London Book Fair 2018

The offer for me to fill the vacant Presidential seat at the Book Fair London 2018 got turned down,

The President is Missing – London Book Fair
The President is Missing – London Book Fair

though I guess the new book by Bill Clinton and James Patterson ‘The President is Missing’ will shed light on why the vacancy happened.

London Book Fair 2018 Olympia
London Book Fair Olympia 2018

The desk filled space at the very busy London Book Fair which was packed with so many major and minor companies in the printing and book businesses.

Kindle Direct Publishing discussion – London Book Fair
Kindle Direct Publishing discussion

I listened to a couple of talks hosted by Ingram Spark and Kindle Direct Publishing ; one with authors Joseph Alexander, Mark Dawson and L J Ross about how to use Kindle for publishing, which each of them have done successfully.

Orna Ross talks for Ingram Spark and Alliance of Independent Authors discussion – London Book Fair
Orna Ross talks for Ingram Spark and Alliance of Independent Authors discussion

The second introduced by Orna Ross of the Alliance of Independent Authors with Zsofia Macho & Janet Murray on what they referred to as ‘self-publishing 3.0’ which is a focus on dealing and trading directly with the consumers of your publications and entrepreneurship.

Alliance of Independent Authors – London Book Fair 2018
Alliance of Independent Authors

Read about my London Book Fair visit – Part 2

 

Author: Tony Walsh

Book author including the current Bradt guide to Oman