Tag Archives: Kindle

A Book’s Life Beyond Kindle

Posted on July 20, 2017 by

There is no doubt that Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) has revolutionised publishing for everyone. I published my first book, The War Wolf, through KDP after going through the usual frustration of trying to find a literary agent. I do … Continue reading →

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Why Give Your Work Away for Free?

Posted on April 12, 2017 by

From Thursday 13 April until midnight Monday 17 April all of my books will be free to download for the Amazon Kindle. This is not the first time that I have run this kind of promotion but it is one … Continue reading →

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Typographical Errors

Posted on September 18, 2016 by

Having written a book of a very different nature to the previous volumes in the Sorrow Song trilogy I decided to re-read both The War Wolf and For Rapture of Ravens so as to immerse myself back into the world … Continue reading →

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Eugenica is finished!

Posted on April 24, 2016 by

Well, as finished as a book ever can be while the author is still alive. What I mean by that is that I am sure I will find some fault with it and go back and start messing around just … Continue reading →

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It’s a Milestone not a Millstone

Posted on March 30, 2016 by

Writing a book is a long process. I know that Edgar Wallace was reputed to have turned out entire novels in only 2 or 3 days but then he never actually sat and wrote them, rather he dictated them onto … Continue reading →

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Formatting from Word ‘doc’ to EPUB

Posted on August 29, 2014 by

I have finished formatting the manuscript of ‘For Rapture of Ravens’. As e-readers use the ‘EPUB’ file format I decided to invest some time in using the ‘Sigil’ program. Previously I had simply loaded a Word copy of my manuscript … Continue reading →

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My first book makes the Kindle bookshelf

Posted on September 22, 2013 by

For me it is a dream come true, my book has been published! It is quite a feeling logging onto a site like Amazon and seeing your hard work appearing there and not just that but knowing that it is … Continue reading →

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