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HISTORICAL FICTIONISTAS GOODREADS GROUP GIVEAWAY

Firstly, I am so excited Spirit of Lost Angels will be featured as the Author group read for June, and I’m really looking forward to discussing the book with you.

For members of the Goodreads Historical Fictionistas group, I am hosting a giveaway before the group read begins.

The giveaway will start on May 1^st and end on May 10^th, to give the paperback copy time to arrive from France.

One paperback copy will be available for international readers and two e-copies in whatever format is desired.

Please send me a message on Goodreads to enter and I will make up an anonymous draw.

An excerpt of the book can be found here.

If you would like to listen to a Podcast of Spirit of Lost Angels.

Reviews of Spirit of Lost Angels.

Many thanks to all those members who choose to participate.

Online Advertisers Getting Hosed

Here at Ad Contrarian Worldwide Headquarters, one of our axioms is that there is no bigger sucker than a gullible marketer convinced he's missing a trend.

We're starting to think that the same can be said of the entire advertising industry.

Our industry has been desperately trying to convince itself that the web is a fabulous advertising medium. We share each others' anecdotes about the

New Triskle Books covers

Stunning covers from the talented JD Smith for the four new Triskele Books launch on June 1st. Gorgeous!

Spirit of Lost Angels Giveaway

Many thanks to Leah, of Uncorked Thoughts, for her lovely review of Spirit of Lost Angels. Enter Leah's giveaway, running for the next fortnight, to be in the running for a signed paperback or two e-copies of the novel.

Being Right And Hating It

Over three years ago, on December 28, 2009, I published the following post:

How About the "Terrorist Differentness Ecosystem Dashboard?"

Regular readers know I like to divide the people of the ad world into two species: simplifiers and complicators.
This also applies to the non-advertising world.

I evaluate the potential efficacy of social and political activities by
whether they are

Fake Is The New Real.

Apparently, the market for fake Twitter followers is exploding.

According to The New York Times...

"There are now more than two dozen services that sell fake Twitter
accounts... there are now as many as 20 million fake follower
accounts."
Being the Luddite that I am, I am way behind the curve in attracting my fair share of fake followers. As far as I know, I don't have any. I mean, unless

Who's Missing The Big Picture?

A very typical -- and typically muddle-headed -- piece called John Hegarty's Missing the Big Picture By Saying TV Ads Stink appeared last week in Ad Age. It was written by the ceo of a “video content marketing agency.”

The article lamely tries to take on John Hegarty, founder of BBH. Hegarty recently contrasted tv advertising with the resurgent excellence of some tv programming and found it