The Next Stop cover

Errors

One of the big benefits of self-publishing is the ability to fix errors really quickly. It’s an obvious point, I suppose, but it doesn’t stop me making it.

How to become a bestselling travel author

Amazon’s a funny thing. Well, some would say something worse than funny, but I’ll stick with it for now. I’m not too ashamed to confess that since The Return of the Mullet Hunter‘s release, I’ve been watching its Amazon pages like a 3G-enabled hawk to see how sales have been doing. The highlight has been…

The quiet launch of TROTMH

Well, The Return of the Mullet Hunter is out. It’s an odd feeling, launching a book on Kindle. You just press a button, and it’s there. Well, you press quite a few buttons, faff around with various technicalities,  wait a while and then it’s there. And not just “there”, but there in different Amazon sites…

Cover story

In my previous post I reflected on some of the aspects of self-publishing. Making a good cover is obviously one of the most important ones, because it is the “public face” of a book, the thing that will draw people in and catch folks’ eyes. The cover also has to tell a story in itself…

Self-publishing – a reflection

The process leading up to my (traditionally published) first book was a fascinating journey. Discussions with many people on everything from editing to marketing to the cover design, were stimulating and thought-provoking. The whole idea of having your book – from the very broad concept to the minutiae of individual sentences – subjected to such…