Category: Publishing
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‘Hostile City’: A Gripping New Crime Novel Coming Soon
Some exciting publishing news – the second Cal Jackson novel, ‘Hostile City’ will be published in January 2026! There’s still a bit of a wait, but work is well underway at my publisher The Book Guild Publishing, and the first online appearances are starting to crop up. ‘Hostile City’ is the second novel to feature…
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The FULL SUN Book Blog Tour
Over the next few days I’m trying something new: FULL SUN is going on mini Book Blog Tour! Organised through Random Things Tours, that means there will be a few reviews about the book and a guest article from book bloggers who have agreed to read the book. I’m looking forward to seeing what they…
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WHAT DEFINES SUCCESS FOR AUTHORS?
The publisher of my last three novels – The Barra Boy, All We Cannot Leave Behind and Full Sun – has refreshed and relaunched their website. As part of the process The Book Guild asked me to contribute an Author Case Study article, to go under the banner of ‘Author Success Stories’ – which I…
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BOOK SALES FIGURES
One of the questions I’m often asked is how many copies of my books I have sold – and there is often a lot of secrecy around revealing sales figures within the industry. After my royalty update for 2024 came through I’m celebrating The Barra Boy reaching over 2700 copies sold (ebook and paperback combined)…
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FULL SUN – OUT NOW
A busy couple of days at the end of November to celebrate the publication date of FULL SUN – a crime thriller set in and around Glasgow and Scotland. It’s the season of Christmas Fayre’s, so I had a stall at the kid’s school for one evening only, and on the day of FULL SUN’s…
Iain Kelly 