Monthly Archives: October 2011

Pegasus Pulp e-books now available at Amazon France

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Cora

All Pegasus Pulp e-books are now available at Amazon’s brand-new French Kindle store. This means that French readers can now purchase Pegasus Pulp e-books or indeed any other e-book without having to deal with the two US-dollar Amazon surcharge. Here … Continue reading →

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Awards Mudwrestling

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Cora

There have been plenty of tributes to Steve Jobs today, but I particularly like this article by Juan Cole about the multicultural background of Steve Jobs. Lots of stuff I didn’t know, but then I never extensively followed his life. … Continue reading →

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Tired

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Cora

Even though Monday was a public holiday and my school is celebrating its anniversary with a project week and no afternoon classes all week long, this week has turned out to be more stressful than I would have thought, probably … Continue reading →

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Junkyard and “quality” TV, the irrational fear of repeated words, unfortunately named romance heroes and some awards neepery

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Cora

First of all, I have a new favourite search string, namely “german tv show of trailer park trash people”. I suspect that whoever googled that was looking for the German reality TV show Die Ludolfs – Vier Brüder auf’m Schrottplatz … Continue reading →

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Celebrating German Unity Day with a new release: Flying Bombs

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Cora

I used the long holiday weekend to get a new e-book ready for release. Though it features a familiar face or rather mask, for my retro-pulp hero, the Silencer, is back. Hardworking pulp writer by day and steel-masked vigilante by … Continue reading →

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Day of German Unity Linkdump

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Cora

October 3 is the Day of German Unity, which commemorates the German reunification on October 3, 1990. This year’s celebrations seem strangely subdued. Sure, there is the official celebration in the former capital of Bonn and there are the requisite … Continue reading →

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September e-book sales figures and some writing links

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Cora

September is over, so it’s time for the monthly e-book sales figures. This month I sold 14 e-books across all titles and platforms. That’s up from 9 in August. For a more detailed analysis please visit the Pegasus Pulp site. … Continue reading →

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Historical Photos of the Graf Zeppelin

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Cora

Some time ago, I mentioned to my Dad that I was looking for public domain pictures of airships for the cover of an upcoming Pegasus Pulp e-book. And my Dad casually mentioned that we have original photos of the LZ-127 … Continue reading →

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