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Diana Jackson

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  • Barter Books A Priceless gem of a secondhand bookshop

      Whilst camping up in Northumberland during the inclement July weather we headed towards Alnwick for the day, enjoying an informative guided tour of the Poison Garden, which is within the walls of one of the most family friendly floral encounters of my experience. There were fountains to music, walls and tunnels of water to explore, a bamboo…

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  • Horatio’s Bookshop Ampthill – One of my favourite shops

    I pop into Horatio’s whenever I am in Ampthill. It is conveniently next door to a cafe where we like to treat ourselves to breakfast from time to time to make a Saturday morning feel like a holiday. This is its third year and hopefully it will survive the storms of the recession and the…

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  • To Kindle or not to Kindle – What changed my mind?

    This week my debut novel ‘Riduna’ has been launched on Kindle. After my last post on Kindle ‘ Can you snuggle in bed with a Kindle?’ I had such fun reading the responses, but why have I changed my mind – or have I? I have agreed for ‘Riduna’ to go on Kindle because: The paperback…

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  • The Ripple Effect – Marketing your novel – a personal experience

    The Ripple Effect You never know where or how far the ripples will reach when you drop a stone in a pool and I make no apology for using this analogy, even though it’s a bit of a cliché. A good friend, ex publisher and bookshop owner once said on hearing that my first novel…

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  • The Beach Hut by Veronica Henry – A personal book review

    My last in this series of book reviews of my personal favourites is up to date. I always pop into my favourite book shop Horatio’s in Ampthill just before going away on holiday and browse. The Beach Hut by Veronica Henry published by Orion caught my eye because it’s fun. Anyone who has a soft…

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  • e book revolution – From a writer on the edge

    I have read several articles recently about the e book revolution and how it is changing not only how we read, publish and advertise our writing but also that the whole industry is in a state of flux from publishing companies to bookshops. As a writer this can be quite exciting, albeit a bit daunting.…

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  • Internet v Bookshops – No competition!

    My enthusiastic promotion of real bookshops does not mean that I underestimate the essential role of the internet in book sales, although I must admit in the early days of publication of Riduna I was totally oblivious of its power. In my ignorance I threw myself into book signings, personal contact to bookshops, whose customers I believed would…

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  • Book signing – Celebrating the Joys of Bookshops

    I have had so much fun doing book signings over the last couple of years and I thought i’d share a few memories here: Horatio’s Bookshop in Ampthill, Bedfordshire Alderney Bookshop – You guessed – on Alderney Then there was Hythe Bookshop in Hampshire where I had the added joy of seeing members of the Jackson…

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