Digital Update

Added on 06 August 2010

Amazon UK has this week launched their Kindle store, for the sale of ebooks. At some point in the very near future, the entire Barney Thomson slate will be available digitally. For the moment, the Long Midnight Publishing titles which are available are the first title in the series - The Long Midnig...

The Next Big Thing

Added on 03 August 2010

The summer progressing nicely as it is - August following on from July with Germanic precision - it's time to start planning next spring's Long Midnight Publishing team-building event. For 2011 I've decided to go for a day-trip to the summit of Everest. Every year several thousand people reach the ...

Book Sales. And Other Stuff.

Added on 30 July 2010

July's book sales figures are in. They're double the amount of June's sales, but June's sales were pish. So does that just make this month's sales twice as pish? Or half as pish? Whatever it is, there's no escaping the fact that double not-very-much, is still not-very-much. The school holidays are ...

Moving On

Added on 13 July 2010

The Urban World Cup Batcave Death Poet is dead. Back in the real world, the world that exists beyond the World Cup, life goes on in its usual manner. The school holidays have begun. On the plus side, school rugby training starts again seven weeks tomorrow, and that doesn't seem so far away now. The...

Vincerò

Added on 12 July 2010

In the end, they came not to play football But to kick people in the chest The Dutch Capable of driving the most Elegant sports car Turned up to play In a bulldozer They blame the referee Not me Or Alan Hansen The Spanish For their part Do not need much of an invitation To fall over With face co...