I just noticed that Self Publisher Showcase has been tweeting about ‘Village View’ and that the tweets have been retweeted. That’s very good of them and helps bring some publicity. If you do the tweeting thing you can follow Symi Dream by using the buttons over there on the right >>
And if you’ve not read Village View and want a copy, you will also find the links on the right, or you can click here: Village View, from Amazon.
Village View, for those who may not know, is an account of one year on Symi, the Greek island. It’s a collection of blog posts from 2013, with photos and is the third instalment of ‘thoughts from a Greek island’, if you like. The first was ‘Symi 85600’ which starts in 2001 and runs for our first five years living here, and the second is ‘Carry on up the Kali Strata’ which covers a couple more years. In total, the books roughly cover life on Symi through a ten year period, and of course this blog carries it all on, and you can delve back in the archives here anytime you want, and for free.
The other book that’s been written about living on Symi is ‘Bus Stop Symi’ and there are copies available out there from time to time. It’s out of print now, first editions sell for over $100 in some cases, but the reprint is more readily and cheaply available. You can try this link, but I’m not sure how you’ll get on: Bus Stop Symi.
The prices for all these books are set by Amazon, they go up and down it seems, and though I thought I had, I don’t have much control over the price; I do know that for every book sold I get about 10p or something. You can also find kindle versions of the same (not Bus Stop Symi as far as I know, or maybe you can now?) and there are links on this page: About James’ books (Kindle). And should you want more books about Greece and Symi, including guides and maps for your summer holiday, then you can use the Symi-specific collection of books via Amazon which you can find here: Symi & Greece, Books.
There, that’s enough about books for now. It’s Friday, it’s five to seven in the morning, it’s not Crackerjack, but it is grey and cold out there, the ferry is on its way, I have a new carpet down in my office, Neil is up and about and getting ready for aerobics and I have been up since 5.15 thanks to a very noisy Alarm Cat. How can he be louder here than he was back there? So, I’m going to get the coffee on and go and wake up before deciding what to do today. Have a good one, and above all, read. Actually, you can get some books in ahead of UNESCO World Book Day which is 23rd April. There you go, now you know.
