Past Conferences

By the Book4 - Florence June 2017

Wednesday 21 to Friday 23 June 2017

Publishing Studies Conference 2017

Taking place:

Villa Finaly, Florence, Italy

This three-day conference brings together industry professionals, educators, and scholars to examine key issues around the digital transformation of the book, as well as to discuss the developing field of publishing studies. 

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Type of Conference: Publishing | External Publishing Event | Publishing Seminars

By the Book9

26 to 27 June 2024

Crafting Value in Today’s Book World

Taking place:

University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

We are delighted to announce that By the Book9 will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

The conference delves into the formation of value in the consumer and scholarly book industry, whilst predicting future transformations. A focal point of our discussions this year will be the pressing challenges faced by everyone in crafting sustainable value, whether technological, economic, or social. The profound significance such value has on the landscape of the industry prompts us to assess the habits and strategies among industry stakeholders — from authors, publishers and editors to booksellers and readers.

The plenary speakers are:

George Walkley

Simone Murray

Vuk Ćosić

See the conference programme for full details.

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Type of Conference: Publishing | External Publishing Event

By the Book8

21 and 22 June 2023

Publishing and the Changing World

Taking place:

University of Porto, Portugal

The European Publishing Studies Association (EuroPub) aims to foster knowledge exchange around the contemporary book trade. By the Book brings together industry professionals, educators, and scholars to examine critical issues around the book publishing industry and take forward the developing field of publishing studies. Presentations will take different forms to accommodate the range of academic and industry voices that make By the Book, now in its eighth year, such a distinctive conference. In previous years we have discussed topics ranging from curation to the development of publishing skills.

By the Book will be hosted by the University of Porto - the city of Porto was voted the World's Leading City Destination in the World Travel Awards 2022

Confirmed keynote speakers:

Anne Mangen, Professor of literacy at the Norwegian Reading Center, University of Stavanger, in Norway

Andre Breedt, Managing Director of Nielsen Book, market leader in metadata supply, discovery, sales measurement, consumer research and commerce solutions for the book industry internationally

Gisèle Sapiro, CNRS Research Director and Professor of Sociology at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris

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Type of Conference: Brookes University | Publishing

By the Book7

20 to 21 June 2022

Publishing in the 21st century

International conference of the European Publishing Studies Association

Taking place:

Maison des Sciences de l’Homme Paris Nord 

After a three-year gap owing to the global pandemic, the conference for publishing studies returns in 2022! 

The final conference programme is now available and we are delighted to welcome as keynote speakers Naomi Bacon and John Thompson. Naomi is Founder and Director of Tandem Collective; John is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge and author of the recently published Book Wars.

The European Publishing Studies Association (EuroPub) aims to foster the exchange of knowledge around the contemporary book trade. After an absence of three years, By the Book7 brings together industry professionals, educators, and scholars to examine key issues around the book publishing industry, as well as to discuss the developing field of publishing studies. Presentations will take different forms to accommodate the range of academic and industry voices that make By the Book, now in its seventh year, such a unique conference. In previous years we have discussed topics ranging from curation to the development of publishing skills.

At short notice we had to relocate the conference to Paris due to repairs being carried out to the roof of the Villa Finaly in Florence. We have found a new venue at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Paris Nord, which we are confident will provide a suitable replacement. We hope to return to Florence in the summer of 2023.

 

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Type of Conference: Publishing | External Publishing Event

2022 International Publishing Symposium

The Symposium is cancelled due to continuing uncertainty over Covid-19

Publishing in Europe and China

Taking place:

Goodenough College, Bloomsbury, London

Join us in the splendid setting of Goodenough College, London, to explore the world of publishing in Europe and China. There is coverage of trade, scholarly and educational publishing with plenary sessions, panel discussions, breakout sessions and networking opportunities. 

The event begins on the Friday evening with a formal dinner held at the College, and an after-dinner keynote address from Richard Charkin, Vice-Chair of Bloomsbury China.

The programme on the following day will consist of keynotes and panel sessions covering publishing and technology trends, social media, copyright and licensing.

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Listening to the Future

Thursday 21 October 2021

Book and Audio

Taking place:

Online webinar at the Frankfurt Book Fair - 3.00 pm UK time

EUROPUB (European Publishing Studies Association) and Aldus UP present a webinar on audiobooks and reading. There are three great speakers:

  • Naomi Baron, American University, Washington
  • Jens Klingelhöfer, Bookwire, Frankfurt
  • John Thompson, University of Cambridge

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Type of Conference: Publishing | External Publishing Event | Publishing Seminars

Symposium on International Chinese Teaching in a New Era

Saturday 15 May - 9.00 am to 2.00 pm (BST)

Innovation and Quality

Taking place:

Online symposium via VOOV meeting

Join leading practitioners and academics in the field of international Chinese language teaching to explore the challenges and innovative approaches of meeting student expectations and maintaining their enthusiasm and motivation for learning Chinese. There will be a strong focus on sharing best practice and new teaching methodologies, as well as opportunities for forum discussion.

It is suitable for teachers of Chinese who are working in secondary, university or adult learning environments.

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Type of Conference: Brookes University | Publishing

The Value of Literary Festivals

19 March 2021

A practitioner-oriented online event

Taking place:

2.00 to 4.30 pm

On Zoom - please book at Eventbrite - there is no fee payable

An online webinar on the value of literary festivals and their future in a post-Covid world. This webinar is free to attend and will be of interest to festival organizers, authors, publishers, literary agents, and students of publishing and creative writing.

Speakers include:

  • Sally Dunsmore, Oxford Literary Festival
  • Michela Zin, Porenoenelegge Festa del Libro
  • Julianne Mooney, Dublin Book Festival
  • Catherine Moylan, Listowel Writers Week
  • Sarah Franklin, author of How to Belong
  • Miriam Johnson, author of the forthcoming Books and Social Media

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Type of Conference: Publishing

By the Book7

POSTPONED UNTIL 2022

Taking place:

Villa Finaly, Florence

Postponement of By the Book7
In the light of the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy, we have taken the decision to postpone the By the Book conference until 2022. The situation remains uncertain and we have decided that it is prudent to move on the conference now rather than wait until nearer the conference date. Other conferences at the Villa have also been cancelled and we learnt yesterday that the Bologna Book Fair has been delayed. There is the risk that the virus will spread to neighbouring countries and we are conscious that delegates may have travel issues with either inbound or outbound quarantine. Also the health advice at national level is being updated continuously.

 

By the Book7 brings together industry professionals, educators, and scholars to examine key issues around readership and publishing, as well as to discuss the developing field of publishing studies. Presentations will take different forms to accommodate the range of academic, professional, educational, and independent voices that make By the Book, now in its seventh year, such a unique conference. By the Book7 has the theme ´Reconfiguring the Reader´. In our screen world reading culture is changing by the day, as new practices - digital and analogue - spring up and proliferate.  In previous years themes have included Building Audiences (2016), Curation (2017) and Power (2019).

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Type of Conference: Publishing

By the Book6

26 to 27 June 2019

Power Dynamics in Publishing

Taking place:

Villa Finaly, Florence, Italy

The European Publishing Studies Association (EuroPub), founded in 2016, aims to foster the exchange of knowledge around the contemporary book trade. Since 2012, the By the Book conferences have provided a forum for current research into the key issues and innovations around publishing in Europe and globally, providing insights into the contemporary industry. Building on the past five conferences, By the Book6 will be on the theme of Power Dynamics in Publishing. 

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Breaking barriers - ISBN conference in Malta - September 2018

Saturday 22 September 2018

Contemporary use and models of ISBN and ISBN allocation around the world

Taking place:

Palace Hotel, Sliema, Malta

The National Book Council of Malta, in collaboration with the Oxford International Centre for Publishing and Logos, will be hosting an open conference with a list of speakers on the subject of the ISBN. Librarians, academic and industry researchers, ISBN agencies and students are invited to submit their papers on subjects relating to this topic. The best papers will be published in a special edition of the premier publishing journal Logos, published by Brill.

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Type of Conference: Publishing | External Publishing Event

By the Book5 - June 2018

13 to 15 June 2018

Publishing in a changing media environment

New products, new organizations and new research models

Taking place:

Villa Finaly, Florence

The European Publishing Studies Association (EuroPub), founded in 2016, aims to foster the exchange of knowledge around the contemporary book trade. By the Book5 brings together industry professionals, educators, and scholars to examine key issues around the digital transformation of the book, as well as to discuss the developing field of publishing studies. Presentations will take different forms to accommodate the range of academic, professional, educational, and independent voices that make By the Book, now in its fifth year, such a unique conference. In previous years we have discussed topics ranging from the evolution of cultural habits (‘Building audiences’, 2016) to the development of publishing skills (‘Curation’, 2017).

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Type of Conference: Publishing | External Publishing Event

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