Our annual Publisher Seminar is an opportunity for us to share our knowledge and expertise in everything from buying your ISBNs through to making sure your titles are listed correctly and visible to consumers.

Alongside our panel of experts, we're delighted to welcome a number of guest speakers:

Simon Morley from Gardners
Harry Boughton from Copyright Licensing Agency
Anna Ganley from Society of Authors
Sarah Walden from World of Books

The Seminar aims to explain how our services fit within the book supply chain and how we can help you maximise your titles' exposure.

We will be hosting the event from the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden and each delegate will receive a complimentary ticket to enjoy the museum afterwards.

The agenda for the morning is as follows:

10.00 - Arrival and Registration (coffee served)

10:15 - Welcome and Introduction – Jo Shaw, BookData Metadata (Jo will provide a brief overview of the book supply chain and explain where Nielsen BookData sits within it)

10:30 - Everything you need to know about the ISBN – Peta Wilson, ISBN Agency (Peta will explain what an ISBN is, why you need one and how to allocate it)

10:50 - Guest speaker: Overview of Gardners - Simon Morley, Gardners (Simon will provide an overview of Gardners' role within the book supply chain and how they work with publishers and self-published authors)

11:10 - Break

11:25 - The importance of good metadata – Clive Herbert and Chris Pow, BookData Metadata (Clive and Chris will explain the different types of metadata you can provide, its importance within the book ecosystem and how to supply it)

11.55 - Guest speaker: An insight into the Copyright Licensing Agency - Harry Boughton, Copyright Licensing Agency (Harry will provide an introduction to the Copyright Licensing Agency, and how they license organisations to lawfully use, copy, and share text and image-based content owned by authors, publishers, and visual artists.)

12.15 - Guest speaker: How not to be afraid of AI - Anna Ganley, Society of Authors (Anna will share recent developments in this fast-moving field, and consider some of the legal, ethical and practical implications for the publishing industry. The Society of Authors works to raise awareness, provide guidance, challenge poor practice and argues for the recognition of creators’ rights.)

12:35 - Lunch (light buffet served)

13.20 - Creating ‘Look Inside’ content with Book2Look – Lucy Huddlestone, BookData Metadata (Lucy will show how Book2Look ‘Look Inside’ content is being used by retailers and publishers to showcase titles.)

13.40 - Guest Speaker – How does an online retailer use your data? - Sarah Walden, World of Books (Sarah will provide an introduction to World of Books and explain how an online retailer uses the data you provide to improve discoverability and maximise sales)

13.55 - Measuring your success - Matt Orzlowski, BookData Research (Matt will give an overview of the UK book market and how you can use BookScan sales data to track your sales.)

14.20 - Q&A panel chaired by Jo Shaw

14.40 - Close and thank you - Jo Shaw, BookData Metadata

14.45-15:30 - Opportunity to network and meet with the presentation teams

Please note the agenda is subject to change.

There will be an opportunity to network and speak to the experts during the breaks and after the event.

The seminar will take place as an in-person event. The presentation slides will be made available after the event, to receive a set of slides please email marketing.book@nielseniq.com

Venue accessibility details can be found here

Registrations are closed

Nielsen BookData Publisher Seminar 2024