2013: The year of Self-Publishing

Georgie Binks was feeling pretty chuffed about her first foray into self-publishing - until 500 of her books arrived in 23 boxes. "It was terrifying when they arrived," says Binks, author of A Crack in the Pavement, which was turned down by 10 traditional publishers before she decided to go it alone. "I was trying to find a place for them in the garage, thinking about how much work it was going to be to sell them and worried that I would be looking at them six months from now.