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In a business as busy as publishing,
it can be all too easy to stay in your lane. Whether you’re an
editor, m.d., marketer, agent, author, c.f.o., publicist, bookseller,
technologist, designer, librarian, it’s hard enough to keep up with
developments in your own field, let alone find time to dig into the
issues and innovations disrupting other roles.
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But we believe that brilliance in
books comes from understanding
the industry as a whole, from making unexpected
connections across disciplines, and from rethinking how the many
moving parts and talented people in publishing might work better
together.
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Upshot being, at FutureBook23 we’re
encouraging attendees to join at
least two sessions outside of their area of expertise.
And to help you do just that, we’d like to highlight three eclectic
panels that might just help you look at a hard problem from a new
angle, come up with a crazy idea, or kick off a kick-ass
collaboration outside your comfort zone.
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PANEL: Storyworlds: doing more with our IP
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In a world where quality stories
have the potential to become games, TV shows, plays, comics,
merchandise and more, are publishers and authors really making
the most of their outstanding IP? Emma Bell, s.v.p of creative
and brand at International Literary Properties; Simon
Friend, producer at Simon Friend Entertainment; Eric Huang,
lecturer, podcaster, author and consultant; Jasmine Richards,
founder of Storymix; and Ed Wood, IP director at Little,
Brown discuss how the industry might better harness the potential
of its new releases and backlist.
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PANEL: Cover Meeting Live! A conversation about
design in a time of AI
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Freelance book designer Steve
Leard brings his podcast Cover Meeting to FutureBook, with a
discussion around the many ways AI is both undermining and
inspiring designers and illustrators from across the book
industry. Guests include freelance designers Micaela Alcaino and
David Pearson, along with Canongate’s art director Rafi Romaya.
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PANEL: Guts and story: Publishing with emotion in
the age of AI
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Publishing has always used comps
and copycat trends to mitigate risk. But in a world ruled by
algorithms, surely our success now relies on surfacing and
spreading stories that are more original, daring and gutsy than
ever before? Publisher at Brazen Romilly Morgan talks to three
humans at the heart of the matter: writer and podcaster Lotte
Jeffs; commissioning editor at Chatto &
Windus Kaiya Shang; Euan Tait, events manager at The
Portobello Bookshop; and Georgia Henry, director of The
Pitch Agency.
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Plus there
are sessions on the future of data, improving working culture,
audiobook streaming and much, much more. We’re
now a mere two
weeks away from Monday 27th November, so whether
you’re joining us in person, online or both, don’t delay.
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Group,
freelance, small press and bookshop rates are available. Please email
paul.clifton@thebookseller.com
for more details.
See you on the 27th,
The Bookseller Team
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With thanks to
our sponsors and partners:
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