The Waterstones Debate
In the light of recent news about e-books on amazon can anyone tell me why Waterstones is complicit in the disappearance of the printed book? While Amazon report that sales of ebooks (excluding free...
View ArticleWhat Are Olympics?
By Richard ParkerAm now in receipt of SCARE ME edit notes from Exhibit A and I'm relieved they don't do what the title says.When I edit I always try to be as objective about my own work as possible and...
View ArticleThe mighty Amazon rolls on – electronically
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey and Jack Steel)First, something of an apology, as real life has been rather ganging up on me of late. Getting an Internet...
View ArticleStorybook Pro
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Jack Steel and Thomas Payne)Matt Lynn and I have talked on several occasions about writing, which shouldn’t come as very...
View ArticleBreathless
By Richard ParkerJust like a thriller shouldn't allow you to draw breath I'm not giving myself any opportunity to allow my pulse to slow between books.Having today delivered my polishes for my stand...
View ArticleThe world of publishing, again
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Jack Steel and Thomas Payne)I know we keep on returning to the same subject, but for that I make no apology. Anybody...
View ArticleAmazon Debate
By Richard ParkerThere's a lot of debate online at the moment re the sock puppet attacks - sounds like a great name for a band...I'm not going to say what's already been said but I would say that this...
View ArticleAll Fired up
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Jack Steel and Thomas Payne)It’s not really my fault, but the future of publishing is what most people in the industry...
View ArticleThe writing is on the (electronic) wall
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Thomas Payne and Jack Steel)There’s been both good news and bad news in the world of publishing in America just...
View ArticleNothing new under the sun
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Thomas Payne and Jack Steel)There’s been one interesting development reported in the press recently which again serves...
View ArticleThe Ripper revisited
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Thomas Payne and Jack Steel)You’ll be relieved to hear that this week I’m not going to be banging on about the parlous...
View ArticleOnly a fool doesn’t write for money
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Thomas Payne and Jack Steel)Obviously I’m not the first person to make a statement like the title of this blog post, but...
View ArticleThe real Jack the Ripper?
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Thomas Payne and Jack Steel)Yesterday Simon & Schuster published my latest book – The Ripper Secret– and the initial...
View ArticleShould we burn books, or just ban them?
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Thomas Payne and Jack Steel)One of the blogs I read had an entry a short while ago about banning books in America. In...
View ArticleThe electronic revolution
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Thomas Payne and Jack Steel)Almost every time you open up a newspaper or magazine aimed at writers, agents or...
View ArticleAbandoned books
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Thomas Payne and Jack Steel)Some interesting news about books was published recently, but from an unexpected source. In...
View ArticlePorn – sort of
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Thomas Payne and Jack Steel)Many apologies for the long delay since my last blog post here. It was a combination of...
View ArticleThe rise of the ebook (continued)
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Thomas Payne and Jack Steel)Free ebook this weekend only! This Saturday and Sunday you'll find my ebook Falklands:...
View ArticleKindling controversy
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Thomas Payne and Jack Steel)There’s one aspect of the electronic publishing revolution which is now becoming clear and...
View ArticleA strange year
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Thomas Payne and Jack Steel)By any standards, 2012 was a very strange year in the world of American publishing. Nielsen...
View ArticleThe lost libraries?
By Peter Stuart Smith (AKA Max Adams, James Barrington, James Becker, Tom Kasey, Thomas Payne and Jack Steel)This will be my last blog post for about three weeks because on Sunday I'm flying out to...
View ArticleFree Summer Reading Starts Here!
Endeavour Press have these crime books on free promotion for the next few days:FREE Broken Force by John A BrayFREE Slip Up: How Fleet Street Found Ronnie Biggs And Scotland Yard Lost Him by Anthony...
View ArticleFree Crime Books From Endeavour Press
The following books are free for the next three days!A Matter of Theft by Antal KovacsProspero's Mirror by A.N. DonaldsonBurning Night by Richard Creasey
View ArticleTHE STORY OF BOOKS
From as far back as we can trace, people have felt the need to share stories. Wasn't early cave man a forerunner of the fisherman boasting about 'the one that got away'? Imagine a prehistoric hunter...
View ArticleBad Intentions on Free Promo
For the next few days Bad Intentions is on free promotion! Get your copy from Amazon here.
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