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Publishing with vision Wed 05 Dec 18

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What do readers really want? Insights from FutureBook Live 2018 Writer, publisher and social media consultant Jon Reed shares the highlights and lessons from Friday’s FutureBook Live conference. Read more

Amazon is more dangerous than ever - and publishers need a plan As Amazon continues to expand far beyond its current terrifying $1tn etail presence, grabbing an even bigger piece of the bookselling pie, what are the implications for publishers and retailers? Read more

'Let's make inclusivity the norm and not a trend,' Lovegrove urges It is “absolutely the responsibility” of the publishing industry to inspire and empower the next generation, Dialogue Books publisher and FutureBook Person of the Year Sharmaine Lovegrove told delegates at FutureBook Live. Read more

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New virtual avatar "Star" to bring books to life through sign language - Innovation Enterprise Huawei, the European Union for the Deaf, Penguin Random House and Aardman Animations team up to develop AI-powered app for deaf children.

If we want our children to thrive, teaching them to read is not enough – they must learn to enjoy it - The Independent New research demonstrates just how crucial reading for pleasure is to children’s future mental health and economic success, writes author Cressida Cowell.

The Fear Virus - FutureCrunch We’re in the midst of a global, digital pandemic. Time to stop it in its tracks. An absolute must-read from the brilliant minds behind ’tech optimism’ newsletter FutureCrunch.

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Publishing with vision Wed 28 Nov 18

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How to pitch your publishing startup Reedsy founder and c.e.o. Emmanuel Nataf, a previous winner of the FutureBook BookTech Award, shares three tips for this year's competing startups—and any other new companies trying to secure partnerships within the trade. Read more

F.A.I.L. faster with the book industry's 2018 ThinkSprint Kobo’s Nick Coveney explains what you can expect and gain from FutureBook Live’s ThinkSprint session, where outsider insight will be applied to stress-test delegates' innovation concepts. Read more

5 things inspiring Zed Books' Kika Sroka-Miller right now Kika Sroka-Miller is a co-owner and director of Zed Books, an independent non-fiction publishing house based in London and the world’s biggest publishing collective. Here she shares five things inspiring her to think and work differently right now. Read more

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Top 10 digital transformation trends for 2019 - Forbes Yes, they’ve already started… from 5G to smarter chatbots, here’s Forbes’ early digital forecast.

An old printed book is the cool new look, according to Gucci - Quartz Could this New York-based, Gucci-curated bookstore give a glimpse into the future of bookselling?

The inaugural Hieronymus Journal savours slow publishing in the digital age - Wallpaper This tactile, beautifully bound collection of stories, interviews, photography, and typographic poetry, finds its basis in the belief that analogue is essential our to balanced development in the age of digital reproduction.

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This is your last chance to get tickets for Europe’s biggest publishing innovation conference, FutureBook Live, taking place on Friday in London. See the full #FutureBook18 programme and book your place here.

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Publishing with vision Wed 21 Nov 18

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Kemp-Robertson and Barth discuss how to make books contagious How do you make a great story spread? Paul Kemp-Robertson and Chris Barth have been exploring this question since 2004, when they co-founded Contagious Communications. Read more

It's time for publishers to choose their own adventure Award-winning executive digital producer Muki Kulhan will be applying her insight to the world of books at this year’s FutureBook Live conference. Read more

We need to build better e-books Canelo’s technology director Nick Barreto explores why his unique digital-first approach to making e-books is important—and other issues the industry needs to be tackling. Read more

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Google and Disney launch interactive Little Golden Books that work with Google Home - TechCrunch A new interactive storytelling feature for Google Home devices combines print books with voice recognition technology.

How YouTubers are turning to education through viral videos - WIRED UK For these three top British YouTubers, the video-sharing platform is the perfect way to help educate a hard-to-reach portion of the public.

2018 Earned Brand Study - Edelman Nearly two-thirds of consumers around the world now buy on belief: choosing, switching, avoiding or boycotting a brand based on where it stands on the political or social issues they care about.

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Miles Stevens-Hoare and Jon Watt blog about the advance of audio ahead of this year's FutureBook Live conference, taking place on 30th November in London; secure your ticket before the end of this week. See the full #FutureBook18 programme here.

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