July 2011
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Indie's Questions with Helen Hanson
Name: Helen Hanson
Occupation: Thriller Writer – Fitful blogger
Website: www.HelenHanson.com
Who is your favourite author?
Dr. Seuss made me fall in love with words.
John le Carré made me want to be a novelist.
John Grisham made me think I could.
What is your favourite book? TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY. John le Carré took the Hollywood image of a spy and dashed it with the brilliant and...
June 2011
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Indie's Questions with Andrea Allison
Name: Andrea Allison
Occupation: Writer and Blogger at http://paranormalstories.blogspot.com
Website: http://www.freewebs.com/andreaallison
Who is your favourite author? I have several: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Thomas Harris, Richard Matheson, and so on.
What is your favourite book? On Writing By: Stephen King
What is the first e-book you read? I honestly don’t remember. It was...
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Indie's Questions with Darcia Helle
Name: Darcia Helle
Occupation: I am an author, a blogger, and a superhero to my dogs.
Website: http://www.DarciaHelle.com or http://www.QuietFuryBooks.com
Who is your favourite author? I have many! Most of my current favorites are indie authors. I’m partial to those who are character-driven in their writing. I like to experience the story, rather than be told one.
What is your favourite...
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Indie's Questions with Heather Killough-Walden
Name: Heather Killough-Walden
Occupation: Author
Website: www.killough-walden.com
Who is your favourite author? There are many I love, but Ray Bradbury greatly inspires me.
What is your favourite book? Another hard question, but off the top of my head, The Halloween Tree, by Ray Bradbury. I also love Boy’s Life, by Robert R. McCammon and Well Witched by Frances Hardinge.
What was the...
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Indie's Questions with Robert W. Walker
Name: Robert W. Walker
Occupation: Author and Teacher
Website: www.RobertWalkerbooks.com
What is your favourite book? Difficult to say as I have many I love ranging from Lord of the Flies to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. If I had to choose one book to be stranded with? I would likely take Alex Haley’s ROOTS or John Jakes’ North and South.
What was...
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Indie's Questions with June Sproat
Name: June Sproat
Occupation: Young Adult author and weekly blogger at www.acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com
Website: www.junesproat.com
Who is your favourite author? Meg Cabot and Judy Blume
What is your favourite book? Would it be called favoritism to say Ordinary Me by June Sproat?
What was the first ebook you read? Fade by Lisa McMann
What is your favourite book cover?...
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Indie's Questions with Christy Leigh Stewart
Name: Christy Leigh Stewart
Occupation: Writer
Website: http://christyleighstewart.com
Who is your favourite author? If Joey Comeau and Kresley Cole had a child, that child would be my favorite author. I want to be torn open wide and have each of my organs kissed.
What is your favourite book? T.A.Z.: The Temporary Autonomous Zone by Hakim Bey
What was the first e-book you read? I can’t...
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Indie's Questions with Stella Deleuze
Name : Stella Deleuze
Occupation: Freelance editor and writer of several genres.
Website: http://wordsbystelladeleuze.blogspot.com
Who is your favourite author? That’s so difficult to say, I think I have to got with Cecila Ahern for chick lit and Italo Calvino for literary fiction. I also loved James Frey, fraud or not, he’s a brilliant writer.
What is your favourite book?...
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Indie's Questions with Nick Spalding
Name: Nick Spalding
Occupation: Copywriter
Website: http://spaldings-racket.blogspot.com
Who is your favourite author? Terry Pratchett / Stephen King
What is your favourite book? Hmmm. That’s a tricky one. Depending on my mood: The Stand by Stephen King, Men At Arms By Terry Pratchett, Lord Of The Rings, various Batman graphic novels :)
What was the first e-book you read? Honestly? My...
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Indie's Questions with Sibel Hodge
Name: Sibel Hodge
Occupation: Author of romantic comedies & chicklit mysteries
Website: www.sibelhodge.com
Who is your favourite author? Ooh, that’s sooo hard. I’ve got loads. Can I have a couple? Janet Evanovich & Sophie Kinsella, but I’ve got loads more!
What is your favourite book? To Kill a Mockingbird. I still get it out and read it again.
What is the first e-book...
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Indie's Questions with Joseph Devon
Name: Joseph Devon
Occupation: Writer, blogger, part-time nanny
Website: http://josephdevon.com/
Who is your favourite author? Currently I can’t get enough Cormac McCarthy. I like authors who draw me into their worlds, which usually means they use an off beat writing style.
What is your favourite book? The Great Gatsby. Hands down. I read it at least once a year.
What is the first ebook you...
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Indie's Questions with Bill Peschel
Name: Bill Peschel
Occupation: Author, newspaper editor
Website: www.planetpeschel.com
Who is your favourite author? Tough, tough question, because there are several whose books I buy as soon as they’re out (and many more who I would buy if they hadn’t inconveniently passed on, e.g. Douglas Adams and George Macdonald Fraser). The one I have the most fondness for is Terry Pratchett. I’ve read each...
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Indie's Questions with Lexi Revellian
Name Lexi Revellian
Occupation Jeweller/silversmith and writer
Website http://www.lexirevellian.com/ and http://lexirevellian.blogspot.com/
Who is your favourite author? I’ll have to have two; Jane Austen and Mary Renault.
What is your favourite book? That depends on my mood. There’s The Mask of Apollo, set in ancient Greece; the narrator is an actor, Nikeratos, and through his eyes you see the...
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Indie's Questions with Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz
Name: Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz
Occupation: Writer, blogger, editor at MuseItUp Publishing, Damnation Books, and 4RV Publishing
Website: http://pennylockwoodehrenkranz.yolasite.com and http://pennylockwoodehrenkranz.blogspot.com
Who is your favourite author? Right now, my favorite author is Kim Harrison, but there are so many I enjoy reading, it’s...
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Indie's Questions with Louise Wise
Name: Louise Wise
Occupation: Writer of romance and a “bit of a blogger”, also a part time pharmacist technician.
Website: http://louisewise.blogspot.com
Who is your favourite author? Can I have two? Sophie Kinsella and Dean Koontz.
What is your favourite book? Oh my, how can I make a decision like that? It depends on the mood I’m in. OK, I’ll pick a book that surprised me the most because I...
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Indie's Questions with Tom Lichtenberg
Name: Tom Lichtenberg
Occupation: For a living? Software Tools Engineer.
Website: http://www.pigeonweather.com
Who is your favourite author? If I was forced to pick only one, it would be Jorge Luis Borges
What is your favourite book? My favorite book is ‘Mad Toy’ (El Juguete Rabioso) by Roberto Arlt, a series of stories about a dashing, if...
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Indie's Questions with Nick Daws
Name: Nick Daws
Occupation: Freelance Writer and Editor
Website: www.mywritingblog.com and www.nickdaws.co.uk
Who is your favourite author? Probably the late, great American science-fantasy writer, Roger Zelazny.
What is your favourite book? Lord of Light, by the aforementioned Roger Zelazny
What is the first e-book you read? The first full-length fiction e-book I read was ‘Cave’, an...
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Indie's Questions with Terry Odell
Name: Terry Odell
Occupation: Writer & Blogger
Website: http://www.terryodell.com and http://terryodell.blogspot.com
Who is your favourite author? Unfair question - like asking me which of my kids is my favorite.
What is your favourite book? Same answer as above.
What is the first e-book you read? I had to test my e-reader with one of my books. I’ve been reading e-books for about...
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Indie's Questions with J.T. Ellison
Name: J.T. Ellison
Occupation: Writer
Website: http://jtellison.com
Who is your favourite author? That’s a near to impossible question to answer, so let me give you three - John Connolly, Diana Gabaldon, Sarah Addison Allen
What is your favourite book? Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
What is the first e-book you read? The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins, followed by Hamlet’s...
May 2011
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Indie's Questions with Brett Battles
Name: Brett Battles
Occupation: Novelist
Website: www.brettbattles.com
Who is your favourite author? Yikes, just one? No can do…here are a few: Haruki Murakami, Graham Greene, Tim Hallinan, Stephen King, Bill Cameron
What is your favourite book? Again, just one? Favorite changes all the time…so, like previous question, here are a few: THE QUIET AMERICAN, THE DARK TOWER SERIES, THE...
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Indie's Questions with Frank Zafiro
Name: Frank Zafiro
Occupation: Writer (and police officer)
Website: http://frankzafiro.com
Who is your favourite author?
All things considered, Stephen King. But I really like Lawrence Block’s Matt Scudder series and Steve Hamilton’s Alex McKnight series as well.
What is your favourite book?
Tough one. I seem to return to Kings “Different Seasons” every few years,...
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Indie's Questions with Keith Raffel
Name: Keith Raffel
Occupation: Writer
Website: www.keithraffel.com
Who is your favourite author? That’s a tough one to answer. I went around the house to see which author takes up the most room on my bookshelves. John le Carré, CP Snow, Anita Brookner, Dorothy Dunnett, Penelope Lively, and Philip Roth all come in at just under two feet. I am not ashamed of that list, although it does seem...
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Indie's Questions with Eli James
Name: Eli James
Occupation: I’m completing a computer science degree. I’m a co-founder at Pandamian.com and a blogger at Novelr.com
Website: http://novelr.com
Who is your favourite author? Hard question. I’d say John Steinbeck, though Stephen King and Rowling aren’t far behind.
What is your favourite book? Lord of the Flies!
What is the first e-book you read? Boy, I...
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Indie's Questions with Joan Reeves
Name: Joan Reeves
Occupation: Author, published in print and ebooks; Blogger; Freelance Writer
Website: http://SlingWords.blogspot.com and http://www.JoanReeves.com
Who is your favourite author? I’m afraid this is a question I simply can’t answer. I have too many friends who are authors, and I wouldn’t want to choose one above the other for fear of hurting someone’s...
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Indie's Questions with D. B. Reynolds
Name: D. B. Reynolds
Occupation: Writer
Website: http://dbreynolds.wordpress.com
Who is your favourite author? It would be impossible to name only one favorite author! I’m a voracious reader, but to name a few … Adrian Phoenix, Larissa Ione, Kresley Cole, John Sandford, C. J. Box, Linda Howard, Ilona Andrews, Eileen Wilks, Charlaine Harris, Nalini Singh and so many more!
What is...
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Indie's Questions with Dave Zeltserman
Name: Dave Zeltserman
Occupation: Writer
Website: www.davezeltserman.com
Who is your favourite author? Dasheill Hammett
What is your favourite book? Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
What is the first e-book you read? Every Shallow Cut by Tom Piccirilli
What is your favourite book cover? Not to be obnoxious about this, but the German edition from Suhrkamp for my crime thriller,...
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Indie's Questions with Kerrie McLoughlin
Name: Kerrie McLoughlin
Occupation: Writer/Blogger/Homeschooling Mom of 5
Website: http://thekerrieshow.com and http://getpublishedparentingmags.com
Who is your favourite author? Margaret Atwood, Audrey Niffenegger
What is your favourite book? Time Traveler’s Wife
What was the first ebook you read? Jessica Fisher’s (http://lifeasmom.com) Fishmama’s Guide to Cooking With...
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Indie's Questions with Cat Connor
Name: Cat Connor. I live in the Wellington Region of New Zealand.
Occupation: Crime thriller author – I’m published by Rebel E Publishers in South Africa.
Website: http://catconnor.blogspot.com/
Who is your favourite author? My favorite author changes from year to year (just like my favorite music). As a child I adored Willard Price and as a teen Alexander...
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Indie's Questions with Belinda Kroll
Name: Belinda Kroll
Occupation: Historical fiction author
Website: http://worderella.com
Who is your favourite author? Brandon Sanderson
What is your favourite book? Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
What was the first e-book you read? The McKinsey Method
What is your favourite book cover? In My Father’s House by Ann Rinaldi
If you could be a character from any book, who would you be and...
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Indie's Questions with Cym Lowell
Name: Cym Lowell
Occupation: I am a writer of fiction (international thrillers) and non-fiction (international tax and finance). The non-fiction knowledge inevitably finds its way into the thrillers.
Website: www.cymlowell.blogspot.com
Who is your favourite author? Jon Land, Willa Cather and Elizabeth Kostova
What is your favourite book? The Professor’s House by Willa Cather
What was...
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Independent Bookshops
BBC News asks whether Indie Bookshops can save the UK high street: http://bbc.in/ktMoZh
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Indie's Questions
Name: Amber Argyle
Occupation: Writer
Website: http://www.amberargyle.blogspot.com
Who is your favourite author? Clare B Dunkle
What is your favourite book? Hunger Games
What was the first e-book you read? Never read one
What is your favourite book cover? Is it cheating to say my own?
If you could be a character from any book, who would you be and why? Malificent from Sleeping Beauty. She has...
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Indie's Questions
Name: Dasha
Occupation: Creator of ACBOSG by night, grad student by day and sometimes also by night.
Website: www.acbosg.co.uk
Who is your favourite author? Currently (and they change quite often) it’s Haruki Murakami: I’m reading yet another of his books in English translation.
What is your favourite book? I also don’t really have a favourite book. But ‘The Three Musketeers’ is certainly up...
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Our Indie (who happens to be both our mascot and a bee) is a bit of an inquisitive soul and likes nothing better than asking lots of questions to interesting people. As such we’ve decided to give him his very own interview series on this blog which we have imaginatively titled ‘Indie’s Questions’.
Indie hopes to interview as many writers/artists/publishers/book...
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“Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.”
– James Russell Lowell
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Ebook sales have doubled at Penguin over the first three months of 2011. Parent company Pearson Plc released a trading report which stated:
Penguin continues to benefit from consistently strong publishing and a leading position in digital reading, with ebook sales doubling in the first quarter compared to the same period in 2010. After a particularly strong 2010, we expect Penguin to perform in...
April 2011
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Why are we called Indie Bee Covers?
It’s quite simple. We’re an indie company producing indie book covers for indie writers. Plus we like bees. Bees are good. We should look after the bees.
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