Well, it’s been a busy month: I’ve managed to average two hours a day writing The Perihelix – which might be retitled the Parahelix before I’m done – despite about five days out doing other things. While I’ve been out
July roundup – August preview
Time for a breather
After the lunacy of the April A to Z Challenge, it was time for a rest. Except that I was launching Bravo Victor, my sixth book. No rest, then. After the lunacy of the A to Z Challenge and the
How should I be marketing the books in India?
The news from Smashwords that they are now shipping the books to Flipkart.com, an Indian online book retailer, made me think about the market for my books there. I do have readers in India. Judging from names and email addresses,
Two weeks only – Four ebooks FREE
Yes for two weeks only, till July 31st, all four of the ebooks available on Smashwords are FREE with the coupon code SW100 (that’s the same code for each of them). You could get The Princelings of the East The
Some interesting book data from Smashwords
Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, is good at looking at trends in the publishing (and epublishing) world. He speaks at important conferences on the subject. He is a champion of indie publishing, and not surprisingly, since Smashwords is founded on
End of Read an eBook Week
I woke up this morning remembering that Read an eBook Week finished at midnight Pacific Time, which gave me until 8 am to make my own ‘purchases’. It was very interesting reading through the Children’s books. The blurbs for Princelings
Read an EBook Week: 3 – 9 March 2013
Read an Ebook Week, the world’s largest global celebration of ebooks, starts today. During this week people all round the world will be encouraging people to read… and to read an eBook! My distributor Smashwords is a huge supporter of
February tidy-up & Challenge summary
Just a little tidying up for the last day of February. It’s a lovely spring day after weeks of dreariness and freezing temperatures, or at least it seems that way. Hopefully spring is on its way. The Traveler in Black
What the Traveler in Black and White does next
Lord Mariusz’s tale of exploration on the other side of the time tunnel comes to the end of its time on Amazon’s Kindle Owners Lending Library at midnight tonight. This is otherwise known as the Amazon-exclusive period, and although there
Psst! Wanna free ebook?
The Princelings of the East is featured on the World Literary Cafe’s FREE EBOOK FRIDAY promotion this week. Just copy the code on that page, click on the Smashwords link, buy the book, and claim the discount with the code.
Summer on Smashwords
Both Princelings of the East and Princelings and the Pirates are included in Smashwords Summer/Winter promotion for the month of July. Use coupon code SSW50 at the checkout for a 50% discount.
Pirates Second Edition out now
The second edition of The Princelings and the Pirates is out now on Smashwords and Amazon. It will take a little while to be ‘shelved’ online at B&N, Kobo and Sony (the Apple Bookstore) but we are told this has
Pirates second edition out soon
I’ve been watching the progress of Princelings and the Pirates closely. It’s getting a lot of Smashwords samples, which suggests something is right. It could be the marketing, it could be the follow-on from readers of the first book, it
A Facebook Advert
Last night on UK tv there was a very interesting documentary on Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook. I was particularly interested in the rationale behind Facebook, and the privacy versus advertising issues. If you Like a product, then the product owner
One percent more for Pirates cliffhanger
I was watching the author’s information on my Smashwords books, pleased that I was getting a steady stream of people downloading the sample. After a while I thought I ought to be getting a few more conversions to buying the