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Owen Jones October Publication Report

Owen Jones - Welsh author
October Publication Report

What I have been up to in October

Welcome to this October publication report on my writing life!

In October, I published 33 e-books, which is more than the average of about 25. They were in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

Four of most difficult languages to get translators and narrators for are represented here, namely Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and Russian. That is quite amazing 🙂

I used to publish a paperback at the same time as the ebook, but my publisher, the Italian Tektime (a.k.a. Tradulibro) has stopped me doing that, because Amazon and IngramSparks, two massive print book creators, have been objecting to my books. They won’t say what the problems are. I don’t know, and nor does Tektime. It is a mystery, but Tektime, being a small firm, cannot spend any more time on the matter. They are also concerned that they might be victimised for defending them. And I agree, that their position is too risky.

As a test, I have been publishing some rejected paperbacks on Barnes & Noble. I have about ten on there, and no complaints whatsoever! It makes me wonder why Amazon and IngramSparks are behaving as the are, and why they are in cahoots.

October Publication Report

My favourite publication in October is ‘A Night in Annwn’, a narration in Russian. It is also harder to get a narrator than a translator, so a double whammy. Not only that though, this is a novel, not a manual, and is in one of my favourite series.

I had five narrations. Two stand-outs are ‘Tiger Lily of Bangkok’, narrated by Roberto in Italian, and ‘The Dream’ (Behind The Smile volume seven in English) by Chris.

Less than two months ago, I published a book called, ‘ How to Boost Your Book Sales EXPONENTIALLY!’ It is now being translated into 10 languages, and narrated in three. I spent a lot of time researching methods of book promotion for this manual, and I am also putting my findings into practice.

Initial results have been more than enough to make me continue. If you want to try its suggestions for free, I am serialising it on LinkedIn.

In conjunction with the book’s recommendations, I have restarted my MailChimp newsletter, and my SubStack podcast, both of which are delivering encouraging statistics.

My sales are up

The Future

What does the future hold?

I have added suggested schedules for sellers of books to that manual – a daily, weekly and monthly suggestion.

Well, once I have established the above schedules into my work-routine, I will reread the book-sales manual to find another strategy to add to my stable. I would like to try a blog tour.

Good luck,

Owen

Book Sales books:

How To Increase Book Sales EXPONENTIALLY!-A Comprehensive Guide For Authors And Booksellers

1] e-Book (Tektime): https://tinyurl.com/2xn4gjuo

2] Audiobook (Google Play): https://tinyurl.com/23kfgnu9

3] Paperback (Barnes & Noble):

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Owen Jones, Amazon Best-Selling Author from Barry, Wales, has lived in several countries and travelled in many more. While studying Russian in the USSR in the '70's, he hobnobbed with spies on a regular basis; in Suriname, he got caught up in the 1982 coup; and while a company director, he joined the crew of four as the galley slave to sail from Barry to Gibraltar a home-made concrete yacht, which was almost rammed by a Russian oil tanker and an American aircraft carrier.
“I am a Celt, and we are romantic”, he said when asked about his writing style, “and I firmly believe in reincarnation, Karma and Fate, so, sayings like 'Do unto another...', and 'What goes round comes around' are central to my life and reflected in my work. I write about what I see, or think I see, or dream... and, in the end it is all the same really”. He speaks seven languages and is learning Thai, since he lives in Thailand with his Thai wife of fifteen years.
His first novel, Daddy's Hobby is from the seven-part series 'Behind The Smile: The Story of Lek, a Bar Girl in Pattaya', but his largest collection is 'The Megan Series', twenty-three novelettes on the psychic development of a teenage girl, the subtitle of which, 'A Spirit Guide, A Ghost Tiger and One Scary Mother!' sums them up nicely. He has written fifty novels and novelettes, including: Dead Centre; Andropov's Cuckoo; Fate Twister; The Disallowed (a philosophical comedy); Tiger Lily of Bangkok; and A Night in Annwn (Annwn being the ancient Welsh word for Heaven). Many have been translated into foreign languages and narrated into audio books.
Owen Jones writes stories set in Wales, Spain and Thailand, where he now lives. He is a life-long Spiritualist, and this belief is interwoven, in a very realistic way, into many of his books and storylines. If you like a touch of the 'supernatural', try his books
He sums his life up thus: “Born in the Land of Song, Living in the Land of Smiles”.

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