Nov 26
Well, the plan was to wait until I had all the ISBN/Amazon nonsense completed before telling people how they could buy the book and releasing it on the world but some quirks of the system have let it loose to those kind souls keen enough to buy a copy before I’ve had a chance to check that the formatting is OK. The process requires you to make the book...
Read MoreNov 16
And so thoughts now turn to marketing a book. A bit of an impasse while I await all the ISBN gubbins, so I’m having a think about promoting the book. Clearly, if you write it, they don’t come, so something needs to be attempted to overcome that. I’m not entirely clear on the plan but I’ve got a few thoughts. My intention is to share what I...
Read MoreNov 15
Don’t all get too excited, but here is the World Premiere, latest version of the front cover. It will maybe get a little tweak before the final version goes out to distribution. Alternatively, I’ll have got bored of it by then and will have a whole new one. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any more exciting, here’s the latest back...
Read MoreNov 14
Well, the plan is working. I’m having fun. Despite it being a little bit fiddly at times, getting The Beatle Man prepared to publish is proving a lot of fun. Not been this energised with it for a long while. So the main goal is being acheived. It’s going pretty quickly now too. A lot of reading and learning but its coming together. Next stage is to sort...
Read MoreNov 11
So, here we are. I’ve submitted The Beatle Man to a couple of publishers and a few agents and been rejected by all. This would seem to be expected and advice would tell you that you keep on submitting and see how you get on. Well, frankly, I can’t be arsed. Its not much fun at all. And what is the point if its not fun? So, I’m going to have some...
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