12:00 Session 2


BROADGATE 2 Audio


Storysellers: How to make digital content


work in physical places


Chair Philip Jones, The Bookseller Carol Boswarthack City of London Rosamund de la Hey The Mainstreet Trading Company Matt Keudal tonies Mark PearsonLibro.fm


BROADGATE 1 Get smart: How to


innovate like an outsider Chair Alice Revel, The Ampersand Book Co


Cat Jones Founders Factory VictoriaLoomes TrendWatching Ben Saul-Garner Rebel Book Club JeffTaylor Courier


LONDON WALL


Freedom to publish: What are the new limits and where are they coming from?


Chair Alison Flood, The Bookseller Andrew Franklin Profile Books JodieGinsberg Index on Censorship MollyKerHawn The Bent Agency DavidRoth-Ey HarperCollins SunnySingh Author/Authors’ Club


BISHOPSGATE Learn


A series of optional Lunch&Learn masterclasses will take place at FutureBook Live, with sessions on audio publishing, innovation, using consumer data and digital marketing. They will take place immediately after lunch is served, at 1.30 p.m., and last for 30 minutes.


01 Broadgate 2 How to stop selling audio rights and start publishing in audio Videl Bar-Kar, global head of audio, Bookwire


From production to distribution, Bookwire has the expertise to help audiobook publishers of all sizes. This interactive session aims to equip publishers with the tools and strategies they need to successfully launch and grow their audio publishing programme.


Disruption matters: How scholarly


publishers have learned


to adapt Chair Jon White, consultant


Tom ClarkDeGruyter Steve Connelly Hodder Education Kathryn Earle Bloomsbury Academic Sam Herbert 67 Bricks


02 London Wall Digital marketing with BookBub and Bookouture Natalie Butlin, commercial manager at Bookouture


Wade Lucas, international account manager at BookBub &


This session will be a digital marketing conversation with a focus on how Bookouture and BookBub work together to promote Bookouture’s digital list to millions of readers, helping their authors find new fans and sell more books.


03 Broadgate 1 Why does innovation matter? Alice Revel, founder of The Ampersand Book Co This networking and hands-on session, will answer delegates specific ques-


tions about innovation and problem solving. How do you get excited, think big and then actually put those ideas into action? How can you make innovation part of your company/team/startup?


04 Bishopsgate Using consumer data to drive book sales Ruth Jones, director global sales, digital services, Ingram How can we make sure consumer data is relevant? This masterclass will


examine gathering consumer data through the lens of software designed to interpret consumer signals and make suggestions to help publishers efficiently grow sales, online and off.


Followed by lunch break


Surgeries During the breaks at FutureBook, there will also be one-on-one meeting slots with experts which delegates can book to discuss their projects and glean expertise. These sessions are with Bookstat’s Paul Abbassi; audio and large-print specialist Ulverscroft; audio and e-book expert Beat Technologies; and audio production outfit Swann Studio. For more information and to book a slot, email events@thebookseller.com, detailing the desired surgery and the time required. A confirmation email will then be dispatched. Fore more, see thebookseller.com


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12:45 Lunch Break, Masterclasses & Surgeries


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