Here I am at the Kobo stand. Thrilled to see INCEPTIO was included in the graphic on the side wall. Of course, I had a copy of the paperback with me so, of course, a photo was mandatory. Next, Kobo invited me to have a professional photo taken by Rebecca Millar, with their compliments.
Back to the SilverWood Books stand which was constantly busy. Director Helen Hart declared herself hoarse by the end of the day! The interest in self-publishing is growing exponentially.
I set off to explore Author HQ in EC2, the vast hall behind the main exhibition hall EC1 and ran into many friends.
Some I had met in the flesh for the first time on Sunday such as Jessica Bell, Rohane Quinn and Carole Cooper.
Others I met for the first time today: Dan Holloway, Eliza Green, Chele Cooke, Catriona Troth, Roz Morris, Karen Inglis. Too much, too many!
My critique partner, Denise Barnes came up for the day and somehow survived the melee.
A terrific panel ‘What Independent Authors Know About Reaching Readers’ with Orna Ross (ALLi) and Ben Galley (ShelfHelp) chaired by Diego Marano of Kobo was crowded out.
I spotted two Romantic Novelists’ Association colleagues, Evelyn Ryle and Jenny Haddon, both listening intently to Orna, Ben and Diego.
Then on to the launch of the ALLi ‘Open up to Indies with Dan Holloway, Orna Ross and Debbie Young.
Somehow, I fitted in a terrific workshop on Publicity with Liz Dawson of Harper Collins – practical and very informative; today all authors however published must be proactive in marketing their books by developing and implementing a solidly planned PR campaign of their own.
And at the end of the day, I ran into Mel Sherratt on the KDP/Create/Space/ACX stand.
There are two more days to go, but I don’t mind if they’re not as good.This day was wonderful.
My goodness, how do you have the energy to blog after a day like that, Alison?! What a great round-up and fab pics!
Great pic of you there in your purple, next to the Kobo display. And did I see your cover there? Looking forward to today!
Thanks, Roz. The cover is on the Kobo wall, but a little faint in the photo. A great honour, though! Very much looking forward to today, especially the party.
It was so fabulous to share the Sunday evening with you before all the hard work began on Tuesday.
Sounds like a peak experience, Alison! Keep shining bright!
Fabulous Alison… You and Debbie Young both have that same buzzzzzzzzz factor going on here. Fabulously fantastical, girls. Great photos to share with us all. Thank you, Alison.
Glad to be going to stay with my friend in the country this weekend – for a rest!
Great update, Alison! What a brilliant day it was.
Thanks, Carol. I was nearly asleep when I got to the Day 3 post, so I hope that made sense.
Great set of blogs Alison – even if I did read them back to front! Sounds like you all had a great time there – very impressed!
It was a fun three days – days of learning and exchanging information as well as meeting up with friends.