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Gordon Lawrie

Awesome Book Prices

29/11/2018

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Last night, for no good reason at all, I checked the online availability of my latest novel, The Blogger Who Came in from the Cold. Of course it’s available at Amazon and so on; better still at our own Comely Bank Publishing website direct and direct from my own website. (These last two options give the author by far the best portion of the cover price.) Then I checked Waterstones, Blackwell’s and a number of other bookstores – fine. Not W. H. Smith, though, who are little better than Tesco. At the very least a bookseller should be able to order a book for you if it’s in print and has an ISBN: W. H. Smith appear not to be bothered, although the odd ebook pops up on their system.

But in the process I came across a site called awesomebooks.com that claimed to have a second-hand copy of my new book for sale in New York for… £77.68! That’s nonsense. Anyone wanting a copy of the book can have one for just a quarter of that figure, postage included. To America. A new copy costs just a tenner in the UK, postage included.

Meanwhile, watch out for genuine special offers. And please get in touch if you’d like a copy of any of my books and I’ll surely manage a better price than you can get in any bookstore or online from Amazon. And certainly from AwesomeBooks.


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"Movember" Prostate Cancer Month

9/11/2018

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My nephew Roddy in Canada is trying to raise money for prostate cancer research and has come up with a novel method.

Roddy has his one-man "band", Poor Farkwar and a website to go with it. I promise you that his music will expand your horizons.

I've pledged to pay him a set amount of money for each track I get through – there are 2o in total. (There's also a direct link to a Billy Connolly sketch: that doesn't count.) It doesn't matter how much, everything counts.

In case you think it's just a scam to raise money for himself, he'd like to point out that "
the main guy in POOR FARKWAR is himself a cancer survivor, so would likely not consider this to be a particularly good choice (karma being what it is)." Roddy actually had testicular cancer but it's in the same postcode area, so we'll allow him a little wriggle-room.

Please could you think about supporting this worthy cause?
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Forthcoming event at Gorebridge Library

9/11/2018

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Why not come along? Admission free.
All my books will be available to buy at a discount.

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