Giro 2,648 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Cracking post and Picture Chalkie Quote Link to post
bigdaz 688 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Cheers Chalkwarren. Quote Link to post
Waz 4,254 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) Kevin Maddocks self published, not sure how many times 'Carp Fever' has been reprinted; more than once though. Minority interests are of not much commercial interest to a publishing house I would have thought. A friend has written 10 books or so, Amazon top x lists. He's written a specialist fieldsports book & done it as an e book. Says it all imo. Edited March 12, 2013 by GD Waz Quote Link to post
paulf 820 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 so do we know when the book is out ? Quote Link to post
inan 841 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) A genuine question, do authors self publish because no publisher rates their work or is it the writers way of not paying royalties therefore financial, or just to write it as they see it and have no one edit out what they've written. That is a good question fellah,..and deserving of an answer.... I'm not much of a writer,..I'm a Mole Trapper/Rabbiter ; I work for the gold doubloons, but, also enjoy the weekend craic with like minded souls,..always have, always will. The writing game is pretty straight forward, it is no mystery.... Years ago,..before the advent of the Internet,...it was a difficult thing for 'lads like us',..to get published. Folk that were, in the know, kept things very much to themselves and for many lads, the idea of 'doing a book',..simply was not feasible. There has always been, what is known in the trade as 'Vanity Publishing',..this is a medium whereby poets, and writers of fictional Novels , etc,..can PAY a Publisher to undertake the production of their work, and to put everything together for them.. For little known subjects, and things that are a wee bit of a risk,..this is often the only way for some folk to get their treatise seen. There are other ways,..and as such, they often involve handing a manuscript to a Publisher who will, once again, get everything Typeset, Proof read, Printed and bound, etc, and will give the author a retainer, and the chance to purchase some of their own books back, at a reduced rate...But basically,..the Publisher takes the lion's share of the vonga. A Self Publisher can be someone,..who, although having possibly turned down,..several well known publishing houses over the years ...decides to 'have a go' and puts up ALL the required cash to pay for the project and thereby keeps, EVERYTHING for himself. Financially, this can be a risky old game,...and personally I salute any man or woman, that has the nerve to play it... In conclusion, folk write books for several different reasons,...for some it is obviously the money, for others, it is therapy All the best, CHALKWARREN... Coming soon,.... "The Stoat Wranglers of Stockbridge Down"...by AJ Hartley That looks more like Sergie from Meerkat .com Edited March 12, 2013 by inan Quote Link to post
ROBERTO M 350 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 I bought 2 terrier pups of Darcy and he gave me £100 luck money back not many do that 10 Quote Link to post
inan 841 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) I bought 2 terrier pups of Darcy and he gave me £100 luck money back not many do that Sound fella is Mr J . D, and he regularly gets out, and does what he writes about. Edited March 12, 2013 by inan 3 Quote Link to post
J Darcy 5,871 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 I bought 2 terrier pups of Darcy and he gave me £100 luck money back not many do that Sound fella is Mr J . D, and he regularly gets out, and does what he writes about. Take no notice of him Inan, he's special needs is our Robbie The money i gave him wasn't luck money, it was money I owed to his lass..... 1 Quote Link to post
goldfinch2007 2,332 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 lookin forward to yer next book is mr sykes in it Quote Link to post
Charlie in bed 5 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Where can i buy the first book chaps? Would love to read this book as i use to do a lot of coursing at one time many moons ago. Quote Link to post
ROBERTO M 350 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 fook me if id known that she could of worked some of the £900 you took of me 1 Quote Link to post
boyo 1,398 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 i own a huge library of running dog books from here and abroad and always wait in anticipation for jds to come out more than anyone else .at least he does or has done what it says on the tin or in his case books . hurry up with the next edition j . Quote Link to post
inan 841 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 I bought 2 terrier pups of Darcy and he gave me £100 luck money back not many do that Sound fella is Mr J . D, and he regularly gets out, and does what he writes about. Take no notice of him Inan, he's special needs is our Robbie The money i gave him wasn't luck money, it was money I owed to his lass..... Reserve me a copy of the book . I really enjoyed the first one. No xxx's on the fly leaf this time though. 1 Quote Link to post
goldfinch2007 2,332 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 whens it out jd? Quote Link to post
J Darcy 5,871 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Hi, will probably be october...lots to do... we're trying to go as far back as possible in the history, right to where it all started, so hopefully we should get some good history down as well as some unseen coursing photos. Good Hunting JD 1 Quote Link to post
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