The book/CD launch for ‘The Key To A Happy Life’ is booked for Fri. 20th April, 8.00pm, at the Blackfriars at Ouseburn, New Bridge St, NE12TQ. As many folk fans, players and audience, are invited to join in – free drink to anyone buying a CD or book.

Finally the book is on Amazon, print and ebook, after much trouble re-formatting the original pdf document to their template. In fact, it meant virtually re-editing twice – once for each format. Also, uploading to CDBaby was also a lengthy pain and not cheap either, unlike Amazon who instead take a hefty cut from each book sold. As with most creative businesses, it’s not the artists who make the money, unless they’re very lucky or have a best-seller. But, despite these downsides, I’ll probably use Amazon again since at least the process gives authors some control and a way to get your work out there – though you still have to publicize it, etc.