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#WhatsABookWorth — A #FutureChat recap

'I don't remember how much I paid for the books' That line, in a nutshell, captures the answer we heard when we asked The FutureBook's... Read more

What's a book worth?

'An integral part of our emotional lives' What’s a Book Worth? is asking readers to film themselves talking about a book that means a lot... Read more

Are book prices behind the times?: A #FutureChat recap

Not that it's a new topic. "Half of all book buyers expect to pay less for ebooks," The Bookseller reported in March 2011. And as... Read more

#FutureChat recap: Authors' contracts and controversies

Authors approaching accord Two venerable author advocate groups, the UK’s Society of Authors and the Authors Guild in the USA, have recently stepped into the... Read more

Authors making $8,000 per year? Why write free? A #FutureChat recap

'Question is, are you making money for someone else?' That's the historical fiction author Jane Steen , English, based in Chicago, during our live Twitter... Read more

Should authors write without pay?

From anyone else, the advice might sound like right-headed rationality, itself. But as the author Roxana Robinson (pictured) can tell you, when you're the president... Read more

'It's discovery that's lagging': #FutureChat recap on digital-first

“A difficulty in marketing something that has no physical presence." That's the author Stark Holborn talking with my Bookseller associate Sarah Shaffi (pictured) about the... Read more

Is digital-first best for authors?

This story was written as a walkup to our Friday (8 May) #FutureChat. Join us Fridays for a round of good conversation on topics in... Read more

'No bookshop is an island': #FutureChat recap

At IndieReCon: Launching #Authors4Books Standing in this beautiful new Foyles store to launch ALLi’s Authors For Bookstores campaign, for a moment we can fool ourselves... Read more

From London Book Fair to an IndieReckoning

This article was written originally as a walkup to our #FutureChat of 17th April from the site of the IndieReCon event at Foyles in London... Read more

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