Two free books

Hi all,
Book promotion is a tricky subject. I'm afraid I'm not a sociable sort of chap so my marketing efforts are rather limited. My main thrust is via a couple of blogs, but I also rely heavily on my placing on Amazon.

In fact, I'm a bit of a nerd because every week I note the number that I'm placed for each of my books using various search terms. THis means that over the last couple of years I have been able to watch how each of my books performs, but unfortunately I still haven't found a formula that will keep me on the first page of results.

 The experts believe that having the right keywords associated with each book is essential, so in an effort to improve my lot I have purchased a couple of books on the subject and altered my keywords accordingly. Having changed my keyword three times I can tell you now that it didn't make a jot of a difference, in fact the last change made things worse.

However, I'm a gluten for punishment and I've purchased one last book on the subject. This time I have chosen wisely and hopefully it will see my books racing up the results. When choosing I used a bit of science. I read the blurb about how each Author knew the secrets of the Kindle Keywords; they all knew about Amazons special algorithms and how to manipulate it to get to the top of the pile.

I've learnt to recognise bullshit during the last sixty odd years, but just to make sure I didn't make any more mistakes I did a search on the Authors' own books. Well guess what? nearly all of these so called experts had a rating that was lower than mine. If they knew all the secrets, surely their books would be right up there at the top.

If the one I chose is any good I'll let you know.

Anyway, I have two free book offers on the go at the moment, so please take full advantage. The first book in "The Fishing Detectives" series, "Carp Rustlers is free on www.smashwords.com until the 7th of June.

On the kindle platform, "The Reluctant Pom" is free this week-end 30th and 31st of May. If you would like to know how I got on when my father dragged me off to Australia in 1967 this is an interesting and amusing read.

Here are the links  UK UK        USA USA

I hope you enjoy them. If you would like to find out more about my other books or even have a look at some of my pyrography, please visit my website.

Free BossyBoots

Hi all,
I'm a bit forlorn today because yesterday I did something foolish. If you have been following my post you will know that I have been refurbishing our bungalow for over a year. I am getting very close to finishing the job and yesterday I was taking up the hard and noisy laminated floor in the hall, so that we could have some nice cozy carpet fitted.

Anyway, while I was pulling it up I also managed to pull the muscles in my back. I can now hardly walk and its is uncomfortable to sit down. I guess I'll have to lie down on the couch all afternoon and watch the snooker. Ah well that's life.

However, there is some good news. The fact that I am laid up means that I have had chance to go onto my computer and arrange a free book promotion for this week-end.

The book is "BossyBoots" and it will be free on Amazon from Saturday 2nd of May 2015 until Monday the 4th.

More details about the book can be found here. If you down load a copy I hope you enjoy it and if you do a review would be nice. At the moment the book only has 2 reviews. One was written by a lady who enjoyed the story but didn't like the editing, which has been redone. The other review was by a man who liked it so much and raved about it in such a way it looks as if I wrote it myself. Indeed, if I had written the review myself I would have been too embarrassed to write about it is such glowing terms.

Anyway, the books is a bit different from the run of the mill stuff out there and worth a look even if I say so myself.