From the press release: CreateSpace, an Amazon.com company, today announced that authors and publishers around the world can now use its independent publishing platform to distribute their books in Europe for free on Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es and Amazon.it. By using CreateSpace to distribute directly to Amazon, authors and publishers ensure that their titles are always in stock for customers to… (more…)
Category Archives: Paper books
Indie Promotion
Dear reader, It is Monday again, so I assume you already await today’s Indie Promotion: A Murderer’s Heart by Julie Elizabeth Powell Ebook Short Description: Anne Blake, psychiatrist, is good at her job and believes that even the most sick at heart can be cured…or at least saved enough that they can lead a better life. But maybe she’s wrong? Maybe… (more…)
Mystery sale at Lulu.com
Hurry over to www.lulu.com if you like to save some money on your paper books!
Another lulu promotion!
Dear reader, It looks like lulu.com is out to spoil each of us, lately. They sent out another offer to get something for free. When you go to their website, and select 4 books, you get one of them for free when using a promotion code: So, if you are interested in purchasing paper books from lulu.com, for instance some… (more…)
A lulu.com discount moment
For the people who want to purchase one of the Hilda books in print, there is this offer. You can save 20% now, but if you are inclined to get one or more books: hurry! It’s only valid through March 7, 2012! And here is some more news: for European people, use code SPACIOUS305EU. The one in the image is… (more…)
How green are e-books?
Dear reader, On another website (www.the9billion.com) I found this image, which is quite an eye-opener with respect to the cost and energy needed to make paper books compared to e-books. Have a look at it and be surprised. (It’s behind the cut, to spare the readers who are on RSS feeds etc.)
All Hilda books are now available on paper
Dear reader, Just this afternoon I received the last 3 proofs of the Hilda books “Cats”, “Lycadea” and “Back to school”, and they are just fine: I am more than just a little bit pleased with this, as you may understand. On the page which shows all books that have been published so far ( link ) are all the… (more…)
Preserve your rare books
Setting up and Maintaining Your Home Library. Dear reader, Like everyone, you will probably have paper books in your home, some of them old and precious. As a collector of rare books, your goal is to keep your collection in optimum shape. You’re careful with dust jackets and protect fragile books with clamshell cases. Even the way you shelve your… (more…)
Hilda on paper (the library is growing)
Dear reader, With much pleasure I can announce that at this moment 5 Hilda-books are also available in print. Unfortunately I am not yet so famous and important that you can run into your local bookstore to obtain a copy, if you would like one, but printed copies are available. Here you can see the covers of the actual books.… (more…)
Indie promotion
Dear reader, Yes, the weekend is over. It’s Monday again, so I present to you: today’s Indie Promotion: Pegasus by Marilyn Holdsworth Ebook Short Description: Widowed at thirty, Hannah Bradley is a successful journalist focusing on animal abuse issues. An accidental meeting introduces her to lawyer, Winston Caughfield III. Drawn to Hannah’s gentle beauty and fierce commitment to her work,… (more…)
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