Yes, it’s prediction time of the year. After such an amazing year for publishing and with some key issues seriously heating up, thought I’d ask our clever bloggers and twitter pals to pin down their thoughts for 2012. So many of you have given your predictions that I have broken it into 2 posts. Thank you for taking the time to do this. 

This time next year I’ll check back on this post and openly ridicule those who were off the mark and crown the person with the closest predictions the King or Queen of FutureBook. Ok, that’s not actually going to happen. Read more »

Deck the halls with holly, let the bells ring out, a national newspaper has finally written an article about how publishers are being innovative and  driving digital change rather than being driven off the road by 'e'. Read more »

What's the mood of FutureBook 2011? There are 550 delegates at the QEII Conference Centre today listening to talks from industry leaders such as Stephen Page, Evan Schnittman, Dominique Raccah, the brilliantly named Chris Book, Anobii's Matteo Berlucchi, and Penguin's Anna Rafferty.

The mood is positive, vibrant and forward thinking; the speakers have been brilliant so far (Stephen 'Don Draper' Page - a particular highlight); and the tweets invariably honest. Even the wi-fi has worked (just about). Read more »

'We've become victims of our ever-increasing capacity to store, organise, instantly access, and share vast amounts of cultural data.' Simon Reynolds, Retromania

‘I’m bringing sexy back.’ Justin Timberlake Read more »