Author Archives: John Daffurn

New John Campbell evidence

Posted on January 27, 2015

My book tells of one John Campbell who returned from Argentina to fight in WWI and who through his Army records I knew had been a member of the Junior Naval & Military Club in Piccadilly. My research for the … Continue reading →

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Final pre-publication marketing

Posted on January 26, 2015

Now into the final week of pre-publication marketing. Today my local book shop in Stamford set up a window display to advertise my book signing on 7 February between 11am and 1pm. This follows an article in my local newspaper … Continue reading →

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Family at War

Posted on January 23, 2015

My book Seeking John Campbell contains the following dedication. It is the result of the discovery that one of the John Campbells I investigated was born in Germany with the surname Philippi. He became a naturalised British citizen in 1902 and returned … Continue reading →

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Using Goodreads as marketing tool

Posted on January 22, 2015

There are a number of advantages to using Goodreads in advance of a book launch and in particular in advance of making book available to order on Amazon. 1) you can set up an author page 2) upload the cover … Continue reading →

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Marketing a self-published book

Posted on January 11, 2015

So the book is written, formatted and the POD distibutors are lined up. But will it sell. The answer I am told or indeed shouted at by a myriad of bloggers is that it will not…at least not without some … Continue reading →

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UPDATE on USA withholding tax

Posted on January 11, 2015

It appears that since I applied for mr EIN to take advantage of the double taxation agreement with the USA the rules have been modified. I discovered this when Kindle informed me that my EIN had not been accepted because … Continue reading →

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USA blogger holds “win a free book” competition

Posted on January 7, 2015

Kassie Ritman aka Mom, blogger of “Maybe someone should write that down…”  who reviewed my book earlier has set up a competition on her blog…Win a Free Book!. Thanks Kassie      

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