The other day I dragged my friend along to a talk on Self Publishing and E-books by historical novelist Freda Lightfoot as part of the Purbeck Literary Festival. Freda is known as a 'hybrid' author, having had novels published traditionally and then gone on to self publish other novels.
The talk was mainly based on self publishing and the many pros and cons that follow it. However, she also talked about the challenges of promotion when self publishing, e-book formatting, and editing. (Also, fan fiction had a brief passing motion which was particularly entertaining as most people in the room appeared to be rather confused as to what that entailed)
