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July 27, 2007

Previously, at the bottom of the main page of this website, there was an option to subscribe via e-mail. If you subscribed you would receive an e-mail whenever a news update was posted–except that feature was never properly implimented. That is to say it was broke and any attempt to subscribe met with failure. I [...]

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You Can Search Inside

May 13, 2007

This past Wednesday I saw that The Stuttering Bard of York was now available on Google Books. You can read and search the entire book here on Google Books. It took approximately two months from date of submission to Google Books before the novel appeared on the website. I think that is pretty decent turn [...]

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Website Additions

March 15, 2007

A reviews page has been added for The Stuttering Bard of York. Now you can see what other people are saying about the story. I also added an Essays section to the website, where I will be occasionally adding essays. There is one essay, Full Circle, for reading right now.

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Search Inside The Book Soon

March 10, 2007

This week I submitted The Stuttering Bard of York to both Amazon’s Search Inside The Book and Google’s Book Search. So long as there was no problem with my submission, the novel should come up on both services in the next several weeks. I hope this will allow more people to discover my story. I [...]

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Download or Read Online

February 12, 2007

First little bit of good news is that last week I contacted Bowkers about the error in my ISBN logbook and they sent a prompt reply saying they had fixed the problem. I checked today and my ISBN logbook now shows the correct publisher information. Prompt service is so nice. Of more interest to my [...]

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Ranking Surge on Amazon

February 7, 2007

Amazon corrected the error in my name listing, so now it properly R. Purdy. I thought they put in the correction quite promptly. The cover image is also showing up and now Amazon is also offering a 20% discount on The Stuttering Bard of York so you can order it for $11.20. The error in [...]

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Updating Listings

January 26, 2007

This Monday my first order of books came in. UPS shipping had the books on my doorstep in three business days. I now have books to give away for publicity and to sell. I can check online to see sales of my book through the distribution channel. It updates pretty fast. You can see the [...]

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The Stuttering Bard of York appears on Amazon.com

January 12, 2007

I was trying to keep tabs on Amazon.com to see when The Stuttering Bard of York appeared on the website, but today it happened and my Mom was the first to spot it. It appears as if the listing contains just the barebones info pulled (I presume) from Ingram’s distribution database. However, in that classic [...]

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Creative-Vapors online

January 10, 2007

Today the homepage of Creative-Vapors.com went online. Unfortunately it is still very much under construction. I hope in the near future to have it in some semblance of completion for readers who have read The Stuttering Bard of York, or are interested in reading it. So many things I need to do and so little [...]

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The Stuttering Bard of York released to press

January 8, 2007

Early today the gallery copy for The Stuttering Bard of York arrived on the doorstep via UPS. I checked it over and late today submitted my approval of the galley. The book is now offically published and will appear in Ingram’s distribution channels shortly. Let the adventure begin!

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