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Notes from Brighton — Part One

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve just got back from the Booksellers Association annual conference in Brighton. I promised several people that I would blog my notes from the conference, which follow. Digital publishing was one of the main strands of the conference, and there were some excellent speakers on the programme.
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Reaching Readers Online

February 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Last week I gave a presentation at The Bookseller seminar Reaching Readers Online 2008. It was good to see lots of friendly faces, including Peter and James from Apt Studio and Darren Turpin from DTL; and to meet Kate Hyde from Fifth Estate and Sara Lloyd from Macmillan.
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Speaking gig

January 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I’m going to be speaking at The Bookseller seminar Reaching Readers Online 2008 at the Stock Exchange on 31 January. I’ll be making a presentation on direct to consumer online strategies and the implications for publishers. I’ve noticed that one of my fellow speakers, the extremely innovative Peter Collingridge of Apt Studio, has posted a […]

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Cooking with Booze

October 1st, 2007 · No Comments

The notion of me contributing to a cookery book might be regarded with a certain amount of mirth by my friends and family — but it’s true: I’m right there in the acknowledgements for the pseudonymous George Harvey Bone’s new book Cooking with Booze*. It’s a marvellous book, accompanied by a best-in-class website created by […]

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