I'm really looking forward to the London Book Fair, the annual showcase for publishers from all over the world. Many international and domestic publishing deals are completed in London, which is why it's such a big event for the British publishing industry. Authors at London Book Fair … [Read more...]
A few words about The Alliance of Independent Authors
There's a strange discussion going on over at David Gaughran's site about an organisation I myself feel honoured to be a member of, Alliance of Independent Authors. David published an interview with Orna Ross, the founder of ALLi, which has (strangely) caused a bit of a stir on the site. The … [Read more...]
A-Z Blogging Challenge: L is London Book Fair
My theme: Writing and the business of writingI remember when I first came up from the country to the London Book Fair about five years ago, and was struck by how business-like and un-literary the whole event was. And how lacking in writers something calling itself a Book Fair could be. Plus the … [Read more...]
Digital – the new garlic bread?
It's an old joke, 'Garlic bread - it's the future.'At the London Book Fair I sat through two seminars on the future of publishing. First one was a prediction for 2020 (=digital) and the second a discussion on what's free in the new digital age and where the money is going to be made. Everyone agreed … [Read more...]
