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About 18 months ago, not long after I finished and put on sale The Ten Word Film Review Book, I was trying to think of ways I could promote it beyond my immediate friends and family. I struck upon the idea of suggesting to my local independent cinema in Oxford, recently reopened after a CovidContinue reading “It’s been a long hibernation”

These are early days in the lifespan of The Ten Word Film Review Book, so as yet there hasn’t been a lot of feedback. I should probably be grateful, because I’m sure that over time about half of it will be people furiously telling me what a timeless classic Withnail And I is (it isn’t,Continue reading “Average Gun”

I was starting to think I would never see the day. But eventually, with a simple piece of renumbering, Amazon accepted the artwork for the book and have printed some. And I have to say, I’m really very pleased with them: I certainly think they are worth the meagre £5.99 being asked for them. AfterContinue reading “The Ten Word Film Review PAPERBACK!”

After sending a desperate email all in capitals to Kindle/Amazon imploring someone to please contact me and tell me why the paperback version of The Ten Word Film Review Book would not pass approval and go live, I actually, finally received a phone call from Seattle. I don’t know whether I was more surprised toContinue reading “The Nine Word Film Review Book?”

Yes, I know that’s a rubbish pun. But it fits the theme, which is waiting for something which apparently (and spoiler alert, if it’s really possible to spoil a play which premiered in 1953) will never come. I know there are people who want to buy a print version of The Ten Word Film ReviewContinue reading “Waiting for Kindlo”

It only took 728 views of my post there about the Ten Word Film Review Book and I made a sale! So the ball is rolling. Slowly, but it’s rolling. At that return rate, if all 500 million members of LinkedIn eventually view that post, I’ll sell 686,813 copies of the book. Woohoo! Oh, waitContinue reading “Who says LinkedIn is a waste of time?”

Well, it made it. The Ten Word Film Review Book made it out into the big wide world. And it made a splash, bursting straight into the Kindle Store chart at… 109,781! Look, you can smirk, but since then it’s reached the vertigo-inducing heights of 91,773. Anyway, this is what I believe marketeers call aContinue reading “And it’s a brand new entry at…”

That’s how it’s felt since I wrote the last review, well over a month ago. Just a few more days now, and I can finally send my ebook out into the world. Well, that was wishful thinking. I’ve spent countless hours since then checking, honing, rectifying, just making sure that however it turns out, IContinue reading “Just a few more days…”