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[Derek]

Lee wrote: "Derek wrote: "Hi, just joined up with the upcoming 'retirement' of the Amazon forums imminent. I'm 67 years old, married with no children but a succession of dogs over the years. Profile picture is..."

He's a brown and tan doberman, his name is Rig and he'll be seven years old this Christmas.

[Lee]

Derek wrote: "Lee wrote: "Derek wrote: "Hi, just joined up with the upcoming 'retirement' of the Amazon forums imminent. I'm 67 years old, married with no children but a succession of dogs over the years. Profil..."

Nice dog, full of energy! ha ha

[Jack]

Hello Derek and welcome, I hope you have a good time. I am fairly new to the group myself but everyone I have seen so far seems fun and friendly

[L.A.]

Hello Jill and welcome. You're not wrong about the laugh!

[Lee]

Hello Jill, there seem to be a few of us migrating over here! haha

[Patti (baconater)]

You're very welcome.

[Lee]

Jill wrote: "Lee wrote: "Hello Jill, there seem to be a few of us migrating over here! haha"
I think there will be a few more over the next couple of weeks ,it's a shame the forum is closing but I think its s b..."

To be honest, although I was a member of it, I hardly ever posted anything. It seems to be a lot more user-friendly on here.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Thats because of Patti. If we annoy her she prods us with her pointy stick.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

There is a whole section for free books and stuff. If you look at the main group page, scroll down until you see the heading " FREE BOOKS ADD TO MONTHLY THREAD" and have a look at the threads there.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

And don't worry. Patti can be placated with bacon, chocolate or vodka.

[Patti (baconater)]

And cake.

[Patti (baconater)]

And wine.

[Kath]

Welcome. We don't do abuse here. Not twice, anyway!

[Patti (baconater)]

Kath wrote: "Welcome. We don't do abuse here. Not twice, anyway!"

Yeah, Gingerlily has really been neglecting her dungeon.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I'm breeding spiders in it at the moment, and they get upset if they hear screams :(

[Jack]

Hello, Jill and welcome :)

[L.A.]

Welcome Jill, happy Halloween!

[Victor]

Hi guys,

Just turned up here thanks to a link posted on Amazon's UK Kindle forum amidst its final death throes. I was wondering where some old friends had disappeared to and I'm guessing it's here!

Anyway I can see some of my old favourite threads have been given a new lease of life eg. 'Just finished, just started'.

Real name is Paul by the way.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Hi Victor/Paul - glad you grabbed the lifeline! There are new groups sprouting up all over the place now. Settle in and have a good look round.

[Kath]

Hi, Paul. Welcome. Make yourself at home.

[Jack]

Hello Victor/Paul (What would you prefer?) and welcome to the group :)

[L.A.]

Hi Victor / Paul and welcome.

[Victor]

Sorry about the name confusion. On the Amazon forum I have always been known as 'Victor Meldrew' - a curmudgeonly old git from the much missed BBC comedy series 'One Foot In The Grave'. So I set myself up as the same when I registered here but for some reason it insists on truncating it to just Victor.

Anyway, whatever you decide to call me - I've been called far worse :)

[Jack]

haha Well, you might as well face the truth that you're just too long in the tooth. to understand these things :)

[Patti (baconater)]

Careful Jack. You might be called a whippersnapper.

Or whatever the Brit equivalent is.

[Rosen]

I'd just like to say hi to any new members migrating over from the closing Amazon forums. I think you'll find UKAKF a completely different kettle of haddock.

[Jack]

Haha, we have Whippersnapper here to.

It was the words to the theme tune to 'One Foot In The Grave' though :)

[Patti (baconater)]

Ah. Think I've only seen one or two episodes.

Just gonna pop a link to Rosen's BookHippo thread in here.

It's a great resource for both readers looking for free and cheap books and for authors looking to get their books noticed by readers.

I can personally vouch for Rosen being a lovely person who has done so much for the indy author community. She also writes great books.

Have a look through the thread here.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Rosen]

Thanks for the link, Patti. And mega thanks for the kind words.

[Velvizhi]

Hi
I am Velvizhi, I am an ardent reader.
I love Lieutenant Blueberry by Jean Charlier, Buddha by Osamu Tezuka
I like to read Patanjali's Yoga Sutras any time
I also reads old mythological stories
and much more

[Kath]

Hello Velvizhi.

[Peter]

I'm Peter. I'm a brand new author writing romance with mature characters, heroines that older readers can identify with. My debut novel 'Not Too Old for Love: Grace's Turmoil' is to be published as an eBook on 15th December. Now, I'm trying to get my head around Social media Marketing, which at the age of seventy-three is not easy :)

Check me out on my blog if you like.

peterperrin.blog

[Kath]

Welcome, Peter.

[Jim]

welcome aboard Peter

given your genre I hope you're off the 'happy ever after' as discussed below :-)

[Jack]

Welcome, Peter and good luck with your work :)

[L.A.]

Hi and welcome Peter. Hope it all goes well, if you crack the social media marketing thing do let me into the secret!

[Benjamin]

Hello all,
I'm Ben, and I'm a longtime reader but new to Kindle - my debut horror novel, Lamplight, has just been published as an ebook on October 6th, and I'm trying to get up to speed!
Any advice, anyone?

[Kath]

Keep writing!
And welcome.

[Peter]

It's going to be a steep learning curve to get to grips with social media marketing. I guess once I make a start I'll pick it up bit by bit.

[Peter]

Benjamin, you don't say if you have a blog. I have a fairly basic blog and I post most weeks and sometimes do author or character interviews. But I'm not a natural blogger and so far only have the occasional visitor to the blog.

[Benjamin]

Thank you Kath!

Peter, I don't have a blog, just a rather experimental twitter feed - @fragmentsoffear
Yours sounds well worth persisting with, though!

[Jack]

Hi Benjamin and welcome. I wish I could give you advice but I myself have not yet fine-tuned this craft so hopefully, you have better luck than I. I do remember one person telling me to keep writing and bring a book out once every month or two. Gives your readers less chance to forget about you. However, although I took that advice at the start I am starting to realise that may not work for everyone and am slowing my pace down myself as speed sometimes sacrifices quality. So I hope you find what works best for you.

[Benjamin]

Thanks, Jack.
I'd gladly write a book a month if I could, but I fear they don't come quite that quickly!

[Jack]

Ah, do them in your own time. If you work to anybody else's time it becomes less fun and more of a chore. If you aren't enjoying what you are writing the chances are that will reflect on the page. I am sure you will do great. I like your title by the way.

[Benjamin]

Thank you!

[Sylvia]

I am new here. Love reading, am disabled so I don’t get to do much else. Why would I need an umbrella when it is still warm here, here being israel where I live, in Haifa.
I will continue reading all your threads as they are interesting.
Sylvia.

[Kath]

Welcome Sylvia - no umbrella here. It's not raining (yet) but the wind is getting up.

[Sylvia]

Thanks for your message

[Sylvia]

Kay, sent u a reply but lost it. Thanks for welcome

[Patti (baconater)]

Welcome Sylvia!

You'll find many friends here.

I visited Haifa not long ago. The Ba'hai gardens are rather magnificent.