tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14711143.post9196041704886579375..comments2024-02-15T23:33:28.794-09:00Comments on Counting Heads: What I've Been Working On: Part 1David Marusekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01323940829182539355noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14711143.post-15231243290721311112011-06-20T09:36:00.201-08:002011-06-20T09:36:00.201-08:00@michel v
Perhaps you can help me with a problem I...@michel v<br />Perhaps you can help me with a problem I have with Fnac. They have the translation of my second novel, Un Paradis d'enfer, listed under the author name Maruzek. I have tried writing them to correct the misspelling with no success. Of course, I don't speak French and have a hard time navigating their customer service. Do you suppose you could alert them to the error and ask them to fix?<br /><br />all best,<br />DavidDavid Marusekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01323940829182539355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14711143.post-53878906141237934532011-06-19T09:36:45.810-08:002011-06-19T09:36:45.810-08:00Hi, sorry I didn't see the reply until now.
I...Hi, sorry I didn't see the reply until now.<br /><br />I live in France, and your books are available on the Kindle store (only in English).<br />They are not available for iBooks or FnacBook (big French retailer's e-reader).<br /><br />Have a nice sunday.michel vhttp://intraordinaire.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14711143.post-62630694777398887812011-05-26T13:43:25.926-08:002011-05-26T13:43:25.926-08:00I was genuinely dismayed to hear about your illnes...I was genuinely dismayed to hear about your illness - what an ordeal! Glad you're recovering.<br /><br />Re: your riff on nonbelief - I recently read "The Belief Instinct" and it clarified issues I've been thinking about for several decades (I, too, am quite deaf to heavenly choirs and belief puzzles me). You might like it.AJ Warnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14711143.post-45594530065758914532011-05-24T08:44:25.050-08:002011-05-24T08:44:25.050-08:00Michel--
For my self-published ebooks, I will alw...Michel--<br /><br />For my self-published ebooks, I will always reject DRM and will enable lending. But tell me, in what country do you live, and are my three ebooks published by major publishers--Counting Heads, Mind Over Ship, and Getting to Know You--locked out of your region?David Marusekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01323940829182539355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14711143.post-40677220598021898732011-05-21T04:37:05.966-08:002011-05-21T04:37:05.966-08:00Hello,
I am glad that you recovered, and wish you...Hello,<br /><br />I am glad that you recovered, and wish you not to suffer through this again. <br /><br />A little less glad to see the Counting Heads on a hiatus, but then if it does not inspire you it must be better than writing an uninspired sequel just for the hell of it.<br /><br />On your previous post I was about to launch into a big time rant about e-readers and publishing exclusively there, but this morning I was pleasantly surprised to be able to purchase your latest piece on the Kindle store.<br /><br />As a European though, I do hope your publishing company will not lock your next full length novel to the northern american market, as happens with other writers all too often.<br /><br />Can you believe that to purchase some books as iBooks or Kindle files, I had to pay friends in the US so that they would download the books for me and strip DRM off of them? (Mostly this happens when a local company buys the rights to releasing the translation and then sits on them.)<br /><br />So in the end, I wish you to eventually settle the score against failed literary pieces, and to release more quality material, but material that can be enjoyed by readers regardless of their location. :)<br /><br />Regards,<br />Michelmichel vhttp://intraordinaire.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14711143.post-20824941408941142862011-05-20T21:10:31.324-08:002011-05-20T21:10:31.324-08:00Welp, apparently Xians hit up your page quite ofte...Welp, apparently Xians hit up your page quite often. I'm a Xian, but ardently oppose fox news and palin. I suppose this is paradoxical to some, but they just chose to ignore the old testament. Oh well. I so love your way with words, and your writing acumen. I need help with that type of finess. Maybe I'll email you about it..<br /><br />Your niece, <br /><br />MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14711143.post-57722151164467348772011-05-20T14:30:05.552-08:002011-05-20T14:30:05.552-08:00I am not alienated even though I am a Christian an...I am not alienated even though I am a Christian and an admirer of Palin's vision of America. I guess I am idealist in the sense that I believe that in the United States, our constitution gives us freedom of speech and a freedom of religion. I don't need to criticize or demean anyone whose political beliefs or religiosity is different than mine. I just think to myself "He's different than me. So what?" Freedom is wonderful.<br />I bought your Talking Heads when it was first published. Unfortunately between back and forth to Brazil, being a newlywed, buying a house, studying with my wife for US citizenship etc I didn't have much time and it got packed away for one of my moves and disappeared. It was recently discovered (in the last month) when we were simplifying our lives by getting rid of stuff we didn't use or need anymore and opened the box with your book in it. I want to read it. Now my problem is I got a Kindle for Christmas and after a brief adjustment time I became hooked on digital readers. It was a surprise that this happened because I loved the feel of books, the smell of books, the utility of books not only for reading but also for esoteric chores like holding a door open or pressing leaves. Anyway, I haven't gotten to it yet but I have the desire to read your prose so I know your words and ideas will find their way into my cerebrum eventually. <br />I did download She Was Good from Amazon and I enjoyed it immensely. I kept thinking to myself, "Wow that's my little cousin that wrote this short story and it's good!"<br />I am tickled that I have a famous cousin.<br />Love you cuz.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com