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Sometimes, a good moment in the present helps you to reflect better on the past, or plan for the future. In my case, a yearly summer vacation to a lovely ocean-side spot near Parksville, BC provided a welcome chance to unwind and reflect. I also started reading Craig Ferguson’s biography, “American on Purpose”, and even after just . . . → Read More: Meditating on Now, the Past, and Raw Material… I enjoyed this article by Nilofar Ansher. It deals with the way new media and technology play a role in moving the control of opinion away from from critics and specialists and into the hands of consumers. In fact, consumers are ever-more becoming producers. I think this is the real shift: the audience is not only listening, they’re talking back. . . . → Read More: Repost: It’s Still About Story Telling: Writing in the ePublishing Age  Comments are closed  Book Marketing, Publishing, Reading, Writing  Book Marketing, publication, Writing In the spirit of “try before you buy”, I invite you to read a preview of my novel, Owe Nothing, on Google Books. Owe Nothing is my non-mainstream look at Vancouver: an adventure novel based upon real people and places that I knew when my family lived in dodgy Kingsway Motels for over a year. The names . . . → Read More: Preview Owe Nothing Free, on Google Books One comment - (Comments are closed) Book Marketing, Life, Publishing, Reading, Writing Book Marketing, fiction, Life Story, novel, owe nothing, publication, Vancouver, Writing I read this 2010 Survey of Book Buying Behaviour that gave some interesting stats on eReader adoption rates among book buyers. Compared to buyers of printed books, eBook purchasers are a small lot, but growing every day. The survey said, among other things, that of the 9800 some-odd people surveyed… eReader owners represent about 7% of all book . . . → Read More: Is an eReader or Tablet in Your Future, or mine? Comments are closed Book Marketing, Publishing, Reading Book Marketing, marketing, publication, Reading Thanks for visiting! I’m a designer and writer, based in Vancouver, BC. This site is where I crow about my novel, Owe Nothing and my other works of fiction. My mission is to write fiction that resonates, based upon some of the real events and people from my life in Vancouver. Currently, I do this through characters like Jack Owen and his family and friends. Jack’s stories combine adventure, humour, drama, with realistic characters who get caught in offbeat situations that test their limits. I invite you to read more about Owe Nothing and judge for yourself. . . . → Read More: Welcome Comments are closed Book Marketing, Events, Life, Pop Culture, Reading, Writing adventure, Book Marketing, fiction, Life Story, owe nothing, Vancouver, Writing What’s the right price, relative to the cover price of the printed edition, or relative to the expectations of the eReader market? This is something I must resolve for myself: when I publish “Owe Nothing” in eBook format (which I am going to do fairly soon), what is the best price? I’ve seen eBooks on sale for $0.00, . . . → Read More: How do you set a price for an eBook edition? Comments are closed Book Marketing, Publishing, Reading, Writing Book Marketing, novel, owe nothing, publication I tend to write the most and the best when the process is driven by a personal memory or feeling – something that might have been evoked by a unexpected sound or smell, or a memory triggered by that. Sometimes, a new perspective or pattern of thought evolves, which was brought on by a recurrence of events during the day. . . . → Read More: Writing as a Form of Cocoon… Meet Mike Coffey, Son and Survivor: http://tinyurl.com/ygvh7je Owe Nothing, a novel by E. . . . → Read More: Meet Mike Coffey, Son and Survivor 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Book Marketing, Outsiders, Publishing, Reading, Writing Book Marketing, fiction, owe nothing, Writing Ah, Spring. A time for growth, renewal, and positive change. And spring cleaning. My personal web presence at www.ejohnlove.com has been in play since 1998, and over the years, it has been the home of all of my online personal shrines and pet projects, not the least of these is “True Life”, my personal family memoirs project. Creating . . . → Read More: Owe Nothing: Taking Writing and Marketing to the Next Level… Comments are closed Book Marketing, Events, Life, Publishing, Reading, Writing adventure, Book Marketing, fiction, novel, owe nothing, publication, Vancouver, Writing A good start: I’m excited to report that Owe Nothing is now one of 1000 entries that has advanced to the second round in Amazon’s 2010 Breakthrough Novel Awards! This fiction contest is sponsored by Amazon and Penguin USA. I’ll keep you posted… Become a fan of “Owe Nothing on FaceBook |
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