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What publishers need to understand about Generation Z

By Dr Eliza Filby

Researcher at Freelance

Book publishers have a huge opportunity to capture Generation Z, but only if they truly understand them, says inter-generational researcher Dr Eliza Filby. Read more

Paul Butcher of English Language iTutoring on harnessing the power of AI

By Benedicte Page

Deputy editor at The Bookseller

Paul Butcher discusses that most fashionable of acronyms, AI - and how his Cambridge-based team are actually turning it into a useful tool for language learning. Read more

Digital is integrated but innovation is difficult: insights from the 2017 FutureBook Digital Census

By Sam Missingham

Founder at Book Lounge

FutureBook’s Digital Census has been taking the temperature of global publishing for seven years, from the days of dramatic digital growth to the recent print resurgence. Sam Missingham scours this year’s numbers... Read more

Can Authorfy turn authors into superstars for the YouTube generation?

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Authorfy uses online videos and teaching resources to bring young readers closer to writers and their books. Read more

The great audiobook mystery

By Kiera O'Brien

Charts and Data Analyst at The Bookseller

An absence of full-market data prohibits an exhaustive audio analysis, but some format vagaries are impossible to ignore, says Kiera O’Brien. Read more

Data and disruption in publishing: knowing your nodes

By Roger Warner

Chief solutions officer at Squiz

On December 1st I'll be hosting a panel at the Futurebook conference in London on the subject of using data to 'capture and keep... Read more

Prof Rose Luckin on why measuring the impact of edtech matters (and how to do it right)

By Benedicte Page

Deputy editor at The Bookseller

Professor Rose Luckin of the UCL Institute of Education has been working on learning science, education technology and artificial intelligence in education for over 20... Read more

GryffinDocs' time-travelling touchscreen tales aim to turn teens onto history

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Teens are turning off history, but this international startup is hoping to ignite their passion using the dual power of storytelling and tech. Read more

4 reasons why book people should educate themselves about VR

By Catherine Allen

Immersive media specialist at Freelance

Whether or not they are making VR now, or are going to make it in the future, there are lots of reasons why publishers should find their nearest VR headset and simply experience it. Read more

5 things inspiring HarperCollins' chief digital officer Chantal Restivo-Alessi right now

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

HarperCollins' chief digital officer Chantal Restivo-Alessi shares five things inspiring her to think and work differently right now. Read more

Can Sweek turn free mobile stories into a self-publishing empire?

By Molly Flatt

Associate editor at FutureBook

Self-publishing, serialisation, gamification, sales - this Netherlands-based startup is a one-stop publishing shop with a mobile heart. Read more

'Life is too short to make things nobody wants': Introducing the first ever FutureBook ThinkSprint

By Sam Reid

Co-founder at ThinkSprint

At this year’s FutureBook conference we’re trying something a little different to a panel or a keynote. In our new hour-long ‘ThinkSprint’ session, the founders... Read more

Curiscope's Ed Barton on the 'magical' potential of AR

By Benedicte Page

Deputy editor at The Bookseller

AR and VR are big buzzwords in publishing at the moment. In some areas they seem destined to remain just that - buzzwords. But in the... Read more

'When it comes to marketing audiobooks, more is more'

By Miriam Robinson

Programme director at Marketing & Publicity Conference

FutureBook 2017 speaker Jen McMenemy, of Orion, discusses the power of podcasts, inventive serialisation, and why when it comes to audiobooks, more is sometimes... more. Read more