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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...

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What 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...

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The 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...

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Storybook 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...

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Breathless

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...

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The 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...

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Amazon 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...

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All 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...

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The 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...

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Nothing 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...

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The 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...

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Only 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...

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The 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...

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Should 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...

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The 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...

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Abandoned 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...

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Porn – 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...

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The 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:...

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Kindling 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...

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A 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...

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The 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...

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Free 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...

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Free 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

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THE 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...

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Bad 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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