Evening gang,
Blogging from the pub tonight. Talking to the manager about Liverpool battering Man Utd. He's being very philosophical about it.
Anyway, quick update. The paperback of Ballroom, Bars and Seawater Baths arrived today and looks superb. I'll be launching it properly this week.
Also, my book The Trust is currently free on kindle. But only until tomorrow. In the first 24 hours it's been downloaded 2000 times all over the world. Mainly the UK and USA but also France, Spain, Germany, India, Australia, Brazil and Canada. Not bad by any measure. It's still stuck at number 2 in the Amazon chart though!!
Finally, my other book (I have several) is still free on Story Cartel. If you review it, there's a prize draw to win an amazon gift card.
So, to recap. Plenty of books available, paperback or digital, anywhere you live. If you can read, dive in.
Right, best get another ale and have some tea.
Showing posts with label paperback. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paperback. Show all posts
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Saturday, 7 July 2012
New Paperback out now!
Afternoon folks,
This is a note worthy post simply because it is being written from my garden. It's hot and sunny, the flowers look great and, knowing the British weather, this might be the only chance I get to do this.
The other news is that my book All the fun of the Fair landed on my mat this morning. That's right, if you don't or won't do Kindle, you can now buy it in paperback. It's slightly smaller, in terms of measurements, than my previous two books, but in terms of word count it's the longest.
It's also the revised version based on reviews and feedback from the Kindle version. I've toned down the language a bit and restructured the chapters leading up to the ending. Either way the reviews are all super and the feedback positive. I'm also particularly proud of the cover. Although it's in no way linked to the book, the house where a number of the characters live (Westminster Road in Morecambe) is real and features in the new Mitch and Rupert book. It is also adjacent to Albert Road where the BBC has set it's new Turn Back Time series. So if you want to get a visual idea of where the book is set, watch the programme.
Anyway, here are the links for the two main Amazon sites:
All the fun of the Fair AMAZON.COM
All the fun of the Fair AMAZON.CO.UK
Right, I'm going to wander inside and keep one eye on tennis. The last bit of good news is that I have started work on the new Mitch and Rupert book again after a few weeks off.
Until next time...
PS Roger Federer in Wimbledon final tomorrow for record 8th time. I know I'm supposed to want Andy Murray to win and if he's the best player tomorrow then full marks to him. But I'd rather Roger won. There I said it! He's the best player there's ever been in my humble opinion and to win tomorrow would be a huge achievement in terms of the history of the game. 7 titles, back to World number 1 and finally breaking Sampras's record for weeks at number 1. Immense.
This is a note worthy post simply because it is being written from my garden. It's hot and sunny, the flowers look great and, knowing the British weather, this might be the only chance I get to do this.
The other news is that my book All the fun of the Fair landed on my mat this morning. That's right, if you don't or won't do Kindle, you can now buy it in paperback. It's slightly smaller, in terms of measurements, than my previous two books, but in terms of word count it's the longest.
It's also the revised version based on reviews and feedback from the Kindle version. I've toned down the language a bit and restructured the chapters leading up to the ending. Either way the reviews are all super and the feedback positive. I'm also particularly proud of the cover. Although it's in no way linked to the book, the house where a number of the characters live (Westminster Road in Morecambe) is real and features in the new Mitch and Rupert book. It is also adjacent to Albert Road where the BBC has set it's new Turn Back Time series. So if you want to get a visual idea of where the book is set, watch the programme.
Anyway, here are the links for the two main Amazon sites:
All the fun of the Fair AMAZON.COM
All the fun of the Fair AMAZON.CO.UK
Right, I'm going to wander inside and keep one eye on tennis. The last bit of good news is that I have started work on the new Mitch and Rupert book again after a few weeks off.
Until next time...
PS Roger Federer in Wimbledon final tomorrow for record 8th time. I know I'm supposed to want Andy Murray to win and if he's the best player tomorrow then full marks to him. But I'd rather Roger won. There I said it! He's the best player there's ever been in my humble opinion and to win tomorrow would be a huge achievement in terms of the history of the game. 7 titles, back to World number 1 and finally breaking Sampras's record for weeks at number 1. Immense.
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Emails and Venice
Evening groovers,
As predicted I've been over thinking the submission I sent to Simon Trewin. That said, it was a bit strange. I sent the email around midnight and received a read receipt at 6AM. So I awoke to find it waiting for me and was immediately a bit excited and then a bit curious as to who on earth was opening emails at that time.
Later, at about 10:30AM I received another read receipt for my email which made me more curious and a bit more excited.
I also spent a bit of time thinking about Carole Blake (of Blake Friedmann agency) because she is on Simon Trewin's Twitter list so I know she is on holiday in Venice. I have just booked to go to Venice so I began to wonder if this was a sign that submitting to Simon was the right move.
You see how these things mess with my mind? This is exactly the reason why I was so unsure about sending anything in the first place.
In other news I've sold a few books today which is good and the revisions for the paperback version of All the fun of the Fair are progressing. I've done about half the book so it should be ready early next week. Needless to say I'll post updates on here.
Sadly I've not written much but I'm just too damn tired. I managed a couple of hundred words of fairly meaningless prose last night and I've just not had the inclination tonight but by the time I got in from work and shopping and had tea I fell alseep on the couch and that was it. I've got a couple of days in the Lake District booked at the end of the month though so hopefully that might help the creativity.
Until next time...
As predicted I've been over thinking the submission I sent to Simon Trewin. That said, it was a bit strange. I sent the email around midnight and received a read receipt at 6AM. So I awoke to find it waiting for me and was immediately a bit excited and then a bit curious as to who on earth was opening emails at that time.
Later, at about 10:30AM I received another read receipt for my email which made me more curious and a bit more excited.
I also spent a bit of time thinking about Carole Blake (of Blake Friedmann agency) because she is on Simon Trewin's Twitter list so I know she is on holiday in Venice. I have just booked to go to Venice so I began to wonder if this was a sign that submitting to Simon was the right move.
You see how these things mess with my mind? This is exactly the reason why I was so unsure about sending anything in the first place.
In other news I've sold a few books today which is good and the revisions for the paperback version of All the fun of the Fair are progressing. I've done about half the book so it should be ready early next week. Needless to say I'll post updates on here.
Sadly I've not written much but I'm just too damn tired. I managed a couple of hundred words of fairly meaningless prose last night and I've just not had the inclination tonight but by the time I got in from work and shopping and had tea I fell alseep on the couch and that was it. I've got a couple of days in the Lake District booked at the end of the month though so hopefully that might help the creativity.
Until next time...
Sunday, 10 June 2012
Jazz Cafe Paperback
That's right folks, my latest book The 24 Hour Jazz Cafe is finally out in paperback. It seems to have taken ages but I'm delighted with it. Plus the reviews it's had have been fantastic 5* ones which helps.
Anyway, as ever the link to buy is in the title of the book i.e. The 24 Hour Jazz Cafe! It's not cheap at £9.49 but it's worth it. Unless you have a Kindle in which case buy that version instead.
Either way I hope you love it. This is the first in the series so get on board. When this book turns out to be the next Fifty Shades of Grey (but without all the sex) then you'll want to be able to say you read it first. Now you have no excuse.
Anyway, as ever the link to buy is in the title of the book i.e. The 24 Hour Jazz Cafe! It's not cheap at £9.49 but it's worth it. Unless you have a Kindle in which case buy that version instead.
Either way I hope you love it. This is the first in the series so get on board. When this book turns out to be the next Fifty Shades of Grey (but without all the sex) then you'll want to be able to say you read it first. Now you have no excuse.
Tuesday, 5 June 2012
Self-promotion. A chore without reward?
Afternoon folks,
Did everyone have a lovely jubilee? If nothing else having four days off work has been a delight. Mind you, the wife has worked every day but she gets paid lots so fair play to her.
Anyway, self-promo. I'm not a fan simply because I work full time and what little free time I do have I like to use to write books. If I spend an hour in an evening touting myslf around the internet it leaves nothing left for crafting the novel. Of course, logic suggests that if I don't do some promotion then nobody will buy my books as they won't know they exist.
This, I suppose, is true. To an extent. If you're a best selling author shifting thousands of copies then surely self-promo is pointless as the sales and word of mouth will feed into each other. I sell in dozens rather than thousands (so far) but I've found that no matter what promo I do my sales are pretty consistent month on month.
For example last month I did a couple of days promo and then only because my debut book, Playground Cool, was lauched in paperback. But I was busy at work and also decorating bits of my house, so that didn't leave any time to promote. Yet at the end of the month I'd sold near enough the same amount as the month before.
Anyway, since I did have time today I've posted on several Amazon.com discussion threads, also on Kindleoards and Book Blogs. I will post on Amazon.co.uk later and on Goodreads, as well as this blog post obviously. This will automatically appear on Facebook (hi facebook) and that will be about it. Will it lead to sales? Probably a couple. But then I reckon I might have had those anyway, sooner or later.
If you work it out in terms of a job, then self-promo for an author selling the amount I do is expensive i.e. an hour a day of promo for 2 sales? That's about £1 in royalties. Who on earth does anything for a pound an hour? Of course, if one of my books starts to take off and an hour of promo equalled a hundred sales, a thousand? Then all of a sudden that's a great return. But making that leap is proving hard, not just for me but for thousands of other writers in this position. We all know the game and the rules, promo, lots of it, on all the right websites. But it's so time-consuming!!!
So what to do? I will do some promo, as much as I can be bothered to do, and hope something sparks and takes off. But it's not the be all and end all. I'd rather spend the time writing books than promoting them.
Did everyone have a lovely jubilee? If nothing else having four days off work has been a delight. Mind you, the wife has worked every day but she gets paid lots so fair play to her.
Anyway, self-promo. I'm not a fan simply because I work full time and what little free time I do have I like to use to write books. If I spend an hour in an evening touting myslf around the internet it leaves nothing left for crafting the novel. Of course, logic suggests that if I don't do some promotion then nobody will buy my books as they won't know they exist.
This, I suppose, is true. To an extent. If you're a best selling author shifting thousands of copies then surely self-promo is pointless as the sales and word of mouth will feed into each other. I sell in dozens rather than thousands (so far) but I've found that no matter what promo I do my sales are pretty consistent month on month.
For example last month I did a couple of days promo and then only because my debut book, Playground Cool, was lauched in paperback. But I was busy at work and also decorating bits of my house, so that didn't leave any time to promote. Yet at the end of the month I'd sold near enough the same amount as the month before.
Anyway, since I did have time today I've posted on several Amazon.com discussion threads, also on Kindleoards and Book Blogs. I will post on Amazon.co.uk later and on Goodreads, as well as this blog post obviously. This will automatically appear on Facebook (hi facebook) and that will be about it. Will it lead to sales? Probably a couple. But then I reckon I might have had those anyway, sooner or later.
If you work it out in terms of a job, then self-promo for an author selling the amount I do is expensive i.e. an hour a day of promo for 2 sales? That's about £1 in royalties. Who on earth does anything for a pound an hour? Of course, if one of my books starts to take off and an hour of promo equalled a hundred sales, a thousand? Then all of a sudden that's a great return. But making that leap is proving hard, not just for me but for thousands of other writers in this position. We all know the game and the rules, promo, lots of it, on all the right websites. But it's so time-consuming!!!
So what to do? I will do some promo, as much as I can be bothered to do, and hope something sparks and takes off. But it's not the be all and end all. I'd rather spend the time writing books than promoting them.
Sunday, 3 June 2012
Jazz Cafe proof has arrived
Morning gang,
As the title suggests the proof copy of my latest book The 24 Hour Jazz Cafe arrived this week. I know I'm biased but I think it looks superb. It's 480 pages long too which is hefty. Admittedly I could shave plenty off by reducing the line spacing a bit but I like how it looks.
As soon as I've checked it for errors I'll be approving it for sale worldwide via Amazon. Until then it is available on Kindle. Here's a photo of the proof. For £7.50 you could have that on your shelf.
As the title suggests the proof copy of my latest book The 24 Hour Jazz Cafe arrived this week. I know I'm biased but I think it looks superb. It's 480 pages long too which is hefty. Admittedly I could shave plenty off by reducing the line spacing a bit but I like how it looks.
As soon as I've checked it for errors I'll be approving it for sale worldwide via Amazon. Until then it is available on Kindle. Here's a photo of the proof. For £7.50 you could have that on your shelf.
Monday, 28 May 2012
Playground Cool Paperback
Evening all,
As promised Playground Cool is available now in the UK in paperback. In fact, some fleet fingerd rascal has already bought a copy. Well done to them. As mentioned previously, it's £7.49. Enjoy.
As promised Playground Cool is available now in the UK in paperback. In fact, some fleet fingerd rascal has already bought a copy. Well done to them. As mentioned previously, it's £7.49. Enjoy.
Friday, 25 May 2012
Playground Cool Paperback in Europe!
That's right folks. As of ten minutes ago I have added Amazon Europe to my distribution channels for Playground Cool. Eh?
It means that if you don't have a Kindle but you want to read my book, or like me you just prefer the feel of a real book, you can now buy my debut novel in print from Amazon.co.uk and the rest of their Euro websites. Exciting times.
Sadly it's a bit pricey (£7.49) but it is pretty good. Amazon need a few days to update the sites so you can find it so I'll post a link when it's ready. Needless to say the rest of my books will be made available in paperback in the next few months.
By the way, to the person who bought the first paperback Playground Cool from Amazon.com, many thanks, you are a visionary and a pioneer. I'll happily sign it anytime just in case I end up famous then we both win.
Carry on...
It means that if you don't have a Kindle but you want to read my book, or like me you just prefer the feel of a real book, you can now buy my debut novel in print from Amazon.co.uk and the rest of their Euro websites. Exciting times.
Sadly it's a bit pricey (£7.49) but it is pretty good. Amazon need a few days to update the sites so you can find it so I'll post a link when it's ready. Needless to say the rest of my books will be made available in paperback in the next few months.
By the way, to the person who bought the first paperback Playground Cool from Amazon.com, many thanks, you are a visionary and a pioneer. I'll happily sign it anytime just in case I end up famous then we both win.
Carry on...
Monday, 30 April 2012
Sale in Germany
Morning folks,
As the title suggests I have sold my first book in Germany and very satisfying it is too. I've had books downloaded there before but only as part of free promo events. However, today some enlightened and wonderful individual purchased a copy of Playground Cool. Whoever you are, thanks very much and welcome aboard!
In other news I've tweaked the front cover of the paperback version of Playground Cool, along with a few other minor things, and resubmitted it for proofing. Assuming Amazon are happy with it then it should be available to buy in the next day or so.
Further to this I've also finished the formatting etc for the paperback version of The 24 Hour Jazz Cafe. I'll have to wait for the proof to come so I can review it but all being well that will also be available in paperback in June. The digital version should be available within a week or so. As a teaser I have included a picture of the cover from the paperback.
As the title suggests I have sold my first book in Germany and very satisfying it is too. I've had books downloaded there before but only as part of free promo events. However, today some enlightened and wonderful individual purchased a copy of Playground Cool. Whoever you are, thanks very much and welcome aboard!
In other news I've tweaked the front cover of the paperback version of Playground Cool, along with a few other minor things, and resubmitted it for proofing. Assuming Amazon are happy with it then it should be available to buy in the next day or so.
Further to this I've also finished the formatting etc for the paperback version of The 24 Hour Jazz Cafe. I'll have to wait for the proof to come so I can review it but all being well that will also be available in paperback in June. The digital version should be available within a week or so. As a teaser I have included a picture of the cover from the paperback.
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