient Literature project, the whole team find ourselves facing in two directions. We’re putting on a... Read more

Can anonymous email newsletter Proof shake up publishing?

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

A couple of weeks ago, a new email newsletter arrived unsummoned into my inbox. Proof - lo-fi in design, satirical in tone, anonymous in... Read more

Tagsmart applies art authentication technology to limited-edition books

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Leading the market in next-gen art authentication, this British tech company is now applying its 'DNA tags' to high-end books. Read more

Last chance to enter the first FutureBook 40 list of book industry innovators

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Forbes' Alex Wood and Yaz Kortext will join The Bookseller team in judging our new UK innovators list. Read more

5 things inspiring Penguin's head of creative responsibility Siena Parker right now

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Siena Parker, a runner-up in 2017's FutureBook disruptor of the year award, is head of creative responsibility at Penguin Random House UK. Parker set up the... Read more

What happens when a prop-maker and CGI expert decide to make books?

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

This Hertford-based startup puts "stories in motion" using CGI... and crafting. Read more

"Authors, as role models, can be transformative": Pop Up Projects on engaging kids with books

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Pop Up Projects is a social enterprise that works with educational, literary and cultural organisations to empower families from all walks of life to read more widely,... Read more

Audio, VR and mobile fiction dominate the agenda at PubTech Connect, New York

By Gayle Feldman

With sales in the sector surging, excitement about everything audio was ubiquitous at Tuesday’s PubTech Connect conference. Co-sponsored by the New York University Center... Read more