Past Events
Wed 7 March 2012 at 11.00 am
The book is dead, long live the book!
Publishing, writing and reading in the digital era.
Kay Peddle (Editor at The Bodley Head, a non-fiction imprint at The Random House Group)
Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University, Willow
Self-publishing, eBooks, Amazon, piracy - the threats to trade publishing are numerous but the opportunities are too. Publishers need to be creative and agile in order to adapt to the rapidly changing retail and consumer environments we currently face. Thinking about content creatively and taking risks on new formats and retail channels is vital. Kay will talk briefly about what Random House is doing in this area and will also touch on how other trade publishers are evolving from the traditional book publishing model into the multi-platform 'content' model.
Type of Event: Lunchtime Digital Seminars
Wed 29 February 2012 at 11.00 am
New Model Audiobooks or Lessons learned in starting a digital publishing business
Chris Book, CEO Bardowl
Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University, Willow
Chris is a technologist first and foremost. Chris studied on the Modular Course at Brookes between 1993 and 1996, his main subjects were Computing, Intelligent Systems and Bodrum Kebabs. The inspiration for Bardowl came from years of listening to audiobooks and podcasts, knowing they could be delivered better. Chris has only ever worked in mobile, starting his career at Orange in 1997 and has worked at the most exciting mobile companies since, pioneering the mobile internet and apps ecosystems. Chris cannot quite believe his luck that his two passions of Books and Mobile have intersected as industries and enabled him to start Bardowl. Chris also organises conferences and barcamps such as The Power of One, The Big M, openMIC and BathCamp. Chris lives in Bath, is married with 2 children, has a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon-Do and supports Tottenham Hotspur. Chris tweets far too much at @bookmeister.
Type of Event: Lunchtime Digital Seminars
Mon 27 February 2012 at 6.00 pm
Children’s Publishing
Please note that there are 2 speakers during this event.
Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University, Willow 10
Jasmine Richards is Senior Commissioning Editor for Children’s at OUP and an Author. Her talk is about the role as an author and editor.
Neil Burden is CEO of Child’s Play International and his talk concerns Child’s Play’s philosophy and the challenges they face in the digital future.
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars
Wed 15 February 2012 at 11.00 am
Excel Is Not Enough: Skills for the Modern Publisher
Emma Barnes, CEO Snowbooks (Snowbooks)
Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University, Willow 1
The age of the manager is coming to a close. Doing, not directing, is the secret to making a difference in organisations - particularly those in a mature industry coming under increasing fire from newcomers and disruptive technologies. You, personally, need to be able to not only use but invent leading-edge technological solutions. Emma Barnes, co-founder and MD of innovative indie publisher Snowbooks, will share some real-world examples of the sorts of problems facing the modern publisher, and how technological competence can overcome them.
Type of Event: Lunchtime Digital Seminars
Mon 13 February 2012 at 5.30 pm
Non-Profit Publishing
Robert Cornford (Communications Manager at Oxfam)
Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University, Willow 10
How Non-Profit Publishing works at Oxfam.
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars
Thu 9 February 2012 at 5.30 pm
OpUS: International Evening 2012 - India
Taking Place: Blake Lapthorn, Oxford
Please see the OPUS web site for more information
Type of Event: External Publishing Event
Wed 8 February 2012 at 10.30 am
Digital publishing at Pearson Education
Dr Liz Marchant, Head of Publishing: Science and ICT (Pearson)
Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University, Willow
Liz will tell us about some of the digital projects she has been involved in at Pearson Education. This talk will focus primarily on digital delivery of science and ICT related products for secondary schools
Type of Event: Lunchtime Digital Seminars
Thu 24 November 2011 at 5.30 pm
Reaching Tablets & eReaders: UK channels for ebooks
OPUS
Taking Place: Main Lecture Theatre, Oxford Brookes University
The landscape of eReading devices and channels to reach them is rapidly changing in the UK today. This seminar focuses on established and emerging channels for selling your ebooks. OPuS is delighted to have Linda Bennett of Gold Leaf to provide an overview of the UK ebook market and emerging models including ebook borrowing, and Lindsay Mooney of Kobo to talk about their partnership with WH Smith’s and how Kobo can work with publishers in the UK to distribute ebooks both here in the UK ad worldwide.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Tue 15 November 2011 at 5.00 pm
The challenges of independent publishing - John Elford
Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University, Willow
John will discuss what it means to be Green in publishing. He will address global issues as well as how to apply green approaches to the business of publishing. He will talk also about his experience of running a small ethically-minded publishing company for over 20 years and the lessons he has learned. The talk will also explore how things are changing in the broad current economic and environmental climate and how this might affect business in general in the future.
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars
Tue 1 November 2011 at 5.00 pm
My Life as an Editor - Juliette Mitchell
Misconceptions, mistakes and rewards
Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University, Buckley BG10/11
Juliette Mitchell talks about her experiences at Penguin, including the commissioning process, seeing a manuscript through from start to finish and different approaches to editing. She will touches on dealing with authors and agents and launching the book into the world.
Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars
Wed 28 September 2011 at 4.29 pm
Strengthening your digital strategy: case studies in social media
This is an SYP event
Taking Place: Magdalen College Auditorium, Oxford
You're a marketer for the Man, but your job is to hide that. Your promotions budget is smaller than your last pay cheque. Or you think you can promote your book better than your publisher. As a player in the competitive publishing landscape, you need to be increasingly savvy to ensure that the right messages get to the right people to grow your sales, inform your promotions and basically help you convince your customers that you’re a cool business full of equally great people.
Our first speaker meeting of the 2011 academic year brings together a fantastic panel of social media experts from both inside and outside the industry to help you understand how you can make social media work for you.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Mon 16 May 2011 at 6.00 pm
Bookseller Industry Awards
Monday 16 May 2011
Hilton Park Lane, London
Now in its second year, The Bookseller Industry Awards aim to recognise the very best in and of the book trade. The awards celebrate book publishing, retailing - and, for the first time this year, public libraries. The categories include Independent Publisher of the Year, Imprint and Editor of the Year, and Publisher of the Year. This year there are two new categories, one for library innovation, and a new one to find the best children's publisher.
The judges include the author Kate Mosse, marketing strategist Damian Horner, and Angus Phillips, Director of the Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies.
For more information visit here
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event
Wed 27 April 2011 at 10.00 am
Usability, user centred design and persuasion
how to make sure people are engaged, complete tasks efficiently and effectively, and like what they see/do
Jon Dodd (BunnyFoot)
Taking Place: Tong IT Suite, Brookes
Jon Dodd founded BunnyFoot in 1999, in the early days of usability, we were the first consultancy to offer professional accessibility services and the first to offer eyetracking as standard. They concentrate on user centred design and usability, and also offer specialist eyetracking services to ad agencies and for market research.
Type of Event: Publishing | Lunchtime Digital Seminars | Publishing Seminars
Wed 13 April 2011 at 1.30 pm
Children’s Publishing Around the World - London Book Fair Seminar, 13th April
London Book Fair, Earls Court, London
Wednesday 13 April 2011
14:30, Children's Theatre, Earls Court 1
Taking Place: London Book Fair
Once upon a time, children’s publishing was an ugly duckling. Now, with the sales of children’s bestsellers matching those of titles aimed at adults, and new technology inviting children to engage in different ways with stories, the duckling-become-swan holds its head high, and publishers are vying with each other to sign up and keep key authors.
Three speakers, representing different parts of the world and different roles within the exciting field of children’s publishing, will discuss what’s happening and what the future may hold. Let’s hope it’s not tears before bedtime!
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event | Publishing Seminars
Tue 12 April 2011 at 2.30 pm
Annual London Book Fair reception and Publishing Alumni Group launch
The Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies at Oxford Brookes University is delighted to invite you to our Annual London Book Fair reception and Publishing Alumni Group launch.
at Stand O580, Earls Court 1
Type of Event: Publishing
Tue 12 April 2011 at 12.00 pm
Tweet smell of success? London Book Fair seminar 12 April
Oxford Brookes seminar
How to use social media to best effect
Taking Place: London Book Fair
London Book Fair, Earls Court, London
Tuesday 12 April 2011
13.00 Westminster Room, Earls Court 1
Many companies appreciate the necessity to engage with social media, including blogs, Twitter and Facebook. What is the marketing strategy behind this engagement and what kind of results can be expected? Publishers may be building their brand online, creating communities, or aiming to drive the sales of individual titles. Come and hear three experts explain the range of benefits from using social media.
Type of Event: Publishing | External Publishing Event