FutureBook

Steve Emecz runs independent London publishers MX Publishing specialising in NLP and therapy books. He talks us through his experience with e-books:

One of the wonderful things about the evolution of social media is that you get instant and regular feedback from your customers. We publish many NLP, hypnotherapy and coaching books and one of the regular pieces of feedback from practitioners, in particular from the USA in the last 12 months is that they would love to have books in an electronic format. Read more »

I thought it might be useful to create a list of digital publishing people on Twitter. If you would like to add yourself to this list, then please do so here: http://bit.ly/b51MeO Read more »

I'm sure all you Twitter fans will be well aware of the hashtag #womeninpublishing. Created by Jane Litte, co-founder of Dear Author to celebrate her favourite women in the book trade. You can view a Galley Cat article and list here. Read more »

I am pulling together profile pieces from digital publishing professionals. If you would like to be involved, please email me at sam.missingham@bookseller.co.uk. This is the profile of Shane Rae who is Digital Publishing Manager for Macmillan. His role includes being the social media strategist for Macmillan, these are his thoughts on this specific area:  Read more »

Footfall. Always an important measure of success for the public library. How many customers / users step through the front door and into your library. We must, we must improve our visitor figures. For the library service, as a tool for performance management, visitor figures remain Very Important. Read more »

Building on the success of our previous digital publishing conferences, The Bookseller will be holding its Futurebook conference on November 30th in London.  Read more »

If you would like to provide a case study on how you are using social media, please email me: sam.missingham@bookseller.co.uk. Isabel Losada talks us through how she uses Facebook to engage readers and ultimately sell her books:  Read more »

I am pulling together profile pieces from digital publishing professionals. The profiles explain job responsibilities and all of the digital touch points within the different roles. I would like profiles from professionals covering all areas of the industry. If you would like to be involved, please email me at sam.missingham@bookseller.co.uk. This is Robin Harvie's profile, he is a publisher at HarperCollins commissioning non-fictions and digital projects across both the 4th Estate list and The Friday Project. Read more »

Transmedia project Conspiracy For Good goes live in London tomorrow. Peter Law explains more about transmedia storytelling and Augmented Reality Games and the opportunities for the book trade:

Publishers interested in digital possibilities for the book are probably thinking of telling stories across several media platforms, known as transmedia storytelling. Read more »

I suspect I may not be the only one nursing a tiny hangover this morning. Futurebook held its inaugural drinks last night in Soho. And, as with all good publishing parties, promptly drank the bar dry. We had hoped for a diverse group of digital people to come along and you didn't let us down.

I had so many amazing chats with you all, a few that have stuck in my mind:

- the designer from Penguin was there to discuss how digital will impact on cover design

- developers showing me prototype iPad apps

- a new audio-book app due to launch very soon Read more »