Category: Novel News

Rock Down To Electric Avenue

It’s great to finally be able to announce that ‘Existence Is Futile’ is now available as an Ebook.  Initially it is available on all Amazon channels including Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com aswell as Smashwords.com.  In the coming weeks it should also become turn up on Barnes & Noble and iTunes.  As soon as I get any news on those fronts I will let you know.

The Ebooks were the last items on my checklist, with their completion it means that I can finally start focusing on other things.  I feel a combination of relief and fear.  Relief that I have finally finished my to do list and fear that ‘Existence Is Futile’ is finally out of my hands.  I wonder if this is what it feels like to leave your child at the school gates on their first day?

I had  another peculiar discovery recently.  My book is available in Japan via Junkudo.co.jp  It’s certainly the record for the furthest from me.  I doubt I will sell a copy there but it amuses me to imagine that somewhere in Tokyo there is someone reading ‘Existence Is Futile’ in a sushi bar and that maybe I will somehow convince them that ninjas exist.  Now that would be something to be proud of.

More News…

It appears that ‘Existence Is Futile’ is spreading faster than the plague.  It’s amazes to me that it is already available from so many places, and yet the list keeps growing day by day.  The important additions to today’s list are Waterstones in the UK, who also happen to deliver internationally (certainly to Poland – I know from my own experience) and Foyles.  This is absolutely fantastic news as it means that the three biggest bookshops in Britain now sell my book.

However it is not champagne time yet as I know that availability is still restricted in a number of countries.  All is not lost as it is a situation that is changing with time.  Of course it’s slightly more difficult for me to spot book vendors in other languages but I am giving it a go nonetheless.  Today I can announce that two booksellers in  Norway and Italy have joined the dark side, and I am certain more will follow.

Norway – biit.no

Italy – bol.it

It may have escaped some of you that I recently announced a book signing in Harlow.  You can find all the details on the ‘Existence Is Futile’ page on Facebook.  Just to clarify one more time, I will not have any copies of my book with me.  If you want me to sign a copy you need to order one from one of the numerous sellers and bring it with you.  That’s all I have for now.  Until next time.

WH Smith Has Joined The Darkside

Just another quick update to let you know that ‘Existence Is Futile’ is now available from those lovely people at WH Smith.  That’s right WH Smith.  The bookshop which I walked past almost every single day whilst I was at secondary school.   It feels strange to say and to be honest it still feels a little far fetched.  Alas it is true.  If anyone wishes to pop in and ask for ‘Fly Fishing’ by JR Hartley, or ‘Existence Is Futile’ by Scott Andrews please do.  As it is exactly what I intend on doing next time I am on the island.

I feel a little guilty for spamming you all with news at the moment so I thought that I would at least give you a peek into the future.  Shortly I will resume editing my other novel.  It’s unpublished as of yet.  It is  a considerably longer story about a number of bizarre events in a fictional country.  What can I tell you about it without giving too much away?  The bad news is that it doesn’t contain any ninjas.  The good news is that it does, in fact, contain a joke about toilets.  When I finish it, I will resume my fruitless effort of trying to find a publisher brave enough to take a risk.  Hopefully the fact that I have one book published already might help.

In the coming weeks I expect to see both of my stories appear in a number of other online bookstores.  If you happen to be a bookseller or a bookbuyer and you stumble across either of them anywhere, please let me know so I can link them to this site, as I am finding it harder and harder to keep track of where they are appearing.  Just today I discovered that ‘Existence Is Futile’ is now available via the bookdepository.co.uk

Thanks to those of you that have bought ‘Existence Is Futile’ and ‘The Story of Albert Ross’.  If you liked either of them don’t forget to review them.  Almost all booksellers websites allow you to.  And it’s your reviews which can convince strangers to follow your path.  Until next time.

God Save The President

This is just a quick update to let those of you across the pond know that ‘Existence Is Futile’ is now available via America’s biggest and best bookstore Barnes & Noble.  For the Brits it’s the equivalent of WH Smith, and for the Poles it’s like Empik.

To celebrate the availability of my book in the good old U.S.A, here is a list of three things I love about America

  1. It rhymes with Angelica
  2. Chuck Norris
  3. Cowboy movies which aren’t gay.

It’s great news as I have always been a massive fan of the land of the brave and thought that Americans are all rather lovely, especially those of them that like to read books which are inclusive enough to include a ninja.

God bless America.

9/8/12 – I woke up this morning to discover that Barnes & Noble have also listed ‘The Story of Albert Ross‘

An Apple A Day…

My first announcement should make a few of you happy.  A number of you apple-junkies have been feeling incredibly left out.  Not any longer.  I am pleased to announce that ‘The Story of Albert Ross’ is now available on I-Tunes.  Now go forth and download my friends, and hopefully enjoy.

In other news, ‘Existence Is Futile’ is now listed on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.  The bad news is that it is not yet in stock.  That does not stop you from ordering it, to encourage them to speed up a little.  Best of all is the fact that Amazon delivers to a number of countries(including Poland and Denmark).  The most bizarre fact of all is that on both sites someone has listed ‘used’ copies.  Curiously those copies do not yet exist.  That’s what you call forward planning.

My last announcement relates to Goodreads.com.  For those of you that don’t know Goodreads is a book rating website, something similar to what IMDB does for films.  You log in, rate what you’ve read, review if you wish, plan what you are going to read, see what your friends are reading and you can even follow authors you like.  There is no need to sign up anymore as you can link Goodreads directly to your Facebook profile.  Why is that of interest?  Because you can now find my profile, a page for ‘Existence Is Futile’ and a page for ‘The Story of Albert Ross’ on Goodreads.  If you already use it, you know what to do.  If you don’t, consider joining, if you do, find me.  If you’ve read something I’ve written, review it.  If not, add it to your to-read list.  Why?  Because it will help me, and more importantly it will help share these stories.  Go on, you know you want to.