Books4Spain - Special Offers

Books4Spain is a great site for all types of books and ebooks about Spain both fiction and non fiction - currently lots of special offers.

This from their site.-

'Books4Spain is an online bookshop specialising in English language books about Spain or books set in Spain.
Books4Spain has been established, by Rod Younger, an Anglo-Spaniard, in response to the explosive growth in online mass market “soulless” book retailers, such as Amazon, and the continuing decline of the traditional independent bookshop with knowledgeable staff and an interesting collection of books.
The site has been designed to re-create the experience, attractions and benefits of a traditional bricks & mortar independent bookshop but with the added convenience afforded by the Internet and technology to offer better choice, an easier way to discover books about Spain and to enable our clients to discover Spain and its rich history and culture through books.'

Also see their blog - lots of author interviews and other interesting articles about Spain.

Rob Innis, TWC member, has published an ebook - Spain Exposed, which will shortly be available on B4S in standard EPUB format for those who have a non Kindle ereader.

I am delighted that my contribution is included in Foriegn Encounters from Writers Abroad - The following is the official press release:-

Online writing group Writers Abroad are proud to announce the publication on Wednesday 24th October of their new anthology, entitled Foreign Encounters.

An encounter can be a chance meeting, a planned get-together or even a confrontation. This collection of stories, non-fiction articles and poems features a variety of foreign encounters: with family, friends, lovers, animals, cultures, or just with one’s own prejudices and preconceptions.

Foreign Encounters is the third anthology published by Writers Abroad, an online group of ex-pat writers.  All the contributors are, or have been, ex-pats living in places around the globe. Author Julia Gregson, a former ex-pat whose bestselling novel East of the Sun won the Prince Maurice Prize for romantic fiction, has written the foreword.

Following a call for submissions, Writers Abroad received 231 contributions of which they selected 95 for the anthology. They include 16 poems, 38 short stories and 41 non-fiction articles. Since Writers Abroad is a virtual writers’ group, all the work to produce Foreign Encounters has been done online.  

All proceeds from the sale of this book will go to Books Abroad, a charity which coordinates the donation of free books for schools throughout the world, believing that education is a crucial aspect of human progress. The charity celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and has supplied over 1,600 schools with desperately-needed books.

Foreign Encounters is available from Lulu, price €9.99 (approximately £8.00), from Wednesday 24th October, when this link will become live.


Notes for editors

• Writers Abroad was founded in 2009. It provides an online forum for ex-pat writers to exchange ideas, views and news on writing and to offer support and constructive feedback on each other’s work. Membership numbers are limited but ex-pat writers may apply to join if they are able to support the group’s initiatives and aims.

• For more about author Julia Gregson, see here 

• For more about Books Abroad, see here.

• Contributors live in, and have written about, more than 50 countries in every continent.


Rob Innis

OPEN MIC AT CHADWICKS VILLAMARTIN MONDAY 8TH OCTOBER 2012 7.30 AT CHADWICKS

A Reminder that it's Open Mic Night next Monday. There are a few new people coming so it should be an interesting night. An opportunity to read all your wonderful stuff out loud. You can't knock it till you've tried it. I love it. Margaret

OPEN MIC NIGHT!

READ YOUR OWN WORK

OR YOUR FAVOURITE

POEM OR SHORT STORY.

 

 
 

MONDAY 8TH OCTOBER 7.30

 

AT CHADWICKS VILLAMARTIN

 

COME AND CELEBRATE

IT'S YOUR 10TH OPEN MIC. 

AN ACHIEVEMENT

 

Angela Jackson - Spanish Civil war

Angela Jackson, an English doctor of History, kindly visited our group and gave an interesting talk on the subject of writing and publishing books a while ago.

She has recently published a further non-fiction book on the Spanish Civil War - "For Us It Was Heaven" tells the story of a young, upper middle-class nurse - Patience Darton- who in the 1930s who becomes dramatically caught up in Spain's civil war and the passionate political issues of her times, but whose intimate writings reveal emotions and attitudes that will strike a chord with most self-aware and determined women today."

Which is reviewed here

A recent interview with Angela is here

Angela's books are extremely well researched and written - available here

Rob Innis

Is Amazon Kindle publishing the answer?

The traditional world of book publishing is in a state of turmoil as the impact of reading books electronically (eBooks/eReaders) continues to grab a larger slice of the market.

Writers, fed up with being rejected or ignored by literary agents and publishers have turned to self publishing and are either producing traditional books or taking the ‘e’ route and publishing eBooks.

Independent booksellers are under siege from the big chains, which also need to rethink their sales strategies whilst the online sellers, notably Amazon, continue to increase sales and expand their operations in Europe.

The current financial climate has meant, for many, new books are now a luxury and overall sales are dropping – taken from a recent report on Spanish Book sales:

“In the past five years, turnover has decreased by 11.2% and the number of

copies sold has reduced by 20.3% ”

Several members of TWC have taken the self publishing route.

Whilst others are in the ‘pipeline’. Of course the easy bit is the writing (!) the tricky bit is the marketing to generate sales in a very competitive market place.

I am pleased with my own modest efforts and sales are steadyon the Amazon Kindle platform so I would recommend all budding authors to research this option if agents are not waving lucrative contracts under their noses.

Rob Innis

A Reminder that it's Open Mic Night next Monday.  There are a few new people coming so it should be an interesting night.  An opportunity to read all your wonderful stuff out loud.  You can't knock it till you've tried it.  I love it. Margaret

OPEN MIC NIGHT!

READ YOUR OWN WORK

OR YOUR FAVOURITE

POEM OR SHORT STORY.

CHADWICKS IN VILLAMARTIN

MONDAY 25^th  JUNE 7.30PM

ALL WELCOME: POETS, WRITERS, READERS, LISTENERS

AND SUPPORTERS!

A Recipe For Success – The Torrevieja Writer’s Circle

Another recent Torrrevieja Writer, John Major, is added to the Circle’s illustrious alumni with the publication of his new book ‘A Recipe for Disaster’ by Old Line Publishing. 

The book follow the travails of Joe Henry and his wife Susan who began their rollercoaster ride through life despite the objections of both sets of parents. Add their mismatched social and religious differences into the mix and you have ‘A Recipe for Disaster’. Their life is a journey filled with joy and laughter, with a side order of misfortune and tears. Set mostly in the Ireland of the 1960s and onwards, the Henrys are a unique and entertaining family that will provide you with hours of hearty laughter.

Says John – who, by the way, is writing under the pen name John Henry; “the Publishers are in Maryland and the book is available from them in hard cover as well as being downloadable via Amazon. They have been fantastic. They designed the cover, edited it, put it into print and e book format etc and it hasn’t cost me a penny!”

For more information and how to buy: http://www.oldlinepublishingllc.com