Celebrations

Good weekend for the British and the Commonwealth: the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. I can remember as far back as the Coronation (well, before that actually), but the celebration day that sticks in my mind is the Silver Jubilee. That was in 1977. I had left the Royal Air Force the year before and we had settled in the small village of Colkirk, near Fakenham, Norfolk. We had gone along to a meeting in the village hall and ended up volunteering to help with the organisation. It was our way of getting to know the villagers. It was a great day with fun and games on the village green followed by a barn dance in the evening. Great fun and happy memories. Me and Pat watched the celebrations this weekend on TV. It was a bit sad not being in UK because I know we would have got involved in something. At the moment we have the front of our house bedecked in bunting with the cross of St. George and Union Jacks. There’s something especially rewarding about being patriotic in these times of global meltdown and hardships; a kind of a sense that we are all in this together. I’ve used my free time as well to get down to some more work on my manuscript and also to keep an eye on how the book promotion was going. Although I don’t have the exact figures yet, I managed to achieve a total of 19000 free downloads for both books, NORTH SLOPE & A COVERT WAR. The sales figures that Acclaimed Books provided for the period ending in May showed that my average sales had increased from nine e-books per day to about eleven. That was the figure achieved for the three days following the end of the promotion. Both books made it into the top 100 in the Kindle store, and achieved the top end in their specific Kindle categories. The figures showing on Amazon pages indicate that the books are both holding their own although they are now slipping down the rankings. I will have a better idea when I see the sales figures on Friday. I’ve asked Pete of Acclaimed Books to put ROSELLI’S GOLD on two days free for me. Hopefully this will attract more sales and put my averages back up. Happy days!