soft ayperth   11 #97 Posted October 22, 2014 My book is now available for purchase. Set in Sheffield late 40s to late 60s, underlying themes of mental illness, family disharmony, coming of age, Sheffield nostalgia. Part of royalties being donated to Mental Health Foundation (UK) and Canadian Mental Health Foundation.  http://www.amazon.co.uk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Taekwondo   10 #98 Posted October 22, 2014 My book is now available for purchase. Set in Sheffield late 40s to late 60s, underlying themes of mental illness, family disharmony, coming of age, Sheffield nostalgia. Part of royalties being donated to Mental Health Foundation (UK) and Canadian Mental Health Foundation. http://www.amazon.co.uk  Hi, you don't mention the title of your book and the link only takes you to Amazon, not your book page. I would love to read it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
soft ayperth   11 #99 Posted October 22, 2014 Hi, you don't mention the title of your book and the link only takes you to Amazon, not your book page. I would love to read it  Title: Starting to Frame - a memoir.  Just enter the title of the book in the "books and audible" section.  I just found it at:  http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=starting+to+frame  thanks for asking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
stevekay1 Â Â 10 #100 Posted November 7, 2014 Tips on self/indie-publishing at: http://stevek1889.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/indie-publishing-on-shoestring-how-to.html How to do it without getting ripped off etc. Some secrets of the trade, lessons I learnt in publishing The Evergreen in red and white. Let me know what you think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
bigbill   10 #101 Posted November 12, 2014 My book Fear of a Blank Mind is now available from Amazon    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fear-Blank-Mind-Epitaph-Generation-ebook/dp/B00O3KFISC  As you will see from the reviews and comments the book is being VERY well received. The book is available in Kindle and paperback form, and I am currently working on getting it into bookshops.  Cheers  Bill Stewardson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mikomi   10 #102 Posted November 19, 2014 Sorry to bump this thread.Going to buy a KINDLE so that i can upload my finished novel, but i'm a bit confused as to which kindle would be the best . Any recomendation's would be appreciated ,thank's Mikomi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
soft ayperth   11 #103 Posted December 7, 2014 There was a 2 page spread about my new book in this wknd's Star (Retro section). Other than a few copies in Sheffield Scene, it's not yet available in Sheffield bookstores. Why are Sheffield bookstores slow off the mark in stocking a well-written (I have several reviews to speak to this) book set in Sheffield when Canadian ones have it available? Go figure, but I keep trying. That said, it can be ordered from http://www.amazon.co.uk, http://www.kobo.com or via my website http://www.startingtoframe.com  Book title: Starting to Frame. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Charters   10 #104 Posted October 30, 2015 I found this thread really useful and found some good suggestions on how to promote my new book. My book is called Charters and Caldicott - As War Begins and is available on Amazon as a paperback and for kindle.  http://www.amazon.co.uk/books/dp/151777876X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1446210098&sr=1-1&keywords=caldicott  The characters of Charters and Caldicott are amongst film history’s most famous and favourite comedy duo. From their first appearance in Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes, Charters and Caldicott hit a resonance with cinema goers with their charming notes of sarcasm and dry humour. This initial popularity resulted in the two characters being reunited in several films throughout the 1940’s and early 1950’s. Full of British idiosyncrasies from a bygone era, the two cricket lovers are sticklers for upholding proper standards of dress, decorum and behaviour; no matter where they are or what predicament they find themselves in.  Leading characters in The Lady Vanishes film, they went on to re-appear in other classic films including Night Train To Munich, Millions Like Us and Passport to Pimlico. Charters and Caldicott, brilliantly played by Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne, had immense popularity and brought a smile and relief to millions of people. Created as a means of adding a comedy element to the spy thrillers popular the time, the duo appear as a pair of bumbling upper class fools travelling around Europe ambivalent to the events leading up to the start of the Second World War. Classic scenes see them sharing a bed in the hotel maid’s room in Bandrika, replaying a cricket game in a railway carriage with sugar cubes and sending a secret message under a doughnut to an undercover British agent. To the uninformed, it appears as though they were dreamt up by the German high command as a derogatory cameo of British foolishness. In reality, they reflect the British stiff upper lip in the face of adversity at a time when Britain stood alone in the face of increasing tension across Europe.  Charters and Caldicott - As War Begins covers the period in Charters’ and Caldicott’s screen life between 1938 and 1943 covering their first four film appearances - The Lady Vanishes, Night Train To Munich, Crook’s Tour and Millions Like Us - all classic films. This book brings together - for the very first time - all the scenes that they appeared in - telling the story of what Charters and Caldicott saw, what they said and what they understood to be happening. It tells the humorous way that Charters and Caldicott saw the world and the funny and exciting adventures that happened to them during this very turbulent time in world history. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
samssong   10 #105 Posted November 12, 2015 How does one go about self publishing ,finding a printing firm and what are the costs please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
stevekay1 Â Â 10 #106 Posted November 12, 2015 A good place to start might be my blog post: http://stevek1889.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/indie-publishing-on-shoestring-how-to.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest   #107 Posted November 28, 2015 I have a query that I hope someone can help me with. I'm working on a children's book that I'm writing and illustrating myself. I will be sending copies of it out to various publishers in the hope of getting some interest.  Supposing a publisher liked my book and wanted to publish it...then what? what connection/relationship do you have with the publisher? will it cost ME anything to get it published? if the book sells how/when are you paid? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
stevekay1 Â Â 10 #108 Posted November 28, 2015 Don't get too ahead of yourself, would be my first advice, and don't pin all your hopes on getting commercially published. It is an incredibly tough market. Most publishers will require submissions via a literary agent these days so that would be the first hurdle, finding an agent. Your relationship is then with the agent. If you succeed then the first thing would be an advance (that can vary depending on how marketable a book is). After that payment is in royalties on books sold. If getting published is essential for you, you can always look to publish yourself. Don't pay anyone to publish for you: there are a lot of sharks out there, watch out! In commercial publishing money only flows one way: to the author. When indie-publishing there may be a small outlay (but there doesn't always need to be) which you should balance against realistic returns. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...