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SUMMARY:Membership Feedback Session
DESCRIPTION:We’d love to get to know more about BookMachine members and what you would really like your membership to include. \n  \nJoin us for a small\, informal Membership Feedback Session on Tuesday 15th June from 12:30–1pm BST to discuss what you like about the current membership\, and what you would like to see more of within the community. Would you like to meet more people? Are there courses missing from the programme? What topics would really help you at work? \n  \nWe would love to know what would be most useful for you before we continue to plan the programme\, so please join us and help influence the direction of the BookMachine Community. \n  \nAs well as helping us formulate our plans\, you will also get to meet other members in small groups – an ideal opportunity to chat with some fellow members and make a few new connections. \n  \nPlease RSVP below and we’ll send you a Zoom link to join us on the day! Looking forward to seeing you there and learning how we can improve your membership experience.
URL:https://bookmachine.org/event/membership-feedback-session/
CATEGORIES:Members only
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210616T130000
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Wisdom: Live Interview with Carla Herbertson (Zebralution) and Alison Larkin (Alison Larkin Presents)
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday 16th June from 1–1:30pm BST tune into our live Wednesday Wisdom Q&A with Carla Herbertson\, Head of International Audio Content for digital distributor Zebralution\, and Alison Larkin\, Founder of award winning audiobook publisher Alison Larkin Presents. \n  \nThere has been a lot of talk about Spotify finally giving audiobooks more attention. It’s a biggie when you think they have an audience of over 250 mln paying streaming subscribers across 178 countries who are already used to consuming spoken word through podcasts. \n  \n“There is a tremendous opportunity to reach people that have not been exposed to audiobooks\, through music streaming services like Spotify\,” said Tom Webster from Edison Research when speaking at the Audio Publishers Association Conference in the US last month. He attributes the growth in podcast listeners aged 12-34\, to the music services and predicts the same can happen for audiobooks. \n  \nThe publishing industry is eagerly awaiting more information on the music service’s next move\, but how can publishers ensure they too can be part of this new audience reach. \n  \nIn this Wednesday Wisdom session\, Carla will share tips for publishers on how to make your audiobooks thrive on Spotify – from looking at content strategy\, to using analytics and their unique marketing tools lismio (app & biggest audiobook playlists/profile) which helps consumers discover audiobooks on the Spotify platform. We will also be chatting to Alison about why she decided to adopt a ‘go-wide’ strategy for her audiobooks catalogue. \n  \nWe’ll also be opening up the Q&A to the audience in the last 10 minutes of the session\, so please do bring your questions to ask Carla and Alison about boosting your sales via Spotify. \n  \n*This session will have live closed captioning available for viewers to toggle on or off as needed* \n  \n  \nAbout Wednesday Wisdom\nThe Wednesday Wisdom series is designed to give you a brief\, inspiring insight into the working lives and projects of publishing experts\, and the help you learn more about the services that can take you to the next level. On selected Wednesdays throughout the year\, take a break and join us on Zoom for live these Q&As to top up your motivation and learn something new. \nBookMachine members can browse 40+ Wednesday Wisdom replays in the archives. \n  \nWant to take advantage of this member perk? Sign up to be part of the community. \n  \n\n\nAbout Carla\nCarla Herbertson is Head of International Audio Content for digital distributor Zebralution. She develops content partnerships with key players within publishing and digital media industries to bring audiobooks and spoken word content to Zebralution’s platforms\, which includes music streaming services. Carla has been working in the audio industry for twenty years. During her ten-year stint at the BBC produced radio programmes and dramas across many of its stations and as a freelancer\, Carla consulted on a variety of audio productions for PRH and the Open University. Before joining Zebralution\, Carla developed a high quality and cost saving strategy for the Royal National Institute of Blind People’s Newsagent service. \nFollow Carla on Twitter @smallcarla \nConnect with Carla on LinkedIn \n  \n  \nAbout Alison\nAlison Larkin is the award-winning narrator of over 200 audiobooks including The Complete Novels of Jane Austen. She is also a writer/comedienne and the bestselling author of The English American\, an autobiographical novel about an adopted English woman who finds her birth parents in the US\, which grew out of her hit one woman show on the subject. In 2017\, she founded Alison Larkin Presents\, a unique independent audiobook company based in Western Massachusetts that has\, to date\, won 11 AudioFile Earphones awards for excellence. \nFollow Alison on Twitter @AlisonLarkinTEA \nConnect with Alison on LinkedIn \n  \n  \nAbout Zebralution\nZebralution is a digital distributor of audiobooks to book-centric services like Apple Books\, Kobo\, Storytel as well as music streaming services where they specialise in making audiobooks discoverable on the likes of Spotify\, Deezer\, Napster\, YouTube Music and Apple Music which creates additional reach and revenues for publishers. Zebralution operates globally and represent UK\, US and European publishers. \nFollow Zebralution on LinkedIn
URL:https://bookmachine.org/event/wednesday-wisdom-live-interview-with-carla-herbertson-zebralution-and-alison-larkin/
CATEGORIES:Wednesday Wisdom
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Wisdom: Live Interview with Andrew Rhomberg (Jellybooks) and Kieron Smith (Blackwell's)
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Independent Bookshop Week by tuning into a live\, inspiring Wednesday Wisdom Q&A session on Wednesday 23rd June from 1–1:30pm BST with Andrew Rhomberg\, founder and CEO of Jellybooks\, and Kieron Smith\, Digital Director at Blackwell’s. \n  \nSince Jellybooks launched their cross-industry platform enabling excerpts and snippets for bookshops and publishers in March 2021 in partnership with Blackwell’s\, we’re excited to catch up with how Andrew and Kieron have been working together over the past few months. \n  \nTune into the session to find out more about the look-inside/preview features Blackwell’s launched across their sites to boost online sales\, the biggest lessons Andrew and the Jellybooks team have learned along the way\, and how these tools are helping bookshops and booksellers with marketing – as well as their customers discover more when buying and browsing books and content online. \n  \nThe Q&A is a great opportunity to get to know the people behind the services and tools that are helping bookshops bounce back – especially as we celebrate #IndieBookShopWeek from the 19–26th June this year. You’ll also have the chance to ask your own questions to Kieron and Andrew\, as we will open up the floor to the audience in the final 10 minutes. We hope to see you there! \n  \n*This session will have live closed captioning available for viewers to toggle on or off as needed* \n  \n  \nAbout Wednesday Wisdom\nThe Wednesday Wisdom series is designed to give you a brief\, inspiring insight into the working lives and projects of publishing experts\, and the help you learn more about the services that can take you to the next level. On selected Wednesdays throughout the year\, take a break and join us on Zoom for live these Q&As to top up your motivation and learn something new. \nBookMachine members can browse 40+ Wednesday Wisdom replays in the archives. \n  \nWant to take advantage of this member perk? Sign up to be part of the community. \n  \n\n  \nAbout Andrew\nAndrew Rhomberg is the founder and CEO of Brixton-based reader analytics and publishing technology firm Jellybooks. Prior to Jellybooks he worked for txtr\, Skype\, Here\, Airbiquity\, Reciva\, and range of other start-ups in the music\, media\, internet and consumer electronics industry. He has a Ph.D. from MIT and  a M.S. from the University of Innsbruck. He has been an invited speaker at Assises du Livre Numérique\, Book Expo America\, DBW\, Digital Publishing Summit\, If Book Then\, London Book Fair\, Frankfurt Books Fair\, Leipzig Book Fair\, NISO\, Publishers Forum\, STM conference\, and the SYP conference. \nTwitter: @arhomberg \nFollow Andrew on LinkedIn \n  \n  \nAbout Kieron\nKieron is a professional bookseller with over 20 years book trade experience\, including WHSmith Retail\, establishing the Ottakars.co.uk website in 1999\, heading up the web offering at Bertelsmann’s Book Clubs in the UK and operations at Methven’s Booksellers\, followed by three years outside the industry at Europe’s leading video games website GAME.co.uk. Head of online for Waterstone’s in 2006-7 and then MD of international bookseller The Book Depository (now an Amazon company) for five years. He joined the UK’s leading Independent Bookseller\, Blackwell’s\, as Digital Director in 2015. Kieron is also a published author\, his book The Politics of Down Syndrome (Zero Books) published in 2011. \nTwitter: @KieronJS \nFollow Keiron on LinkedIn \n\n\n  \nAbout Jellybooks\nJellybooks is a data\, audience insights and reading platform for book publishers and retailers. In March 2021\, in partnership with Blackwell’s Books\, Jellybooks launched a cross-industry platform for excerpts and snippets service bookshops and publishers in the UK and Ireland. \nTwitter: @jellybooks / Instagram: @Jellybooks \n  \n  \nAbout Blackwell’s\nBlackwell’s was founded on New Year’s Day 1879\, at 50 Broad Street\, Oxford. 2021 marks Blackwell’s 142nd anniversary. From humble beginnings the company has built a worldwide reputation for unrivalled customer service\, specialist knowledge and a passion for bookselling.  We continue to be a fiercely independent family owned values led business\, where putting our customers first is at the very heart of what we do. \nOur mission is to become the world’s most trusted bookseller and to change lives through reading and books. We have eighteen shops\, including those in Oxford\, Cambridge\, London and Edinburgh\, alongside those based on university campuses. Blackwell’s also has a thriving corporate\, professional and institutional business serving both private and public organisations. Blackwells.co.uk continues to grow rapidly in the UK and internationally. The online platform is designed and managed in-house and is a cornerstone of Blackwell’s multi-channel strategy.
URL:https://bookmachine.org/event/wednesday-wisdom-live-interview-with-andrew-rhomberg-jellybooks-and-kieron-smith-blackwells/
CATEGORIES:Wednesday Wisdom
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SUMMARY:June Members' Mixer
DESCRIPTION:Meet and mingle with other BookMachine members!\nJoin us on Thursday 24th June from 6–7pm BST for this month’s Members’ Mixer. RSVP below to join us. \nOur mixers are designed to be informal and social\, allowing you to wind down\, catch up and debrief with fellow publishing people from across the industry. \nEach month\, we gather your suggestions for conversation starters and help you spark conversations with fellow members on topics that matter the most to you. Add your ideas to the virtual message board. \n~ \nCan’t make it? We host these events on the last Thursday of every month\, so look out for future mixers coming soon.
URL:https://bookmachine.org/event/june-members-mixer/
CATEGORIES:Members only
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210630T130000
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SUMMARY:Wednesday Wisdom: Live Interview with Agustina Casal (Ingram Content) and Kelli Fairbrother (xigxag)
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday 30th June from 1–1:30pm BST\, come along to our Wednesday Wisdom Q&A session with Agustina Casal\, Senior Manager of Digital Sales at Ingram Content Group\, and Kelli Fairbrother\, co-founder and CEO of xigxag\, to talk all things audio distribution with Ingram’s CoreSource platform. \n  \nWith audio achieving sustained growth post-lockdown\, there’s never been a better time to discover new\, innovative tools for getting this new format to readers. \n  \nTune into this session live to learn how xigxag and Ingram have worked together using digital solutions to bring audiobooks to millions of readers\, how CoreSource helps publishers to simplify and streamline digital sales with automated distribution to retailers\, libraries and audio channel partners\, why xigxag has chosen not to offer a subscription model for its platform and what audio retailers can do to stand out and succeed. \n  \nYou will also have the chance to ask your own questions to both Agustina and Kelli\, as we will be opening up the Q&A to the audience in the last 10 minutes – so be sure to come prepared! \n  \n*This session will have live closed captioning available for viewers to toggle on or off as needed* \n  \n  \nAbout Wednesday Wisdom\nThe Wednesday Wisdom series is designed to give you a brief\, inspiring insight into the working lives and projects of publishing experts\, and the help you learn more about the services that can take you to the next level. On selected Wednesdays throughout the year\, take a break and join us on Zoom for live these Q&As to top up your motivation and learn something new. \nBookMachine members can browse 40+ Wednesday Wisdom replays in the archives. \n  \nWant to take advantage of this member perk? Sign up to be part of the community. \n  \n\n\nAbout Agustina\nAgustina Casal is the Senior Manager of Digital Sales at Ingram Content Group where she is responsible for leading the digital strategy for CoreSource Plus and all the publishers it supports. Agustina started her career in publishing at the Perseus Books Group in 2007. Since then she has taken on a variety of roles focusing on marketing\, communications\, digital strategy and international operations. Agustina has lived in Buenos Aires\, London\, Panama and Montreal\, before making New York her home. Currently on her nightstand is a collection of train-themed children’s books that her two young sons insist on her reading to them every night. \n  \n  \nAbout Kelli\nKelli Fairbrother is co-founder and CEO of xigxag\, a UK-based startup aiming to revolutionise and democratise audiobooks. She started xigxag with a former colleague after missing out on the brilliant infographics that should have accompanied Hans Rosling’s Factfulness audiobook – especially given how easily they could have been integrated into the experience. \nShe has spent nearly all of her business career at the intersection of consumer brands and technology\, starting at McKinsey and then at Whitbread\, where she precipitated and led the launch of the Premier Inn brand into Germany. Kelli lives in London with her husband and two primary school children – both keen readers and listeners. \nFollow xigxag on Facebook\, Twitter\, Instagram and LinkedIn. \n  \n  \nAbout Ingram Content Group\nIngram Content Group’s audiobook distribution provides access to the leading audiobook retailers including Apple Books\, Audible\, Findaway\, Google Play\, Hoopla\, OverDrive\, Libro.fm\, Kobo\, and more. Get your audiobooks in front of millions of users worldwide\, plus enjoy our fully-managed CoreSource Plus program including: managed\, automated distribution to audio retailers & library suppliers; direct connections to audio channel partners spanning 100+ countries; comprehensive\, normalized sales reporting; and simple integration with your current ebook distribution strategy.
URL:https://bookmachine.org/event/wednesday-wisdom-live-interview-with-agustina-casal-ingram-content-and-kelli-fairbrother-xigxag/
CATEGORIES:Wednesday Wisdom
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SUMMARY:Talking Audio (BookMachine Unplugged 2021)
DESCRIPTION:Thanks to our event sponsors: \n\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\nWhat’s next for Audio?\nAudio publishing has seen exponential growth over the past decade. Despite the pandemic\, industry news has continued to report on innovative audio publishing and to chart the audiobook market’s meteoric rise. \n  \nIn this new era of work from home\, play at home\, stay at home\, has anything changed in the way in which consumers connect with audio in this new reality? How have tech developments evolved digital storytelling\, and how might these in turn impact the way in which we connect to audio in the future? \n  \nOn Wednesday 30th June from 6–7 pm BST\, our panel will consider the current audio market from their perspective: discussing consumer insights and tech trends and what these shifts in the sand might mean for audio in 2021 and beyond. \n  \nTalking Audio this year takes place during Audio Season\, running from 1st June to 16th July 2021. \n  \n*This session will have live closed captioning available for viewers to toggle on or off as needed* \n  \nAbout BookMachine Unplugged 2021\nBookMachine Unplugged is an online and interactive programme of publishing events designed to offer real insights into what is working in publishing right now – and what the future of publishing may hold. \n  \nIf you’re a publishing professional who craves an explosion of knowledge\, ideas\, and personal development – in a strictly social and informal setting – this event series is for you! \n  \nEach of the six BookMachine Unplugged events programmed for this year will zoom in on a vital area of the publishing industry. Discover the others coming up in 2021. \n  \n“Really enlightening evening talking audiobooks and their future. Lovely friendly crowd of publishing folk too!” – Anna Nicholas\, Publisher and Author \n  \nTicket details\nThis event is FREE for BookMachine members\, and £5 +VAT for non-members. Log in to your member account and your discount will be applied automatically at checkout. \n  \nCan’t make it to the live event? A recording will be available for all members and ticket holders to watch after the event. Be sure to book your place in advance of the event to receive the link to the replay! \n  \nWant to make a saving and join the fastest growing global publishing community? Become a BookMachine member. \n  \n  \n\nYour host\n\nLouise Harvey\, Audio Manager at Little\, Brown Book Group\nLouise Harvey works in audio across all imprints at Little\, Brown Book Group and loves nothing more than plugging into a good book. She’s in audio publishing for the thrill of finding the perfect reader for an author’s work. Louise was SYP London Chair 2017. \nFollow Louise on Twitter @louiseinbooks \n  \n  \n  \nThe speakers\n\nSteve Bohme\, Research Director at Nielsen Book Research UK\nSteve has managed the Books and Consumers survey since 1997\, as well as a wide variety of research projects relating to reading and book buying habits. Steve is a Member of the Market Research Society. Steve joined Nielsen when Nielsen acquired the business intelligence and commerce solutions products from Bowker in 2013. Prior to that\, Steve worked at Bowker Market Research (BML) since 1994\, becoming Research Manager in 1996 and Research Director in 2001. \n\n  \n  \n\n\nDominic Gribben\, Audio Publisher at Hachette UK\nDominic is an audio publisher at Hachette UK with responsibility for the audio lists across Hodder & Stoughton\, Headline\, John Murray Press and Quercus. In addition to traditional audiobook publishing\, Dominic and his team oversee the development of audio original projects\, audio partnerships and podcasts. \nFollow Dominic on Twitter @DomGribben \n  \n  \n  \nAdrian Hon\, Co-founder and CEO at Six to Start\nAdrian Hon is co-founder and CEO at Six to Start\, creators of gamelike stories and story-like games including the world’s bestselling smartphone fitness game\, “Zombies\, Run!” with ten million players. He’s author of A History of the Future in 100 Objects and has spoken at the flagship TED conference\, the Long Now Foundation\, GoogleX\, and Disney Imagineering. Before becoming a game designer\, Adrian was a neuroscientist and experimental psychologist at Cambridge\, UCSD\, and Oxford. \nFollow Adrian on Twitter @adrianhon \n  \n  \n  \n\n\nFind out more about the sponsors\n  \n  \n \nBookwire\nBookwire is a leading international digital publishing company that helps publishers produce\, distribute\, market and analyse their digital titles. The company currently employs 80 members of staff in Germany\, Brazil\, the UK\, Spain and Mexico who manage over 1\,900 publishers across eBooks\, audiobooks and Print-on-Demand. The pioneering Operating System for Digital Publishing “Bookwire OS – One Solution” has delivered\, analysed and marketed around 500\,000 eBooks and 80\,000 audiobooks in all relevant distribution channels. In addition to the latest customer analytics and pricing technology\, publishing clients of Bookwire also have access to individual support from account & marketing managers who help drive revenues and growth. \n  \n \n  \n\nIngram Content Group\nIngram Content Group’s audiobook distribution provides access to the leading audiobook retailers including Apple Books\, Audible\, Findaway\, Google Play\, Hoopla\, OverDrive\, Libro.fm\, Kobo\, and more. Get your audiobooks in front of millions of users worldwide\, plus enjoy our fully-managed CoreSource Plus program including: managed\, automated distribution to audio retailers & library suppliers; direct connections to audio channel partners spanning 100+ countries; comprehensive\, normalized sales reporting; and simple integration with your current ebook distribution strategy. \nNeed audio files produced? Our selection of audio producers offer a variety of services at discounted rates to fit your publishing needs. \n  \n \nLadbroke Audio\nLadbroke Audio has been producing audiobooks and audio dramas for the industry since 2008. The company is based in Croydon\, with two bespoke audiobook studio facilities. Clients include BBC Audio\, Penguin Random House\, Audible\, Little Brown\, Orion/Gollancz\, Harper Audio\, Hachette Childrens Group\, SPCK/IVP and WF Howes. Their owner\, Neil Gardner\, is well known within the industry as a producer/director/editor and narrator\, as well as for his roles as a regular contributor to events and education\, and as the founder of the Audiobook Creators Alliance. The company produces 150+ titles per year. \n 
URL:https://bookmachine.org/event/bookmachine-unplugged-2021-talking-audio/
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