Howdy Tedd - yes it was the kindle ebook edition[/quote]
Hallo john - I bought the standard hardback - it's 424 pages which makes it a reasonable length and EVERY page is a full page of print. No chapter headings, in fact, no chapters - just a continuous run of print, no half-pages, no blank pages - change of scenes being marked by a large capital letter on the first word of the new section - I liked this set-up.
jeffw wrote:Experts at 'padding out'; a lot of publishers also increase the font size, cut the number of lines per page and heave thirty pages of 'white paper' in with the story. There's no doubt, the man is being squeezed; ghosties are definitely in there. His next book is due March/April and he's holidaying in Namibia? This next offering will be something to behold. Hope I'm wrong, but see the good ship Disaster coming on over the literary horizon. really pisses me off; think I'll head north for the Limpopo again with Sean and Duff; how much I miss them.
And jeffw - jeepers Jeff you really are getting cynical in your old age - it's Xmas, love one another and all that - I wish I could be in the wilds of Namibia (and I bet you do!) on a one man luxury safari along with a glamorous bird - the stuff that makes good stories - while having someone write the rest of my memoirs for me (and in WS's case writing his books for him)
I agree with you - it won't work and everybody will be aware of it. But good readable yarns are still being turned out under the names of Robert Ludlum and James Patterson (I think) with the addition of the 'ghosts' names and they are being accepted, probably welcomed, by the reading public.
Anyway - to johnrogers and jeffw a special greeting for Christmas and the New Year - have a great Festive Season - I love reading your contributions to the forum and I am looking forward Jeff to your next book. And to all members of this Forum I also extend good wishes for Xmas and New Year