Confession...

Today, I read The Bookseller for the first time. (Online, I might add, but it still counts.)

For the past couple of years I've been wanting to get into publishing. I've done a selection of work placements, had lots of email contact with companies all over Europe as part of these placements, been to the London Book Fair, been to a couple of SYP events... I've even been regularly using thebookseller.com in recent weeks/months to check for job vacancies.

And yet I'd never thought to actually read any of the news articles on there. Isn't that strange?

So I read up about a bit of what went on this year in Bologna, and then read a bit of pre-LBF gossip... and it was actually really interesting. More-so now than if I'd started reading it a year or so ago. Now I have an active interest in at least a couple of companies - ones I've previously worked with, ones I'm due to work with soon etc. and I've generally been paying more attention to the industry, I guess.

Maybe I'll make a habit of it.

Happy Saturday, everyone! As you may have noticed, I'm having a very quiet weekend. I hope yours are more exciting!