Bookshops and Libraries
Posted by charles in Cities, Education on 01. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
When did you last go to your local library? When did you last go to a bookshop? I like both places because I like books. But, it is a long time since I went to my community library. Also, I am not visiting bookshops as often as I did. The reason is that I have [...]
New Books? – Click, Press, Play
Posted by charles in Education, People, Self Development on 18. Feb, 2012 | 0 Comments
Until recently, it was easy to define a book. It was something that you could read in a printed form and bound by two covers. We are about to see many new forms of the book. But, it is bad news for booksellers in the high street and shopping centres, as most book shops will [...]
What I Do and Why
Posted by charles in Careers, Life Stories, People, Places, Self Development on 24. Dec, 2011 | 0 Comments
People often ask me what I do for a living? The answer is that I search for amazing people and write up each of their life stories in about 1000 words. Each story fits into an audio recording of about 8 to 10 minutes. These are published by The [...]
Amazing Illustrations
Posted by charles in Life Stories, Self Development on 03. Oct, 2011 | 0 Comments
During the last week, our team has completed another five books in the Amazing People Club Series. Everyone has done an excellent job. All of the books have hand drawn portraits on the people featured. They have been drawn by Emily Hamilton. We met over three years ago when she was on a working holiday. [...]
How To Find More Amazing People
Posted by charles in Careers, Cities, People on 22. Sep, 2011 | 0 Comments
Amazing Aviators, Amazing Engineers, Amazing Musicians, Amazing Olympians and Amazing People of England. Today, I completed this collection of books for the Amazing People Publication Series. They will distributed by Hachette Book Group and Ebsco from December 2011 onwards. Thanks to our amazing team of people, especially Lisa Moffatt, our Chief Editor, we have provided a range of [...]
Will Books Survive?
Posted by charles in People, Self Development on 30. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
Two points of note - I went to the Apple Store near where I live to enquire about buying the new iPad. ‘No chance,’ said the sales person with a smile. ‘We sold out of all our stock in just 15 minutes.’ A couple of days before, I was told that Borders, the major bookseller, was [...]
