Amazon exiles discussion

At that price I'll leave it for you! 😉 (the eBay one that is)

https://333sound.com/33-13-series/

enjoying thoroughly the slant on 20 Jazz Funk Greats offered in this book, which is part of a considerable series (full catalogue detailed above) containing a few titles i'd be interested in reading. the premise being a complete picture of an album with all connected facets in it's creation. i've also got (of course) Ramones which was an illuminating read. newly released is Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth.

Bauhaus’ drummer Kevin Haskins has an upcoming visual history of the band in a 315-page coffee table book.

"BAUHAUS UNDEAD: The Visual History and Legacy of Bauhaus, exhibits an extensive personal collection of Haskins’ ranging from show fliers, photos, hand written lyrics and more—that Kevin Haskins has diligently saved since the band’s beginnings—along with with personal anecdotes as well as stories from the band’s peers.

The book will be published will officially be released in March of 2018 via Cleopatra Records, with copies possibly shipping as early as December for fans who pre-order the book."

https://cleorecs.com/store/shop/bauha...

Hmm, don't know if it'll be for sale in the UK.

broke off from 'watling street' to read our new friend rob's free short story ebook 'the mysterious mr gooch', which you can obtain here,

https://monkeyarkwright.wordpress.com...

an absorbing short story (39 pages), which details a young fan's encounter with his favourite rock band, and serves as an introduction to a major character in his forthcoming book Monkey Arkwright, which comes out tomorrow (at an attractive £1.99 for kindle - no, he's not paying me! :)). although rob's target audience is older teen, i can relate to it, and would have to say it's a compact wee tale - touch of 'boy's own' adventure with a hint of the supernatural, and i imagine themes that will be continued in the book proper, a copy of which i will obtain (c'mon, let's support our local first time author!)

Signed up for it Craig.

What if you don't have a kindle? Can you read it on the 'puter?

for the free story, rob sends 2 files, one of which is a pdf file - the other can load to kindle (although in my case it didn't load into kindle (or technically it loaded in, but refused to display), but i was able to load the pdf in, so either way......)

don't know if there's to be a hard copy release. rob will be able to tell us, i would think.

I can read a pdf - will give it a go,

Val wrote: "What if you don't have a kindle? Can you read it on the 'puter?"

Val, you need to download a Kindle app for your PC or tablet (or phone, if you have spectacular eyesight). Any Kindle books you buy will show up in the library on the app.

Gordon wrote: "Val wrote: "What if you don't have a kindle? Can you read it on the 'puter?"

Val, you need to download a Kindle app for your PC or tablet (or phone, if you have spectacular eyesight). Any Kindle b..."

Thanks Gordon. The .pdf file arrived via email and I can read it on Adobe Acrobat so all's well.

I use the free Amazon Kindle For PC App on my Laptop, Val - and I absolutely love using it on such a large screen (17.3") as well ;o>

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/cust...

Thanks Suzy. I'm a bit of a dinosaur in that I still buy hard-copy books, both used and new. I can see the advantage of kindle readers for anyone travelling/commuting but I still grab my book as I race out the door. I'm currently reading Alice Hoffman's "The Dovekeepers" - a hefty tome of some 500+ pages. It was in my bag on Monday when I knocked it into my thigh getting into a lift. I don't think a kindle would have produced such a big bruise.

P.S. I hope you've recovered from your recent procedure and are starting to feel human again. We missed you!

Val wrote: "P.S. I hope you've recovered from your recent procedure and are starting to feel human again. We missed you!"

I'm definitely getting there now ... although I seem to have 'lost' eight days that I can barely manage to remember anything of?! - so it's most certainly been one Hell of an Anaesthetic Hangover - LOL!!! ;o>

And I've also missed you all too ... x x x

I got the Kindle App simply because I was seriously fed-up with finding Books that I was really interested in only being made available as Kindle Books - or discovering such fantastic Freebies that are obviously only ever on offer in their Kindle form.

I decided to download the Free App thinking that I could always get rid of it if I didn't use it. Then, almost before I knew it, I found that I had over 700 Books saved to mine! - LOL! - and when I started spending more time in Hospital, it suddenly became such a Godsend to have so much great stuff to read at just a click of a Button ;o>

31 Songs

Charity shop purchase, short, pithy essays by Nick Hornby, covering not only the titular 31 songs, but some albums as well. Great for dipping into. He's very good on Nick Cave and Patti Smith. He also waxes extremely lyrical on the lovely Rufus, although the song he discusses is one of Loudon's.

nocheese wrote: "31 Songs

Charity shop purchase, short, pithy essays by Nick Hornby, covering not only the titular 31 songs, but some albums as well. Great for dipping into. He's very good on Nick Cave..."

I've got that (always enjoyed Hornby's writing) and like the fact that it's a very personal account of songs that are etched on his conscious mind. I've got the CD too but it's not comprehensive:

https://www.discogs.com/Various-Nick-...

just a quick halfway vote of brilliance for Watling Street: Travels Through Britain and Its Ever-Present Past - although i've become a great appreciator of his writing, i initially thought 'what's watling street got to do with me, it doesn't even come near scotland?' well, it's compelling stuff, traversing this ancient route - in his blurb higgs said he approached this like bill bryson might but with an increased sense of what might interest people - not wrong, and by way of a bonus, it's very, very funny as well, out loud funny! man's a genius!

Thanks to Val for prompting me the other day - I've just bought myself a thankfully reasonably priced New copy of The Book Of My Enemy: Collected Verse by Clive James, 1958 to 2003.

I say 'thankfully reasonably priced' because I was quite shocked at how hard it was to get a New copy of any of Clive James Poetry Books and at a sensible price too - and the cynic in me says that it is probably in rather over-eager anticipation of a higher financial reward on his imminent demise?

However, Clive has pretty much surprised everyone (including himself) by continuing to live with his terminal diagnosis - and I hope that he manages to carry on living well for a very long time to come as well ;o>

Currently enjoying 'Bloody January' by Alan Parks, fairly and squarely in the 'Tartan Noir' genre, and set in the seedy Glasgow of the 1970s. The era and the location are faithfully rendered, and I'm amazed at the author's memory for pubs that are long gone. Tech will be pleased to hear that the flawed cop hero goes by the nickname 'king of the jakies'.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3....

I'm reading it for free via The Pigeonhole, by the way:
https://thepigeonhole.com. Well worth a look if you don't know it.

'king of the jakies' - cool. i had a quick look at the pigeonhole, but i couldnae work out what it was - i'll obviously need to have a longer look! :)

finished off the tremendously engaging Watling Street: Travels Through Britain and Its Ever-Present Past, which is the fifth book of his I have read this year - I would deem higgs to be the most entertaining and informative English writer of the day. I always finish his non-fiction with a broad sense of being a little bit wiser than I did at the start. honestly, the things I know now! :)
you're English, rob, aren't you? he challenged as he waded into the first couple of chapters of Monkey Arkwright. have to say I enjoyed the start and have invested interest on how things are going to develop. TRAIN!

First of all, humble apologies because I've only just looked in this thread. I was having so much fun in the voting threads that I didn't bother scrolling down further!

Craig - thanks for the support and the good press you're giving in here. Glad you like Train Man - I might write a blog post on him one day. He started off as a relatively minor character and all my beta readers loved him so much that I had to write a few more scenes and weave him into the plot a bit more. And yes, I'm English - Mancunian born and bred (but please don't think that I sound like Liam Gallagher!)

I notice that a few members don't have a Kindle. If anybody is genuinely interested, I'm more than happy to send A PDF version of Monkey Arkwright to people. Queue Craig asking for a refund, but I'm at the stage where I want as many people as possible to read it. Having said that, reading a 272 page novel on a computer screen isn't my idea of fun, so don't feel forced into it, I won't be offended. If anybody is interested, just send me an e-mail at [email protected]. (I'll be away soon, possibly without email access, so it may be the new year before I get back to you).

Finally, I just want to say that it's been great getting involved with everybody in the amazon exiles group - I signed up to Goodreads to help promote my book, but feel like I've found a great group of fellow music fans. Merry Christmas to everybody.

Rob wrote: "First of all, humble apologies because I've only just looked in this thread. I was having so much fun in the voting threads that I didn't bother scrolling down further!

Craig - thanks for the supp..."

Rob - there’s also ‘Book Corner’ on ‘ Deals Not Done’ , another ex-Amazon group.

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

Thanks Lez - I did have a look at that group a while ago, but it didn't look to busy. Maybe I should give it a go.

Rob wrote: "Thanks Lez - I did have a look at that group a while ago, but it didn't look to busy. Maybe I should give it a go."

Unfortunately we lost a lot of people when Amazon pulled the plug.
😕

I've just downloaded 'Monkey Arkwright', looking forward to reading it.

Thanks nocheese, hope you enjoy it.

......and i've just finished it........and it's a complete load of........... (now i've got your attention, rob :)...it's very good, inventive plot and strong characters, nicely set up for future volumes. i doubt that i'm in the target audience, but i appreciated it all the same. good stuff, rob! :)

Thanks Craig, glad you liked it. No rush, but can I trouble you for a review on Amazon at some point? Reviews are gold dust to indie authors (even more gold than true gold, if you see what I mean).

you can, and i have! :)

That's a great review Craig, thanks so much. I'll take the "descriptive adjectives" thing on the chin, because there are a few sections that I wanted to go into flowery details, whereas there are others that I wanted to keep leaner. Finding the right balance is difficult - too much, and you sound like some bloke from a BBC arts programme, too little and you might as well be Alan Shearer describing a ball hitting the post!

This was exactly the kind of review that I wanted - one that goes into a bit of detail, but doesn't give too much away.

Thanks again and have a great Christmas.

nae bother, rob, have a good xmas yourself.

Not my sort of book, Rob but I hope it does well 😀
Have a good Christmas.

Yeah, Merry xmas, bollocks & plenty good coffee to all of you!

edit: oops, thought this to be bollocks thread! ah well...

and to you p.s, got some taylor's 'hi voltage' (7) ready to crack my head in the morning! oh yeah!

Post Soviet wrote: "Yeah, Merry xmas, bollocks & plenty good coffee to all of you!

edit: oops, thought this to be bollocks thread! ah well..."

You can never have too much bollocks, PS.
Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus to you!

Lez wrote: "Post Soviet wrote: "Yeah, Merry xmas, bollocks & plenty good coffee to all of you!

edit: oops, thought this to be bollocks thread! ah well..."

You can never have too much bollocks, PS.
Priecīgus..."

;0)

halfway thru' my 6th john higgs book this year - The Brandy of the Damned, which was his first work of fiction, and as off kilter as you might expect. while i await delivery of alan moore's two works centred in northampton, the 1200+ page Jerusalem and Voice of the Fire from 1996.

He's come a long way from his Green Book has our Tech ! ;o>

reedin bewks that donts got no pikchurs inem! :)

And have more than just ten thick cardboard pages to them as well !

Hee, Hee, Hee!!! ;o>

Can someone tell me what happens to the caterpillar? I can't be bothered going through all these pages.

It ends up in a Salad and gets eaten by a short-sighted Vegetarian, Gordon ;o>

Serves it right. Greedy grub.

SPOILERS!!!!!!

Sue Grafton has died of cancer, aged 77.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-ca...

To be honest, Lez Lee, I do know of her name but not of her work.

77 though is really no age at all these days to my mind - and it is also so sad to hear of such losses to anyone at such a festive and family orientated time of the year ... R.I.P. Sue Grafton ... x

If you like crime fiction Suzy, she's an easy and enjoyable read. I always liked that she consciously put her heroine, Kinsey Milhone, in a pre-technology era. Where's that nearest phone box when you need one? And I was always envious of her minimalist living arrangements in a garage. Time for me to go back to "A Is For Alibi".

took delivery (superbly packaged, book depository!) of the similarly superbly packaged https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jerusalem-Vo... - 3 paperbacks housed in a sturdy slipcase, it even looks like a big read - think i might have to go into serious training for this one! i may wait for 'voice of the fire' to come, to use as a kind of preface. it's all john higgs' fault!

Val wrote: "If you like crime fiction Suzy, she's an easy and enjoyable read. I always liked that she consciously put her heroine, Kinsey Milhone, in a pre-technology era. Where's that nearest phone box when y..."

Hmmm? - I might just give her a go then, Val ;o>