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Pond Business: How to Succeed Across the Atlantic
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Pond Business, my latest book, releases today! This is a book that has been 30 years in the making. Ever since immigrating to the US from the UK, I have been driven by a desire for others to see the opportunities that exist a short hop across the Atlantic, or The Pond as I…
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Dunrobin Author Macfarlane Featured in Top Scottish Newspaper
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Being a publisher and an author, I have the privilege of helping other authors tell their story. One such story is that of fellow Scottish immigrant to the US, David Macfarlane. David’s story is powerful. It is impressive. It is inspirational. It is heart wrenching. It is moving. It is the story of a boy, who…
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Today’s London on Your Fiction Reading List
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It’s always a good experience when your fiction reading ties so nicely into what is going on in today’s world. Which is why I recommend you pick up a copy of Dancing Priest by Glynn Young. Dancing Priest combines Olympic cycling, British royalty, the Church of England (which is led by Queen Elizabeth II),…
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E-Book Popularity Continues to See Huge Increases; Readers Win
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Yesterday, Reuters ran a story about the ongoing changes in the book publishing industry, which I discovered thanks to the Drudge Report. As a small publisher, I can echo the radical changes we are all seeing. The report covered a survey that showed e-books doubled in popularity in 2011. Using data from more than…
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I really don’t like Dolores Umbridge…
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I’m reading the Harry Potter series. Yes, I know, I’m late to the party. I actually started with the movies when the final book came out and rather enjoyed them. And in the last few weeks, both my wife and I have embarked on our journey through the imaginative pages of muggles and wizards,…
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Publishers: Change or Die, but don’t Lie
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As always, the first thing I did this morning was browse headlines from around the world, and on BBC News I ran across a story I had first seen a few days ago in the Wall Street Journal, but with a new spin. One that I would call deceptive at a minimum. The news…
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Change or Die
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Yesterday, Christianity Today blogged about the purchase of Thomas Nelson by HarperCollins. While the debate rages about whether this is good or bad for the Christian publishing market, I would contend that it doesn’t matter. I would argue that it is irrelevant. As most people are starting to notice the publishing industry has radically…