The Rev. Awdrycontinuedhiswork as a minister even whilepublishingThomasstories, butChristopher Awdry says his father always kept his life as an author and his life as a clergyman separate.
Self-publishing Swansea author Ann Marie Thomas, who was one of about 30 authors due to speak at the festival, said it clashed with the Caerphilly Cheese Festival and the Olympics.
In an Internet Week panel in New York moderated on Monday by Phil Thomas DiGiulio, the co-founder of the real estate-related video publishing website WellcomeMat.com, three speakers discussed how they use social and mobile media to share and gather information.