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Topic:random  Nigel  January 30th,2012Adam Warner and I are moving our plans steadily towards launching the new publishing business. Our web site is now up and running,though not perfect. Let us know what you think. It’s at http://www.adelpublishing.co.uk . And I’m now writing a second blog which is for readers,writers and anyone interested in how publishing [...]       Topic:writing and publishing Nigel November 21st,2011Yesterday I downloaded samples of a couple of novels for my Kindle,and with some excitement began to read. The Amazon site indicated the ideas and plots would be great. The novels could indeed have been great,but for me they weren’t. I guess next time I’ll be checking that a novel has been [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel October 31st,2011We’re not asking a bank for finance,but we do need to clarify every aspect of our planning,so yes,we do need one. But what we want like a bullet in the kneecap is a business model designed for the last century,and given how fast everything is changing we mustn’t create a [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel October 28th,2011people matter more … Life has been unfair to us. Adam has cerebral palsy (and is a lazy git lol) Nige has had chronic depression for 46 years (and is far too old to do anything new ) But so what? Everyone’s disabled,everyone has tough bits to their life. The question is,where [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel September 20th,2011Adam has cerebral palsy and Nigel has chronic depression,so we’re both disabled. But apart from that similarity: Adam is 26 and Nigel is coming up 62. Adam has a degree in politics,but Nigel’s is in Maths (and Adam hated Maths). Adam is Jewish (kind of) and Nigel is Christian. Adam works for a [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel September 8th,2011So here we are rapidly approaching the time when we become a legal entity,start publishing,and invite other writers to submit books for consideration …but … we aren’t yet certain what image we want to project,even though we have provisional business and sub business names and logos. So let’s throw down on [...] Topic:monochrome and blue Nigel July 4th,2011I’ve just been reviewing the last post,and the most important thing is missing. It sounds like everything is going smoothly and we’re brimming with confidence,but that just isn’t true. Every day I wonder what the hell we think we’re up to. We aren’t up to this. We don’t have the knowledge,the skills,[...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel June 29th,2011We want our new publishing business to have the right brand. Okay. Fair enough. But what do we mean by brand? Hmm. What brands do we know and love,and how do we feel about them? If you want to get involved in this,pause a moment and bring to mind at least five brands [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel June 25th,2011It’s hard finding the right name for a new business. It has to feel right,both to us and you. It has to be unusual,especially within the area we’re working. To some extent it needs to sound established and professional We’ve rejected a lot of options: Adam and Nige Publishing doesn’t sound right,and [...] Topic:reviews Nigel October 11th,2010My Kindle in full sunlight showing a page of the 'show me my books'home menu What’s the new Amazon Kindle really like? My Kindle arrived a few days ago. Interesting. It’s the latest version of Amazon’s e-book reader,and the pundits have made it clear this marks the beginning of the end for [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel August 31st,2010BeWrite Books are a small publishing house specialising in fiction. To some extent they are a model of what we want to be. [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel August 26th,2010Topic:writing and publishing Nigel August 18th,2010There’s a lot to think about in setting up a business,but matters are in hand. [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel August 16th,2010How can one person with little money set up a small publishing business successfully? Because of two major changes in the world of technology. [...] Topic:writing and publishing Nigel August 16th,2010 | |||||
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