Long Barn Books Blog

Is this week so everyone in London publishing is out of town. There will be  a lot of talk, meetings, handshakes, eating and drinking, a load of money spent on hotel bills and air fares. And to what purpose ? Whenever I have had a book being presented there by a publisher or agent, I have been told about ‘excitement’ and ‘interest’ but so often when people have returned to their offices and normal life, nothing has come of half of it, or I have been told that ‘the actual deals don`t get done at Frankfurt.’ So what does get done there ? Seems an awful lot of expense and trouble for nothing. And everyone moans and groans about it in advance but they all still go on going.