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02-06-2012, 01:57 AM | #1 |
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Downer publishes his book!
Narrforc has finally gotten around to releasing his book The Followship of the Ring (being the First Part of The Lord of the Grins) as a kindle book. Available now from all good Amazon sites for a very small price ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Followship-R...8514491&sr=8-3 for Uk & http://www.amazon.com/Followship-Rin...8514643&sr=8-6 for US). And if you don't own an actual Kindle remember you can download the free kindle application from Amazon. Mark has been working on this book for the best part of a decade and it's really nice for his friends to see his work finally available.
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02-06-2012, 11:19 AM | #2 |
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It is being delivered to Lady Mondegreen (which is what I call my Kindle) as I type...
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02-06-2012, 12:20 PM | #3 |
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We have a Nook, not a Kindle.
How does one get the app?
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02-06-2012, 12:30 PM | #4 |
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I have looked at the Amazon.com site and it seems similar to the .co.uk
Go to the Shop by departments and then Kindle and there should be options for free reading apps http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...cId=1000493771
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02-06-2012, 02:36 PM | #5 |
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There are a few errors which I hope to put right in the next few days.....but I hope you enjoy it, because it get's really deeply funny later on. The Two Townies is a much bigger book, and The Retinue of the King has to be split in two... this creates a four book trilogy.
Wait until you meet Earmore Eadache son of Earnaught, and his sister The Lady Earwax The Milk-maid of Bovine in The Hall of the Golden King, which in the tongue of The Ruminates or Riders of Ridicule, is Milkingshed in Udderas,
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02-11-2012, 11:12 AM | #7 |
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I went on Amazon, found The Followship Of the Ring, but couldn't find the free Kindle application or how to download it.
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02-11-2012, 12:47 PM | #8 |
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02-11-2012, 01:16 PM | #9 |
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Thanks, Mithalwen! Downloading now.
Cycling Nazgul? Great parodists must think alike. (Viz: "The Trouble Of The Rings"). I'm sure Bilious was called Bulbous in an earlier draft? Enjoying it, though. Very nice work.
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02-11-2012, 03:40 PM | #10 |
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We're at work on part two, The Two Townies, at the moment & hopefully that won't be too long appearing. Mark wants to sort out a new cover, blurb page & map. Also, we'll try harder with the punctuation I've just sent Mark the ebook in kindle compatible format and we're both checking it over-along with one of his friends wot teechus inglish so we're living in hope. Please bear with us re the slight imperfections in the text of Followship-hopefully they don't spoil your enjoyment of the story and Mark is sorting them and will upload the corrected version soon.
Long term the plan is to put out a second, third, and at the very least, an anniversary edition, each with minor changes of no real significance but motivated by a very real desire to get fans to purchase another copy of what will effectively be the same book. |
02-11-2012, 09:35 PM | #11 |
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Are we!!!, I'm working on The Shamarra Trilogy of :- The Swearword of Shamarra The Gallstones of Shamarra The Washing of Shamarra and as we discussed:- Potty Harry and The Goblins on Fire Hairy Pothead and The Prisoner's on a Razor-ban I am of course also working on:- Unfinshed Tales His Stories of Muddy-earth volumes 1 to 12.
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02-11-2012, 09:18 PM | #12 |
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Yes you are quite right he was, but as you will read in His Stories of Muddy-earth of how the names change like Oddo Baggytrousers from Foodo Binbags....
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