Sara Lloyd, digital and communications director at Pan Macmillan, has won FutureBook’s Digital Leader of the award, announced at this year’s FutureBook Conference Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Previewing the audiobook track at the FutureBook conference, we look at sales statistics and predictions from Michele Cobb at the Audio Publishers Association. The post Golden Headsets: Audiobooks’ Growth Is Music to Publishers’ Ears appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Delegates at this year’s FutureBook Conference will be able to get hands-on experience of the latest virtual reality headsets, discuss trends in the US audiobooks market and learn how to “reach the millennial audience” with Spotify. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Will Page, director of economics at Spotify, Steve Ackerman, managing director of Somethin’ Else, Ian Small, c.e.o. of AudioBooks.com, and Tom Hall, vice president Learning Platforms, Schools and English at Pearson, are the latest speakers added to the line-up of FutureBook, The Bookseller’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The full programme for this year’s FutureBook Conference has been revealed, including speakers ranging from Hachette UK c.e.o. Tim Hely Hutchinson, Mendeley founder Jan Reichelt, Storytel’s Jonas Tellander, Bonnier AB’s chief digital and technology officer Anki Ahrnell and Neon Play founder Oli... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Self-published writers and digital only publishers will continue to grow their share of the digital content market while traditional publishers over-price ebooks, according to early results of the FutureBook Census, launched ahead of this year’s FutureBook Conference, taking place on 2nd December. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Shrinking publisher market share in digital books has given the “illusion” of an ebook plateau, but there is a “huge, untracked shadow industry” of self-published titles growing faster, The FutureBook Conference has heard. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The UK's Futurebook conference showcased numerous new digital publishing initiatives, including a OwnIt! and a new app featuring Agatha Christie's iconic characters. The post Publishing Innovation from the UK’s Futurebook Conference appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller's Futurebook conference in London last Friday focused on the growing importance of security, mobile readers and open access. The post Talk of Security, Mobile and “Open” Dominate UK’s Futurebook Confab appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins UK c.eo Charlie Redmayne has urged publishers “living in a rose-tinted world” to beware the threat of cyber attacks which are “increasingly sophisticated and are happening all the time”. Closing the FutureBook Conference with his views on the changes taken place in the industry... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Tamblyn, president of Rakuten Kobo, is to present a manifesto for reading at the FutureBook Conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
BAFTA and MOBO Award-winning hip-hop artist, writer/poet and historian Akala speaks to Philip Jones ahead of his keynote address at this year’s FutureBook Conference. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Touchpress is to present its new digital strategy at the FutureBook Conference with head of marketing Tom Williams to join a panel on the new publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bookseller is to launch a week of FutureBook offers in the run-up to the FutureBook Conference on 4th December. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
I am delighted to have been asked to chair this year’s FutureBook Conference, and look forward to working with the team to curate a line-up of impressive speakers who will help us all to learn more about where the industry is heading and give us ideas to share, challenge and build on. I come to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins UK chief executive Charlie Redmayne is to give the closing keynote address at the FutureBook Conference this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Annette Thomas, Stephen Page and Susan Jurevics are the keynote speakers for this year’s FutureBook Conference, the largest digital publishing gathering in Europe. Nigel Roby, chief executive and publisher of The Bookseller, has also unveiled what is to be a week-long sequence of events... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The FutureBook Conference has become one of The Bookseller’s leading events. This year we celebrate its fifth birthday, and this has allowed us to both celebrate how it has become an integral part of the book business’ digital transformation and also look to its future. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House's c.e.o. Tom Weldon has said the company will not be exploring subscription, as he is not convinced it is what readers want. Weldon, in conversation with The Bookseller's editor Philip Jones at today's FutureBook conference, said PRH UK is betting on three things for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sharing on Facebook makes users 81 times more likely to turn into paying customers, the Futurebook Conference has heard. In a panel entitled What Does the Future Publisher Look Like? Andrew Savikas, c.e.o of Safari Books Online, said: "If you give people the opportunity to share, that makes... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]