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Brian L Porter's Blog – September 2008 Archive (5)

'A Study in Red' Still Holding Top Spot in Amazon.uk Chart

I'm happy to report that 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' is still holding on to the number one spot at Amazon UK, in the category of Jack the Ripper Books when you 'Sort by average customer review'. this is a great facility which lets you see which books the readers are actually enjoying, and I think it's sad that this faciilty isn't available on the Amazon US site. You can see the page at Amazon UK at… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on September 30, 2008 at 11:47am — No Comments

Best Sales Ranking so far for 'A Study in Red'

My novel 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' today reached a position of 10, 754 in the Amazon.UK sales rankings. It's been doing well, but this is the first time it's reached quite such a high position. when taking into consideration all the books listed on Amazon this is a real achievement for my humble Ripper novel, and I'm surprised and delighted to see it doing so well against the masive competition that exists on the site. I'm sure it'll soon tumble down the rankings… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on September 26, 2008 at 10:31am — No Comments

Coming soon in Audio Book

I'm thrilled that my award-winning novel, 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' will very soon be available in an audio book edition as well as in it's current paperback and e-book formats. The following Press Release from the publisher outlines this exciting new development for Double Dragon Publishing's titles. I'm thrilled that the book will soon be able to be downloaded both from I-Tunes and from Audible.com, a leading… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on September 19, 2008 at 1:57am — No Comments

Another Award for 'A Study in Red'

Though not the largest award in the world I am still pleased to say that 'A Study in Red - The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper' was given the accolade of 'Erin Aislinn's Book Cover of the Week' for the week commencing 28th July 2008. It's always nice to be appreciated and this small award is just as important to me as any of the larger ones that the book has so far picked up. 'A Study in Red'… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on September 13, 2008 at 11:13am — No Comments

Glastonbury wins Cover Design Award

I'm over the moon that my forthcoming novel 'Glastonbury' (Steel Waves Publishing), has won The Authors Lounge Best Cover Art Design Award http://www.talauthors.com/TAL/BestCoverArt.htm for August 2008. This is the third of my covers to have received this publicly voted accolade this year and I'm really delighted and so grateful to all of those who voted and helped the book receive this wonderful… Continue

Added by Brian L Porter on September 9, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments