Deborah Cooke: Author

Author: Deborah Cooke

  • The Algorithm

    Last week on Wild West Thursday, we talked about the changes in the way we buy books, comparing the act of visiting a bricks-and-mortar bookstore to buy a printed book with that of shopping online for a digital (or print) book. I talked a bit about bestseller lists at online bookstores, and mentioned that their…

  • Recent Movies

    We’ve watched some interesting movies lately, so I thought I’d share as much with you. Maybe you haven’t seen these ones. Byron – this was a lovely period piece by the BBC. I think it was made originally for television as it is in two episodes. As always with the BBC, the period details are…

  • Companion Volumes

    One of the interesting things that fiction authors sometimes do is create a companion volume or a guide to their fictional world. I think these are really cool, but know that it is very difficult to get a traditional publisher interested in publishing one. I’ve just bought one, based on the mystery series by Donna…

  • THE BEAUTY BRIDE Promotion

    Once again, I’m on a quest to make THE BEAUTY BRIDE free for readers. As this is the first book in my Jewels of Kinfairlie series, offering it as a free sample seems to work quite well. This time, it will stay free for a while, maybe for good. As of right now, it is…

  • Buying Books – Then & Now

    Once upon a time, we bought printed books in bricks-and-mortar bookstores. We went to the store, maybe with a particular title in mind, found the book and bought it. If you’re at all like me, a trip to the bookstore also meant buying other books, maybe books that weren’t on the shopping list. This sounds…