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marcus jamieson-pond
Sep 25, 20211 min read
Net Galley - your turn to review Hotel 1982
Net Galley is a site set up to allow people with an interest in literature to get their hands on the next big thing before it becomes...
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marcus jamieson-pond
Sep 20, 20211 min read
Serving Hotel1982 up on Net Galley
Pleased to say that Hotel1982 is now being helped' by Helen and her great team at LiterallyPR. Helen enjoyed it enough to want to get...
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marcus jamieson-pond
Sep 14, 20211 min read
Is the Jupiter Hotel real?
I've been asked the question, "Does the Jupiter Hotel really exist?" The answer is, yes it does, although I changed the name. It was...
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marcus jamieson-pond
Sep 8, 20211 min read
Hotel 1982 goes global
The recent Amazon Kindle promotion has seen the book reach people in Spain, India and Japan. I wonder what the last person made of the...
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marcus jamieson-pond
Sep 6, 20211 min read
Free copy from Kindle until Thursday.
To celebrate my time in isolation following a positive Covid-19 test result, the book is currently free to download on Kindle. (Just...
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marcus jamieson-pond
Aug 22, 20211 min read
Louder Than War - book review
Really excited to let people know that Hotel 1982 has been reviewed by Paul Stevens of the uber-cool on-line magazine Louder Than War....
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marcus jamieson-pond
Aug 18, 20211 min read
Spotify Playlists
Thanks to reader Millie for compiling two playlists based on the tunes and bands mentioned in the book! First one is the stuff from...
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marcus jamieson-pond
Aug 14, 20211 min read
Dartmouth Road revisited
One of our London based readers got in touch to say that they were stood outside the house where Richard and I had a bedsit and would I...
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marcus jamieson-pond
Aug 13, 20211 min read
Video star
This should make you laugh. I was asked by a mate who runs a PR biz if I have a video explaining the book. It is indeed a genius idea and...
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marcus jamieson-pond
Aug 7, 20211 min read
Richard
Obviously the central character in the book, apart from young me, is Richard. I've tried to sum up the essence of my old mucker and I can...
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marcus jamieson-pond
Aug 6, 20211 min read
Source material
When I set out to write Hotel 1982 all I had was a blank screen. Everything in it is based on memory of events, although I did have...
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marcus jamieson-pond
Aug 4, 20211 min read
Competition Time!
Your chance to win a copy of the soon to be best seller. Q: "According to NASA, how many moons does Jupiter have?" Go to the...
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marcus jamieson-pond
Aug 4, 20211 min read
Characters
I've been asked how many of the people in the book are actual people. The answer to that is that they all are. Except one and a bit. Even...
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marcus jamieson-pond
Aug 1, 20211 min read
That's Amazon!
Another day, another milestone. The book is now live on Amazon - so you can download it on Kindle if you like. Or even order a copy....
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marcus jamieson-pond
Jul 30, 20211 min read
Live live live
Eight boxes of books arrived today and they look GREAT! The ISBN number had been logged too, so the book can be found on databases. All...
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marcus jamieson-pond
Jul 27, 20211 min read
Launch date
Late night last night making sure that all the ducks are lined up. I know that I should really be doing a big bang for the book, but was...
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marcus jamieson-pond
Jul 26, 20211 min read
First Blog - Taking Care of Business
Hi. Today I spent time getting the www.hotel1982.com site up and running. As well as messing about with the manuscript to switch a couple...
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