Late last year I published these stats:
The following page and word count for the prose books ought to prove how much work went into each:
The following page and word count for the prose books ought to prove how much work went into each:
Some Things Strange & Sinister 330pp 92,979 words
Some More Things Strange & Sinister 322pp 96,931 words
Pursuing The Strange & Weird 240pp 66, 911 words
The Bizarre Legend & Crimes of Spring Heeled Jack 54pp 19,138 words
Red Paper:Canids 202pp 67,261 words
The Girt Dog of Ennerdale 42pp 13,527 words
Strange & Mysterious Beasts 324 pp 70,539 words
UFO Contacts:Looking At The Evidence 530pp 171,972 words
Unidentified –Identified 220pp 73,671 words
Contact! Encounters with Extra Terrestrial Entities? 370pp 140,865 words
The Hooper Interviews 365pp 78,672 words
Total Word Count: 824,555
Of course that does not include the hundreds of images -some very rare of thought to have been lost 100-120 years ago, illustrations and countless reference and everything is factual -no lies or twisting facts to sell the book like most authors dealing with "World Mysteries".
Even cutting the price of each book to the barest minimum is not yielding sales and when I started publishing these books in 2009 I was sure that they would sell and that there were genuine enquiring minds out there. But out of the many, many thousands who have visited this blog alone -no one has purchased a copy of any of the books.
So, much as it pains me I have to look for an established and paying (I get contacted by so many Vanity publishers it is ridiculous) publisher who can promote these books and sell them. I am getting too old to mess around any more. As the offer of discounted prices lasts until mid-January I will wait until the 20th and then remove the books from the store front to avoid any problems with possible offers.
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