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800 People Disagreeing With Each Other

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Doug Johnstone

Just spotted that Gone Again has exactly 800 reviews over on Amazon. Thanks to everyone who took the time to write something, even the miserable bastards who hated it. Onwards!

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I heart Kobo

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

Yesterday Kobo announced their bestselling books of 2014, as well as its ‘most read’ books. Well, blow me down if little old Gone Again isn’t #2 in the bestseller chart (see below). No caveats or conditions, just their second bestselling book of … Continue reading →

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One hundred 5-star reviews vs ten 1-star reviews

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

This is not even a #humblebrag, just an ordinary brag – my sad and angry little book Gone Again has just had its 100th 5-star review over on Amazon. It’s also got ten 1-star reviews, if that’s more your thing. It … Continue reading →

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THE DEAD BEAT – fourth press round up

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

A handful of interesting press coverage since the last update: I tackle the Author Confessions over at the Scottish Book Trust, talking about booze, drugs and becoming a gravedigger. Here’s a big Q&A in The Big Issue in the North, where I talk … Continue reading →

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Cheap Books Alert!

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

Amazon are doing some crime writing promotion, and both the brand new THE DEAD BEAT and HIT & RUN are currently only 99p on kindle. Likewise, GONE AGAIN is still in some other promotion and is only 59p. So that’s my … Continue reading →

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A review of Gone Again in The Puffin Review

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

Following hot on the heels of my recent interview in The Puffin Review, they’ve got a cracking review of Gone Again up on their site now. ‘This was a refreshing change from the tired crime staples of tough cops and … Continue reading →

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An interview in The Puffin Review

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

I was interviewed a wee while ago in The Puffin Review about all sorts of stuff, from football to self-publishing, from music to muses. Click on the link to read the blether and swearwords.

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A review of GONE AGAIN over at Endless Falls Up

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

Every now and then a new review for one of the books pops up. Over at Endless Falls Up, Ray Garraty finds a lot to love in Gone Again, though to be fair he loves the first half of the … Continue reading →

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Thank you, Readers Digest International!

Posted on January 28, 2014 by Doug Johnstone

I’ll be honest, until recently I didn’t even realise that Readers Digest had international editions, but it does, loads of em! And several of them have bought condensed rights for Gone Again, meaning that abridged translations of the novel are … Continue reading →

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A handful of new reviews for Gone Again

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Doug Johnstone

The mass market paperback edition of Gone Again came out back in November, and it got a handful of very good reviews here and there. I’ve only just got round to getting them together, so here they are below. There … Continue reading →

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