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  1. New, simpler URL to buy my books on Amazon - amazon.com/author/andrewh… (live in the next 1/2 hour) 2:56 PM Dec 1st, 2011 via web
  2. Great news - mediabistro.com/ebooknewser/sm… - @Smashwords will be letting people upload epubs rather than doc from next year. Via @PassiveVoiceBlg 7:40 AM Nov 11th, 2011 via web
  3. andrewhickey.info/2011/11/10/pis… - a rant about bad self-publishers who spoil it for everyone else. 3:31 PM Nov 10th, 2011 via web
  4. That sort of thing, incidentally, is one reason why I use LyX - produces proper typeset PDFs for print and clean rtf for ebook conversion 7:22 AM Nov 6th, 2011 via web
  5. huffingtonpost.com/karen-dionne/e… - HuffPo on errors in ebooks from traditional publishers. Via @PassiveVoiceBlg 7:20 AM Nov 6th, 2011 via web
  6. I shall be selling copies of some of my books at @ThoughtBubbleUK comic con with fellow Mindless Ones @illogicalvolume and @thebeastmustdie 5:58 AM Nov 6th, 2011 via web
  7. thepassivevoice.com/11/2011/avoidi… - good guide to avoiding eformatting errors, via @PassiveVoiceBlg 10:22 AM Nov 4th, 2011 via web
  8. Until 28th, all books on lulu.com (including mine) 20% off with code BURIEDUK . 25% off orders over £400 with MUMMIFIEDUK 3:41 PM Oct 24th, 2011 via web
  9. My latest book, Monkee Music, is now out - see my blog post at bit.ly/nKJV2f to find out how to get it 1:29 PM Oct 23rd, 2011 via web
  10. If you're going to Amazon to buy a Kindle Touch, might as well visit my astore to get some stuff to put on it - astore.amazon.co.uk/dumbangel-21 9:16 AM Sep 28th, 2011 via web
  11. Moving my ebooks from Smashwords to Lulu. As of Wed they'll no longer be on SW, so if you've bought from there, ensure you've downloaded. 12:51 PM Sep 17th, 2011 via web
  12. Has somebody been promoting my Beach Boys book and not telling me? It's gone top 20 in music books on Amazon UK. 3:52 AM Sep 3rd, 2011 via web
  13. Mail andrew-hickey-books+subscribe@googlegroups.com to sign up. It's a low-traffic, announcement-only list. 3:30 AM Sep 2nd, 2011 via web
  14. Have set up a mailing list for anyone who wants to get announcements when new books are out or special offers on. 3:29 AM Sep 2nd, 2011 via web
  15. Ah, Twitter Mobile Web seems to have been compromised, and it attached itself to my account somehow. 2:18 AM Aug 1st, 2011 via web
  16. This account appears to have been compromised. Not sure how. Will change password. 2:14 AM Aug 1st, 2011 via web
  17. Quick reminder, the $1 sale on my book Sci-Ence! Justice Leak! on Kindle ends this weekend - amazon.com/dp/B004LLIJG6 US amazon.co.uk/dp/B004LLIJG6 UK 11:08 AM Jul 29th, 2011 via web
  • Name Andrew Hickey
  • Location Manchester, UK
  • Web http://www.amazon...
  • Bio Writer of books - The Beatles In Mono, The Beach Boys On CD, Sci-Ence! Justice Leak! and Four Stories About The Singularity
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