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Andrew Keen on Trump, Amazon, AI... and how to fix the future of books

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

As his new book How To Fix The Future hits the shelves, internet critic Andrew Keen turns his lens on the world of books. Read more

Innovation in bookselling is dirty, complicated - and flourishing

By Terry Craven

Co-owner and manager at Desperate Literature

Eight hundred words are very few to get heavy on the subject of innovation in bookselling, so I will focus on two things: a book... Read more

Papier Machine's playful 'e-book' combines paper with circuitry

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

When is a book a future book? When it's also a collection of interactive electronic toys. Read more

On the hunt for new audiobook listeners? Let data lead the way

By Niclas Sandin

CEO/MD/Owner at Bookbeat Ab

Niclas Sandin shares the latest data from BookBeat to answer two crucial questions for the UK audiobook market: who are the potential new listeners, and what do they actually listen to? Read more

5 things inspiring Penguin's head of audience development Caroline Maddison right now

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Caroline Maddison is the Head of Audience Development at Penguin Random House, leading on the Puffin and Ladybird brands. She is an award-winning marketer, having... Read more

Typely focuses on usage, not grammar, to proofread like a pro

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Developed and maintained by a single non-native speaker, Typely is proving to be a seriously popular new proofreading tool Read more

Unbuilding Frankenstein: designing publishing platforms for an automated, AI-driven future

By Roger Warner

Chief solutions officer at Squiz

“If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!” - Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, 1818 This month marks the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s... Read more

"I continue to dream about 99p books for children, in supermarkets"

By Ger Graus

Global director of education at Kidzania

Dr Ger Graus OBE is the first Global Director of Education at KidZania, where children aged 4 to14 can experience the world of work through... Read more

Publica is "a publisher for the blockchain era" - but will authors bite?

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Publica wants to bring authors all the readers and profits the open web can offer - but will they be bold enough to embrace blockchain? Read more

3 ways publishers shouldn't be using VR in 2018

By Catherine Allen

Immersive media specialist at Freelance

There is something that excites me about the VR industry in 2018: the wealth of wrong turns we've taken so far. It is perhaps a... Read more

When innovating in publishing, we must always ask why

By Sara Lloyd

Digital and communications director at Pan Macmillan

Innovation in publishing - at least of the core product, the book - has been slow, minimal and incremental. Yet at every turning point it... Read more

Bookchoice hopes careful curation will unlock digital book subscription success

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Bookchoice wants "people to click on books for entertainment just as automatically as they’d click on a game." Will its monthly subscription service do the trick? Read more

In 2018, publishers need to rethink the content churn

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Exactly how publishers harness their wealth of content will be a big factor in exactly how happy their new year turns out to be. Read more

"This shift should inject pure fear into the veins of publishers": lessons from Netflix and co

By Jeff Norton

Founder at Awesome Media & Entertainment

A couple of weeks ago Jeff Norton spoke at FutureBook 2017, as part of a panel exploring what publishers can learn from video on demand platforms.... Read more

Anti-bullying and LGBTQ: what Wattpad’s data tells us about what readers want now

By Ashleigh Gardner

Head of partnerships at Wattpad

Ashleigh Gardner of Wattpad examines the trends they've seen on the platform in the past year - and what it means for readers, writers and publishers in 2018. Read more