Thanks for the invite. When I get my book deal I'll let you know. By the way, my series takes place in a small Ontario town, based on the town of Fergus which is very Scottish in origin and still has a bit of a Scottish flavour. And to carry that theme further, one of the victims is poisoned during a scotch nosing!

Hi Robin,
Thanks for befriending this US mystery author on Crimespace!

I'll be looking on your site soon, please check out mine: SouthernCityMysteries and www.MicheleEmrath.com

Thank you for the add, Robin. I love the title of your book.

Thanks, Robin. Will check out your site.

Check out New England's hottest new crime anthology. Just came out this weekend. It's called Quarry and one of my short stories is featured. It debuted at Crimebake, New England's largest crime/mystery conference.

Thanks, Robin. The Dream House Visions And Nightmares solves a thirty-year-old murder, which was thought to be natural causes.

Hello Robin. I'm glad to have your invitation. I admire you for working as a book dealer. The world needs more people with your passion. I'll keep you updated on the present book, and in the meantime, when you have nothing else to do, see if you have a copy of the most recent UK edition of my true crime book (UK title Unsolved Crimes) from Robinson (2002).

Robin,
So sorry to hear you broke your leg. I hope you have a speedy recovery.
Vicki

got to love a book dealer. But the photo next to your profile begs the question: when are you going to do something about that mustache? Oh, you have a broken leg ... too bad, so sad. And don't over look the fact that my first crime novel is scheduled for publishing on 28 February. That alone should take some of the itch out of your cast.
Bill

Hi, Robin. Thanks for friending me. Love your profile pic and am a great fan of Scotland. A half Scotish friend of mine (the other half English) always talked up his Scotish father when he was traveling, since he claimed the "Scots have the best reputation in all the world - nobody abroad hates a Scot." Good to see a book dealer on Crime Space, too. My first novel (a historic spy thriller set in Eastern Europe) went out to publishers recently, so cross your fingers for me.
V

You're a lucky man. I'll get one in the mail as soon as it's sold (cross your fingers for me). As the American 1970's rock singer Tom Petty sang, "The waiting is the hardest part."

Hi Robin:
Thanks for the friend request.
Being brand new, I'm not quite sure how the place works. It'll likely take me a week or so to figure it out. Nice to have a "friend" that I can ask for help. :-)

Melissa

Is that really you in your profile pic?

iAM PLEASEDTO HELP YOU SELL YOUR BOOKS SO KEEP IN TOUCH

Hi Robin, thanks for the request, I accept with pleasure. Any helpful insights or just chats are very welcome, my Grandparents on Dad's side were from Edinburgh, one day I will stand on the Castle walls...

Eileen Schuh said… Ah, ha! So...you have a beautiful girlfriend, and I still don't have any transvestite friends... That's okay. I can live with that...

Reminding friends that I give you 25% on books ordered visit www.mingbooks.co.uk We accept payment by Paypal m,ention crime space.Thanking you.

Authors should keep us ionformed about there books

Robin Richmond: I just discovered the note you wrote a couple days ago ... I don't check things very often. A bad habit, I admit, but the only one I have. Boy, reading my earlier comment about your mustache and broken leg, I can't believe I wrote that! Doesn't sound like me at all, at all.
Okay, so now, tell me what you want? A proof of my book, which I received the author's copies last week but apparently it isn't available on Amazon.com yet. The local library bought a number of copies for their shelves and they have yet to arrive so......
Let me know exactly what you want ... I'm only a poor Yank and the term "a proof of my book" isn't clear. By the way, the girl friend's photo makes me wonder if I might have missed something by migrating to Australia instead of the UK. And how did Wigtown get it's name? And can you respond via bill541@westnet.com.au?

Hi Robin,

I would like to know more about you. Send more information.

Loretta

Hi, Robin. I hope you haven't been waiting long for a response to your friend request. To tell the truth, I haven't been here in ages, as I spend too much time on Facebook already. Do come and be my friend there!

My Daisy Dalrymple mysteries are now being published in the UK by Constable and Robinson, as you are very likely aware. I'm hoping to be at the Bristol Crime Fest next year.

Hope to see you on FB.
Carola

Thank you Robin. The details of my book are right here on Crime Space.

My book, No Evidence of a Crime should be out in late July. My book is set in Washington, D.C. but I know Illinois was invloved in a Scotland investigation of a police officer leaving prints at the scene. Sound familar?

Thanks, Robin. Nice meeting you here. And I appreciate the vote of confidence!

Jenny

Not published yet, Robin. I spent too long with an agent that ended up being a bad fit, so my first manuscript stayed out of circulation for a time while I completed manuscript #2. I just received an offer from a small POD publisher, but I'm holding off to get a better feel for the small press world before accepting.

Yes, Robin. You told me. I have a picture of her with on my desk. She was a special lady.
Best,
Deen

My heritage is Scot and English - as is that of my protagonist, Susan Edmonds, who has a law enforcement career in California. And I've love to have the honor of traveling to Scotland to promote and conduct book signings should the day come. Stay in touch.

Hi Robin. Thanks for the friend request. You can contact my publisher, Ken Lewis at Krill Press. The site is www.krillpress.com, or you can email him at editor@krillpress.com.

Thanks again.

I share your concerns regarding POD, Robin, particularly with regard to the way it leaves bookstores out of the equation. That being said, it's hard to ignore the reality that--in today's publishing world--POD has all but taken the place of what had been the traditional small presses. In short, there are just so few places for an unknown newcomer to go.

Do you know of any traditional small presses that accept over the transom queries and are supportive of unpublished authors? Because I'm all ears.....

Thanks for the friend invite, Robin!

Hi Robin,

Thanks for reaching out. I've been with the big pubs before and I know that being in stores doesn't necessarily bring in sales. It might be different in independent stores, but being in the big chain stores, no. If your pub isn't promoting your books to a certain level, then your book is just on the shelves, hidden. It's only effective if your books are on the main tables getting showcased where many see them.

I've been in this business a long time and been with one of the biggest pubs in the world. My books are all over the country in stores and in libraries and overseas. I got most of my sales from online believe me. Also, it depends on what kind of books you write. Even though I write mainstream crime fiction, because I am a black author, my books were most times segregated in the AA section even if there weren't but a few or no black characters in any of my books.

Times have changed believe me. You don't have to be in bookstores to sell books. Ebooks are rising and most people buy their books online. .

Also, the genre I write includes Interracial Romance. The main readers of this market are ebook readers and people who order their books. I understand your point but I'm not a blind newbie just starting out. I'm a veteran author. Iknow how to sale, I have a fanbase, I know how the industry works and I know the steps authors gotta take. There are also different things that work for different people.

Minority authors don't get the same type of push as others. That's just the truth. Most books from minority authors aren't even ordered to be in stores and if it is, only a few. So the big chains did nothing for me. I can vouch that a small percentage probably bought my books out the stores and I still sold well.

You can check out my site and read about me. I've done a lot in the industry and only plan to do more. I just get the feeling you didn't realize I wasn't a newbie when you left your comment.

Best Wishes!

http://www.stacy-deanne.net

thanks for adding me, I appreciate it.

Hi Robin,

About ten years ago I was in Wigtown a few times for book festivals and other personal visits that generated at least one travel story in the Herald. I visited Ming Books and met with its owner (in a lovely old free-standing house in a tree-shaded garden between Wigtown and the next village, the one with the whisky distillery). Was that you, or have you taken on Ming Books since then?

I have since had my first crime novel published, Yin Yang Tattoo by Sandstone Books. It is the first in the series, all to be set in parts of the Far East familiar to me from my years wandering the region as a photojournalist.

Best wishes,

Ron McMillan
www.ronmcmillan.com

That should, of course, have read 'Sandstone Press'. (www.sandstonepress.com)

rm

Thanks for the Friend Request. What great work, a bookdealer! Sounds like you have the best of two worlds.

Hi Robin
thanks for the request. Sounds like you've got the perfect job.
I'm not usually so forward, but this week the Flash Fiction Offensive have put one of my short stories on their site http://theflashfictionoffensive.blogspot.com it's only 600 words long, I wondered if you fancied taking a look?
Charlie

Hi Robin,
Thanks for the request and enjoy the site. I hope you enjoy it as much as I am.
I look forward to hearing from you around the area.
S~

Good morning, Robin. Thanks for accenpting me hand in friendship...

meand...MY hand...

Hi Robin,

I'm sorry to hear of your wife's passing, but delighted to hear that you remain in the book business. I recall you used to specialise in crime fiction, and wonder if you stock any new titles?

My crime debut, Yin Yang Tattoo, is published by Sandstone Press. I am encountering the usual difficulties in seeing the book placed in real bricks-and-mortar bookstores, never mind that it has received decent reviews in the UK and in Korea, where it is set. If you do stock new books, I would love to put you in touch with Sandstone. Please feel free to contact me at my email address: ronmcmillan@gmail.com


ron

Dear Robin,
Nice to meet you in print.
If you have any anecdotes from people about encounters with officials involving Personal Electronic Devices, I collect these.
Hope to read more from you soon.
- Sam Peds
Back to work.

Hi Robin would'nt it be nice if you sold some of my titles?

Hi Robin!

 

Nice to meet you - thank you for contacting me! Yes, I have heard of Ming Books. Your website looks impressive! :-) Perhaps one day you will be selling ours! :-)

Thanks for the request!

Regards,

Andy

Thanks for the friends request Robin. Always good to hear from someone in Scotland.

 

Best Wishes

Jennifer

Hi Robin, Fabulous to connect with you. Good luck with your book dealing/ distribution job :))

I'm an Australian multi-genre writer with my crime novel, SAYONARA, being considered by a Publisher now.

Its based ona true story . Our Japanese ex-change student disappeared.

Thanks Robin, for the offer. After I have a contract I would like to send the proof, if thats OK ... Karen  :))

Thanks for the friend request Robin - can't wait to check out your website!

Thanks for friending me, Robin!

Donna

Hi, Robin. Thanks a million for the information. I'd love for the book to be on your site. I will be in touch once the book comes out later this month. 

 

Don

Robin- will most certainly visit Mingbooks online!  All the best - Victoria Dougherty