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Andy Scripture @andyscripture.bsky.social · 20m

I know I've said this before (repeatedly) but this is a book that should not be missed. It's an absolute cracker.

Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 31m

I have all the same concerns about Amazon as you, but that's the reality. Sorry you won't get to read it, but I'm afraid anything I publish will be going through Amazon, because any other option leaves me homeless.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 31m

If I'd gone to a publisher, I'd still be waiting for it to be read and accepted. Then an 18 month wait for it to be printed. Then another 12 months to be paid. And the publisher keeps 85-90%.

Evil Amazon gives me 70%. And I published in 2 days.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 31m

I spent quite a bit of my own money getting it ready to publish as an ebook for Apple, Kobo etc, because people asked me to.

It sold 11 copies on all those platforms, combined. Thousands on Amazon.

It's just not financially viable.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 31m

It's self published, and Amazon is the only game in town for that. You can buy ebook from multiple outlets, but the physical books are only available from Amazon. Sorry, but that's the reality of the independent publisher.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 13h

Anything I can do to help - you're doing essential work.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Judi Rayner @judirayner.bsky.social · 17h

It's an absolute banger 👏👏

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annecox17.bsky.social @annecox17.bsky.social · 14h

Fantastic book-thank you!

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Jen Barfoot @jasbar.bsky.social · 16h

It’s a darn fine book Russ. Had me enthralled all the way through. X

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 17h

If all you ask from life is a rollercoaster of a book with good twist, a funny bit with a goat, and a memorable title, allow me to present "A Torrid Lamentation on the Dearth of Validity in a Mechanised Ethos, Volume 2".

No, sorry: "Baby's Breath"

My bad.

www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...

Baby's Breath: A Gripping Psychological Thriller with a Killer Twist eBook : Jones, Russell: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 1d

I just bought a DVD. An actual DVD, like it's still 2005.

For some reason Open Range isn't available anywhere to stream, and I have a hankering for some Sunday afternoon Costner

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · Sep 6

Reader reviews

"Brilliant, just brilliant"
"You won't be able to put it down"
"An astounding first novel"
"The tension was almost unbearable."
"Brilliant from the first page"
"Superb"
"Fabulous"
"Unputdownable"
"A perfect book"

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Amazon)

www.amazon.co.uk/Babys-Breath...

Baby's Breath: A Gripping Psychological Thriller with a Killer Twist eBook : Jones, Russell: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Patius Fatius Felinus @patthefatcat1.bsky.social · 2d

On holiday Russ…just finished “End of an Error”
Just as good, just as scratching, just as funny & just as sad as the previous 2.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 2d

Tories: The End of an Error is available now, ideally from Byline Books, which is better for everybody

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Tories: The End of an Error – Byline Times Shop

Tories: The End of Error is the final – please God, let it be final – volume in the satirical trilogy that has catalogued every fib and fatuity of fourteen years of Tory rule. Russell Jones offers us ...

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 2d

"It was just a Freudian slip, Mrs Badenoch"

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 2d

Same. 260,000 followers, and I left without any regrets.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, the research. Writing fiction is a joy.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 2d

Treasure it, they're like hen's teeth

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 2d

I've got dozens of 1 star reviews from people I am absolutely certain never read a word - they attribute the books with content that doesn't exist. But I guess it's just an unavoidable consequence of writing about politics.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 2d

Google Drive is your backup friend. Except when you have an idea while at the supermarket, and open the manuscript to make a quick note, then pop your phone back in your pocket, where the movement of your thigh replaces the entire book with nsjdndjfbddjfidhsjxufn... and then saves it.

Twice.

a young boy is laughing with his mouth open in a striped shirt .

Alt: Screaming wildly

media.tenor.com

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 2d

At least this one has a happy ending, and it's Christmas soon

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Tories: The End of an Error – Byline Times Shop

Tories: The End of Error is the final – please God, let it be final – volume in the satirical trilogy that has catalogued every fib and fatuity of fourteen years of Tory rule. Russell Jones offers us ...

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 2d

But there's also that other book - the early draft with that LOVELY bit you really liked, which has a great joke and a beautifully poetic metaphor, but which you brutally killed with your editorial hat on, because it didn't work in context and messed with the pacing.

That book haunts me.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 2d

That's because I'm now writing fiction, instead of spending my days researching the Tories.

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