by Anura Guruge
on July 30, 2022
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What can I say? SMILE.
Now there are three. Most likely the last for at least a few months. I have no plans, right now, for another. My daughter wants me to do a color version for her. I can’t very well reuse her! SMILE. Also toying with a book for kids. Stay tuned.
Look them up. As ever, priced for affordability (not my gain).
by Anura Guruge
on July 8, 2022
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That is the highest it has been — from what I have seen.
NO. NO. I do not spend all my time checking. At MOST once a day. I did so first thing this morning. Saw it was at #4 & I was chuffed. Nice way to start the day.
Not sure whether it will ever go higher. Would be neat if it did. BUT, that will NOT make me rich or famous. Far from it. Not sour grapes. Just reality.
This is the $2.50 eBook. I think my royalties on the eBook is like 35 cents a copy. So, if I sell 100 I will make $35 in royalties. That is, as some of you well know, not enough to even keep me in red wine for two weeks.
To be fair the book is doing quite well. Printed copies of it, as well as my ‘Ambling Guide‘ are selling well in Lubec. So, that is nice. I am happy.
by Anura Guruge
on June 9, 2022
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As I have often said in the Preface of many of my books, ‘Typo‘ is my middle name. A book of mine WITHOUT a typo (or two, or three …) will feel unauthentic. It is hard to eradicate all typos from a book.
This typo which I discovered, to my chagrin, yesterday is a classic.
In this case I cannot be sure whether it was truly mine or one of those cute auto-correct ones.
Spruce goose for spruce grouse!
The problem is that ‘Spruce Goose‘ is a well known name — the HUGE, wood-based aircraft built by (my hero) ‘Howard Hughes‘. Alas, I was NOT referring to the aircraft.
Alas, I was referring to the bird, the GROUSE & not a goose in this instance.
The irony is that I, in my inimitable manner, spelt it right & WRONG within the space of 12 lines! Hence, why I am ‘Typo’.
It is OK. I have already updated the print & eBook to correct this. SMILE.
by Anura Guruge
on June 8, 2022
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Yes, these are the photos that appear in my latest book, i.e., ‘Bold Coast, Maine — In Two Days or Less’.
Since, the paperback is published in black-&-white to keep the cost down, i.e., $8, I provide these full color versions. The eBook (priced at $2.50), available on all platforms including Apple, is in full color.
You can access all the photos — & MORE — free of charge. You don’t have to have bought the book. No gimmicks, no tricks.
Enjoy.
by Anura Guruge
on June 6, 2022
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This is the $2.50 eBook. So, this is NOT going to make me rich. I think my royalties on the eBook is like 35 cents a copy. So, if I sell 100 I will make $35 in royalties. That is, as some of you well know, not enough to even keep me in red wine for two weeks.
But (sour grapes notwithstanding) I no longer write for the money. SMILE. I just like to write. Actually I lie. IF I don’t write I get physically & emotionally ILL. Yep. A terrible addiction. I have to write. I have not written (as in for a book) in 2 weeks and I am NOT a happy camper. I have get back to writing soon. Yes, another book has already been started.
These Amazon RANKINGS change by the MINUTE. I dare NOT look again. I am probably down to 16 or less. As soon as someone places an order the rankings change.
But, it was NICE to be #5 even if it was for a few minutes (at that). SMILE.
by Anura Guruge
on June 4, 2022
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Some of the full-page images from Chapter 1.
(Click to ENLARGE).
Table of Contents.
It should be fairly self-explanatory — the title & all.
My 1st ‘Bold Coast’ book, last year, was a warm-up, so to speak, for this one. This book was fun to write. I like it. SMILE.
Well, if you are interested, check it out. Thanks.