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October 13, 2015
The last little bit of free love
Just a quick update this morning. My elderly Mum has been taken to hospital, so I need to travel to the other side of the country to see her. It does take some of the shine off the book downloads. It is real life getting in the way of things that aren’t really all that…
October 12, 2015
Free love on Monday
We are now into the last day of the five day Amazon giveaway, and the pattern couldn’t be clearer: Thursday 8 October – 2.664 Friday 9 October – 663 Saturday 10 October – 212 Sunday 11 October – 137 Monday 12 October (so far) – 3 That is a total so far of 3,679. I…
October 11, 2015
Free love on a Sunday morning
It is the end of day 3 of the five day giveaway for Love, Death and Tea. We are still getting downloads, but the number per day is falling: Thursday 8 October – 2.664 Friday 9 October – 663 Saturday 10 October – 212 It is time to start drawing some initial conclusions. First, and…
October 10, 2015
Free love, day three
It is the morning of day three of my five day giveaway. The downloads have slowed substantially, but they are still higher than when I ran a giveaway without advertising. Here are the numbers: Love, Death and Tea, September 2014 (five days) – 279 Love, Death and Tea, 8 October – 2,664 Love, Death and…
October 9, 2015
More Free Love
According to the global behemoth that is Amazon, it’s still day one of my five day giveaway. For me, it’s Friday morning. Time to take stock of the first day. My last two giveaways generated 279 downloads for Love, Death and Tea and 247 for Global Domination for Beginners. At the time, I was quite…
October 8, 2015
Free Love
It is day one of my five day giveaway of Love, Death and Tea. I thought I would document it here in case it is of use to anyone else trying to sell their books. And I am asking, ever so politely, if you would like a free copy. First, some introductions. “Love, Death and…
October 4, 2015
Free love, free death, free tea
Should authors give their books away for free? That is one of the hot topics whenever authors gather to drink absinthe and smoke gauloise in Paris pavement cafés with a dusky jazz singer warbling in the background. Apparently she doesn’t regret anything. The rest of us aren’t so sure. Or the modern equivalent of a…
September 27, 2015
To Know the Dark
Bluebird The Edge of the world was hurting. Kori pressed her cheek against the smooth cool sky, close to where it arched into the ground. The noise came from deep inside the sky, below her and distant. It was an irregular pulse and thrum against her skin like the heartbeat of a struggling animal. It…
September 26, 2015
A writing update
The ebook revolution has given us many wonderful things. The freedom to write in micro-genres. The ultimate expression of artistic liberation. The ability to sidestep pernickety editors and publishers. Fifty Shades of Grey. Okay, so not everything about ebooks has been positive … But there is one awful thing that the ebook revolution has given…
September 17, 2015
Killing the whale
I have just given up on Moby Dick. There, I said it. I feel better now that it’s out in the open. Don’t get me wrong. I tried. I tried to read it more than 30 years ago as part of my degree into English Language and Literature. I gave it another go last year…
