While “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” has gained a good deal of critical acclaim over the first few weeks of its release, getting more books into the hands of readers is the main goal of publication. And readers have been responding as well, with spontaneous phone calls saying how much they enjoyed reading [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Book Promotion — This Week Only!
Posted in News, The Books, tagged Books, contest, Fiction, PayPal, Publications on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Johnny Denovo on the Kindle
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, E-book, Kindle, Shopping on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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So far, publishing “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” for the Kindle has been well worth the 15 minutes it took! More people than I would have expected have purchased the book this way. And, as the author, I actually net more from these purchases, true to Amazon’s premise [...]
The Power of Escapism
Posted in Uncategorized on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Johnny’s first case report, “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” has been getting good reviews from all over. But perhaps the nicest form of flattery came the other night during a phone conversation with a friend.
This person has been under a lot of stress — relationship, job, kids, going back to school — and [...]
Podcast Interview
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Marketing and Advertising, Podcast, Qualitative research on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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I was recently interviewed by Sharon Livingston, Managing Editor of the Qualitative Research Consultants Association. This is a group that performs research Johnny Denovo has been very interested in over the years, exploring metaphor, subjective thought, and qualitative thinking.
You can listen to the podcast free by clicking on this text.
I [...]
The Mind/Bone Connection
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Conditions and Diseases, Neurotransmitter, Scientific literature, Serotonin on March 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Johnny Denovo still scans the scientific literature, that’s clear. The other day, we met for lunch at a restaurant in Quincy Market. He was immersed in an article, and we spent the early parts of the meal discussing what he’d been reading.
The article talked about how the brain affects bone and the digestive [...]
The Phrases Every Author Wants to Hear
Posted in Housekeeping, The Books, tagged Books, Detective fiction, Fiction, Green Monster, Mystery, Writers Resources on March 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
When I published “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” I felt fairly confident about the book. A few people I trust had read it, and liked it. I enjoyed reading it still, and found it grabbed me even though I’d written it.
Now, about a month later, I’m feeling really good with the response. I’ve [...]
Read an e-Book Week!
Posted in Housekeeping, News, The Books, tagged Amazon Kindle, E-book, iPhone, Smashwords on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Smashwords is participating in “Read an e-Book Week from March 8-15.” As part of this, “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” is available in iPhone and Sony e-Book formats at 50% off its normal price during the week.
So, for $1.75, you can get the mystery that critics are calling “a masterpiece of deductive challenge, [...]
Another Nice Review
Posted in Housekeeping, News, The Books, tagged Email, Spam, spam & eggs, spam and eggs on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rebecca’s Reads has published a nice review of “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery.” It reads, in part:
Andrew Kent’s book is very fast paced and contains a cast of well-developed characters. The plot is unique, as is the writing style. This book is different from any other that I have read. “Spam & Eggs” [...]
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