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August 21, 2012
Translations and Media Rights Signed to Agency – Books & Rights in Zürich
As of today, all enquiries regarding the acquisition of translation and or media rights for all territiories and languages (ecluding English) should be directed to my agent: Mladen Jandrlic, Books & Rights, Zürich.
Agencies interested in representing the English rights should contact me directly.
July 18, 2012
Web Survey: Are UK Family Historians Using the Right Resources
http://edu.surveygizmo.com/s3/973257/Online-Genealogy
For my Master’s thesis, I am researching family history websites. This survey makes up a crucial part of the study and consists of simple questions about what websites you use and your experience with them.
The results of the survey will be combined with a comparison of the major sites features – and search results – in an attempt to define trends and determine what motivates family historians to select the online resources they use.
Althoug...
July 10, 2012
Icebreaker Supporting Indie Publishing
I am proud to announce that the wonderful team at Icebreaker in Switzerland have been very generous in providing sponsorship which helps enable me to attend the Frankfurt Buchmesse in style and comfort. They have provided me with enough of their high quality Merino wool clothing to keep me warm (or cool) regardless of the conditions at the fair.
I think it’s fitting that a New Zealand born author, attending a book fair where New Zealand is guest of honour, will be donned out in the best of New...
May 18, 2012
#1 on Amazon.de – Der Spanische Helm
Der Spanische Helm promotional launch (free Kindle version for 48 hours) has been hugely successful and still has 10 hours to go!
Current rankings at Amazon.de are:
#1 – Historical Fiction (1 out of 1,713 books)
#2 – Thriller (2 out of 5,663 books)
#3 – All free Kindle books (3 out of lots and lots)
After 36 hours, over 1300 German readers have downloaded the novel.
Get your German copy from:http://www.amazon.de/Spanische-Matthew-Cameron-Edition-ebook/dp/B0083TXLMYor you can download it from your l...
May 17, 2012
Der Spanische Helm – Intro
Ein Telefongespräch zwischen zwei Freunden löst eine Reihe von Ereignissen aus, welche die gesamte offizielle Geschichte Neuseelands in Frage stellen könnten.
Dr. Matthew Cameron reist nach Neuseeland und ans andere Ende der Welt, in die Schweiz, um die Hintergründe einer verblüffenden archäologischen Entdeckung zu erforschen. Auf seiner Reise folgt er einer Spur von Hinweisen quer durch Neuseeland und findet sich in der Rolle des Schülers wieder, der einiges über Vertrauen, Liebe und Betrug z...
May 16, 2012
Der Spanische Helm – Release and FREE
Der Spanische Helm is finally ready (kind of) and is available on Kindle for FREE on Thursday 17th (Auffahrt/Christi Himmelfahrt) from 9am CET for 24 hours.
Be sure to get your copy and tell your friends.
http://www.amazon.com/Spanische-Matthew-Cameron-Edition-ebook/dp/B0083TXLMY
http://www.amazon.de/Spanische-Matthew-Cameron-Edition-ebook/dp/B0083TXLMY
May 2, 2012
Selected for Frankfurt Book Fair
I am very proud to announce that my debut novel The Spanish Helmet has been selected by the NZ Society of Authors to be presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2012 where New Zealand is guest of honour. The society has selected just 40 books (dubbed the Frankfurt Forty) for this honour from fiction and non-fiction New Zealand works. It is a great pleasure to have my work selected from among the other great work coming out on New Zealand.
For my part, I will naturally be in attendence at Frankfurt...
February 24, 2012
A Few Indie Book Reviewers
I spent some time a few months ago, creating a list of Indie book reviewers. I used various sources (I can't remember where from) to compile this list, but gave up before completing it when I realised I wouldn't bother using it myself.
I posted the URLs on Goodreads yesterday and realised that there is quite a demand for such information. So here is the list – for you all.
Sorry that is isn't complete. Some of the information about genres accepted may be incorrect. Likewise, some of these...
February 15, 2012
Self-Publishing Translation Experiment on IndieGoGo
Please… help me to translate The Spanish Helmet into German. From as little as a $5 donation, you get a copy of the book. Or, be the hero (or villain) in my next novel by donating $1500.
OK, $5 would be a great start. I will be grateful forever. And my pregnant translator (not my wife) will be able to stock up on chocolate-covered gherkins.
Greg Scowen
IndieGoGo Spanish Helmet Project
January 26, 2012
Library Map Prototype
2012 - After winning an innovation competition at the library of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Bibliothek), my project idea was selected for development.
