tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9834323633188729512024-02-07T09:33:11.301+00:00Pike's QuestThe blog connected to the e-book, Pike's Quest, by K J Bennett. Pike's Quest is available as Kindle, Kobo, iBook, Nook and just about every e-book format.K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-29648270895734334342012-09-01T12:06:00.003+01:002012-09-01T12:07:34.594+01:00Your chance to win a freebie paperback!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pike is undergoing a makeover at the moment. My original cover was the subject of some derision, and when I held a printed copy in my hand I had to agree that it could be better. I changed it to the now familiar "Pike nose-to nose with Horse" version and went ahead and published the paperback version.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When my own sister read the book she said words to the effect of:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "I delayed reading it but when I did I really enjoyed it - that'll teach me to judge a book by its cover!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- it was time to take action. So I've changed it again. The print version is temporarily unavailable while the changes are made (should be back in a few days) and the Kindle/Smashwords versions are happily downloadable (although the Amazon site hasn't updated at the time of writing this). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now, the new cover reveal is here:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Only two weeks ago, <b><i>Pike </i></b>made his way to Rome to be examined by the wonderful <b><i><a href="http://pikesquest.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/perception.html" target="_blank">Sara Viti</a>. </i></b>Today he is in Wales in the hands (all four of 'em) of fabulous writing duo <b><i><a href="http://clraven.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">C L Raven</a>.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out <b><i>C L Raven</i></b>'s latest release Disenchanted on <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Disenchanted-ebook/dp/B008KRMNX2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1342184357&sr=8-2" target="_blank">Amazon</a> or <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/204425" target="_blank">Smashwords</a> - suitable for those aged 18+.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out <b><i>Pike's Quest </i></b>purchase links <a href="http://kjbennett.co.uk/" target="_blank">HERE</a></span><br />
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<br /></div>K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-71856271303891422622012-07-09T14:59:00.002+01:002012-07-09T15:03:39.830+01:00Well this is an honour<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Going from strength to strength, <b><i>Pike's Quest</i></b> has been selected as <a href="http://indiebookoftheday.com/pikes-quest-by-k-j-bennett/" target="_blank">Indie Book of the Day</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How much better can it get? Well, this is how much better - I get a nifty badge and a certificate, as well as a feature on the IBD website -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't forget, <b><i>Pike's Quest</i></b> is now available as a paperback as well as in e-book format. Purchasing links can be found <a href="http://kjbennett.co.uk/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My thanks to <a href="http://http//indiebookoftheday.com/" target="_blank">IBD</a> for selecting my book and making such nice comments about it on their website.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-14901350173892227302012-07-01T23:43:00.000+01:002012-07-02T14:38:25.521+01:00Perception<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me tell you about <b><i><a href="http://sarainbooklandblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/review-pikes-quest-guest-post-giveway.html" target="_blank">Sara Viti</a></i></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First of all, I don't know her, but we made contact via <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>. For those who don't know, Goodreads is a reading and writing community with more than nine-million members world wide. Any budding authors really ought to join - most of the early reviews for <b><i>Pike's Quest</i></b> emanated from the Goodreads community. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Up until now my reviewers have, in the main, been on the upper side of thirty-years old (in some cases I am generously underestimating, here!). Nothing wrong there ... I have broad appeal and I am on the <i>other side of fifty, </i>myself. However, when I was hawking <b><i>Pike</i></b> around literary agencies and publishers, they were advising me that the book was clearly in the Young Adult arena, so where were my younger readers? Well, that's where <b><i>Sara </i></b>came in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Sara Viti</i></b> is a book reviewer and blogger. I am a writer ... you can see where this is headed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Pike</i></b> is just coming out in paperback, having spent the last eight months in e-book format. I have a few publicity things up my sleeve, but I wanted someone in the supposed age group of the book's main audience to have look and give me an honest opinion. I e-mailed <b><i>Sara </i></b>and asked her if she would like to review <b><i>Pike Quest. </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I can send you a free e-book copy," I offered, realising that this was a cheap option.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I'd prefer it on paper," she replied, increasing my expenditure.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I cringed, but after seeing her website I really wanted <b><i>Sara </i></b>to review <b><i>Pike</i></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had one copy. It was my proof version with an awful cover and pencil marks all over the pages where I had hurriedly scrawlled some corrections. Actually, I hadn't even finished correcting it, but I had already ordered a new proof with a new cover. Reluctantly, and with a warning of "It's got pencil marks all over the place and the cover is rubbish" I wandered off to the post office and spent a considerable sum in postage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I need to point out at this juncture that I live in England. <b><i>Sara </i></b>lives in Italy - Rome - and my God, postage is expensive. AND, following a recent Achilles tendon reconstruction, I had to almost hop to the post office, as I am still using crutches. Suffer for my art, me?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, getting to the point at last, it was worth the effort. <b><i>Sara is, perhaps, the most perceptive reviewer to have read Pike's Quest.</i></b> This is highly apparent when you read what she thought of the book. She picked up on some (good) things that no other reviewer so far has. For instance:, a recent reviewer on Amazon gave me my first poor review. I'm not offended: most of what the reviewer said was fair comment. <b><i>Pike</i></b> isn't everyone's cup of tea and she is entitled to have an opinion (and she said my writing was good). However, that reviewer complained about a lack of character development. I didn't understand what was meant by that: my characters drive the story and they develop quite nicely, but not in an <i>'in your face, I'm going to write reams of innermost thoughts and bore you with my pain: woe is me!'</i> sort of way. <b><i>Sara picked up on this in her review</i></b>:</span><br />
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for the first time there was not a depth descriptions of the characters, of
their passions or feelings toward other people, but I felt like it was not
necessary. In other books there are often entire chapters dedicated to a
particular character or to the protagonist; in Pike's Quest this is not
present: the author succeeded in revealing the characters' features, only by
describing their behaviours during certain situations, the way they reacted in
front of difficulties. As for Pike, I can't remember a chapter in which he was
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Later in the review, <b><i>Sara </i></b>also got to the nub of what the book is really about: power, greed and corruption. She quotes from the book to reinforce her realisation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, not only does <b><i>Sara </i></b>live in Italy, she is Italian and English is a second language (maybe a third, but certainly not her first). She is one highly talented reviewer who, in addition to her book reading, blogging and reviewing, holds down two jobs. I may be wrong, but I think she may also still be studying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After reading <b><i>Pike</i></b>, <b><i>Sara </i></b>invited me to do a guest post on her blog. She also persuaded me to part with yet more money by way of offering a<b><i> FREE PAPERBACK </i></b>copy of <i style="font-weight: bold;">Pike's Quest</i> for a give-away on her site.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The review, guest post and give-away can be found here - <a href="http://sarainbooklandblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/review-pikes-quest-guest-post-giveway.html">http://sarainbooklandblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/review-pikes-quest-guest-post-giveway.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To my fellow writers who may be working in the YA arena, I urge you to consider <b><i>Sara Viti </i></b>as a top rate reviewer. Her enthusiasm for reading, the English language and hard work is humbling.</span><br />
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</div>K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-80973605445757555232012-06-22T15:16:00.003+01:002012-06-25T11:12:37.806+01:00The story so far ...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The new proof copy arrived on Tuesday, much to my delight. Pretty impressive stuff, I have to say. The print quality is great and it feels really good to hold a paper copy of <b><i>Pike's Quest</i></b> in my hands and to look at the cover art over which I have lost sleep.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ardent followers of Pike may have noticed that the cover has recently gone through a series of iterations - from the orange-coloured silhouette, through to the clean-cut Pike in yellow tunic, going head-to head with a brown horse. Then Pike's hair grew, and Horse remained brown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started to read the proof and realised that it was not the fully corrected version. Dammit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I formatted the paper copy it turns out I did so with the last but one script of the Kindle versions, which contains around about 6 errors/typos. I can't remember what they are. I only knew of this when in the first chapter, Moorlock the Warlock says, "Look at your mouth ..." The proof copy still contained this - "Look at your youth ...", which is slightly confusing, to say the least.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have found two more of the errors, and the hunt is on for the final ones. I have to say, it's easier to read the book and check for them than it is to reformat the corrected Kindle copy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, the cover art has had another make-over. In the book, Horse is a piebald stallion. My cover image showed him to be plain brown, and probably not big enough (in fact, the promo video that I have in the back ground, waiting for the paperback release, still will show a brown horse so it doesn't distract from the overlaying text [EDIT: or maybe I'll change it!]). Also, because of the bright yellow tunic on the right, from a distance you can't see that there actually is a horse in the picture: it was tonally imbalanced. I have also had to lighten the image for the print version, as for some reason, the CreateSpace cover print comes out several shades darker than what I see on my screen and what I see when I print it on high quality photo paper at home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So now I can reveal this - positively the last version of the cover (for the time being)!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pike, with long hair, a piebald stallion and a sparrow.<br />Don't make me re-do it again.</span></b></td></tr>
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<br />K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-58088854907871089252012-06-17T12:24:00.003+01:002012-06-20T19:42:50.455+01:00Coming soon ...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">... (but exactly when is yet to be finalised) - "Pike's Quest (the not quite a movie) video"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have spent some considerable time putting together a promotional video for the launch of the paperback edition. Thanks to some useful advice from friends at <a href="http://www.vwc.org.uk/" target="_blank">Verulam Writers' Circle</a> I think I have got it as good as it's going to get. However, I am awaiting the 'final' proof copy of Pike (should be with me by 22 - 23rd June, and then I can approve the print and away we go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An update will follow as to when the paper version is released, and then the video will be premiered!!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the meantime, here are some screen shots to garner your interest -</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've just reviewed the proof version and it's pretty damned good. However, my cover art was sadly lacking in clarity and I need to change it. Here is the great reveal of the new cover image -</span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've just uploaded the new Kindle cover, and will be making my amendments to the print file tonight and tomorrow. Then, in maybe five weeks or so .... A BOOK!</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now I need to chase around the web and replace old cover images with the new.</span><br /></div>K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-64862237247292003172012-04-29T15:02:00.000+01:002012-04-29T15:02:14.933+01:00Cover art - Pike's ReQuest<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out the proposed cover art for the sequel to<i><b> Pike's Quest</b> -</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With any luck, it should be in publication by the winter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I designed the cover last week to encourage me to write the rest of the book while I'm incapacitated. I've just had an operation to reshape and reconstruct my left Achilles tendon in order rectify a chronic rupture, (misdiagnosed by the NHS for 12 years), and shall be sitting around on my backside for quite some time over the next few weeks. I am also going to be working on the re-write of <i style="font-weight: bold;">Rathbone Kydd</i>, a novel I wrote several years ago and which I think has great potential. It is a a thriller, with quantum stuff, and a more 'adult read' (as in, not a family friendly one such as Pike), containing drugs, sexual references and some violence; also, it has lots of comedy and action. If it were to be classified by the film censors, they'd probably rate it as a 15 certificate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Catch a sneak-peak of the <b><i>Rathbone Kydd</i></b> cover art <a href="http://kj-bennett.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/cover-art-rathbone-kydd.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span>K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-37091817268753505212012-04-29T14:33:00.000+01:002012-04-29T14:33:27.242+01:00<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">"If you like your fantasy funny, or fancy a satisfying pick-me-up of a read, snap up a copy of Pike's Quest" 5* review. </span><a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-expanded-url="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3T9AOBXU7HQ68/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B005SJKX5K&nodeID=&tag=&linkCode=" href="http://t.co/rmsCCexs" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #2fc2ef; font: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3T9AOBXU7HQ68/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B005SJKX5K&nodeID=&tag=&linkCode=">http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R3T9AOBXU7HQ68/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B005SJKX5K&nodeID=&tag=&linkCode=</a> My thanks to ms Sandra Norval for this glowing review</span>K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-22435935989019446472012-04-14T21:53:00.002+01:002012-04-14T21:53:49.960+01:00Pike's InterviewHow remiss of me: I forgot to post this link to <a href="http://asidefromwriting.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/interview-with-pike-from-pikes-quest/" target="_blank">Pike's interview</a> -<br />
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<br />K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-63804034272898778522012-03-04T20:30:00.002+00:002012-03-04T20:30:43.728+00:00Pike steps off the page<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oddly, some book characters just take on a life of their own. Take Pike, for example: one minute he's in the age of the New Dawn, having a helluva time battling the forces of evil, trying to win the heart of a fair maiden, and save the world, the next he's ripped out of his comfort zone, dragged all the way back to the 21st century, and interviewed on a friendly website!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll post the link on 8 March, once it's on the site, but in the meantime, why not familiarise yourself with <a href="http://asidefromwriting.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Aside From Writing</a>?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-44240637163824001342012-02-25T10:33:00.000+00:002012-02-25T10:33:45.227+00:00K J Bennett's Blog: The final hours<a href="http://kj-bennett.blogspot.com/2012/02/final-hours.html?spref=bl">K J Bennett's Blog: The final hours</a>: This week I placed Pike's Quest on the FREE list at Amazon (UK, US, DE, FR, ES, IT) for a five day period: it is now inside it's last 24 h...K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-35126325708193390142012-02-20T11:39:00.000+00:002012-02-20T19:35:46.383+00:00Pike's Quest for free!!!<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>Pike’s Quest</i></b> has received several 5-star
reviews on Amazon <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B005SJKX5K/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1" target="_blank">UK</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B005SJKX5K/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1" target="_blank">US</a> and on <a href="http://www.kjbennett.co.uk/#Praise" target="_blank">Goodreads</a>: this is your chance to get it for
free. Why am I doing this? To get readers: I am writing the sequel and would
love to have more readers for the first book before I release it. I have a zero
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spread the word. Tell your friends, tell your enemies. Grab it now (well, when it starts, at least).</span></span></div>K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-17232286302014468072012-02-16T07:35:00.000+00:002012-02-16T07:35:33.178+00:00Fantasy with a sharp wit! Review by L K Jay<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many thanks to fellow writer <a href="http://lkjaywriter.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">L K Jay</a> for a fabulous, 5 Star review of Pike's Quest, which can be read <a href="http://lkjaywriter.blogspot.com/p/book-reviews.html" target="_blank">here</a>, or <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B005SJKX5K/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Isn't it about time YOU read it, too?</span>K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-59451205878534199302012-02-04T09:04:00.000+00:002012-02-04T09:05:37.878+00:00K J's Shorts for free!Here it is: FREE for 48 hours -"<b><i>K J's Shorts - a short selection of short stories</i></b>" - a Kindle e-book.<br />
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On <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Js-Shorts-selection-stories-ebook/dp/B0072VVXY2/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1327790094&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Amazon UK</a> or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Js-Shorts-selection-stories-ebook/dp/B0072VVXY2/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1327790094&sr=1-1" target="_blank">Amazon US</a><br />
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Enjoy ...K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-14092954639464609762012-01-30T21:58:00.000+00:002012-01-30T21:58:45.906+00:00And the praise just keeps on coming!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<i>K.J Bennett is a masterful writer ... Pike's Quest will enchant you, amuse you and, with graphic detail, make you grimace. </i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>This is all in good fun ...</i></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" Well, I can't argue with that, <a href="http://www.verajanecook.com/" target="_blank">Vera Jane Cook</a>. Thank you very much!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #351c75; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<i>A journey through wonders that keep the reader enthralled from cover to cover, all served up with a humour-rich narrative that made me laugh out loud at times. The only downside was finishing the book</i>."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #351c75; color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to all those who have read, reviewed, supported and contacted me re <b>Pike's Quest</b>.</span>K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-61231112242614679562012-01-05T19:31:00.000+00:002012-01-05T19:31:06.174+00:00More Pike praise!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yet another 5 STAR review has appeared on <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B005SJKX5K/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1" target="_blank">Amazon</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>QUOTE:</b> <i>I have thoroughly enjoyed Pike's Quest ... I am sure would be relished by all due to the pace of the action and the descriptive but not ponderous illustration of the scenes, the characters and the action. Some lovely twists,a bit of "magick" and a book that really should be read by many</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe I have a couple of Five Star ratings in the iBook store. They show-up in the iBook app on my daughter's iPod, but there is no sign of them if I look on the web page or via my iTunes application on my laptop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All in all, people seem to approve of <b>Pike's Quest</b> - just as well: I'm writing the sequel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, more sales, please!</span><br />K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-19299958961576704922011-12-28T20:57:00.001+00:002011-12-28T21:01:50.744+00:00Millions of e-readers sold in 2011<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">“<b>Awesome new author!</b> I loved this book! ... a quirky cast of characters that I can just describe as hilarious! ... I seriously blame Mr. Bennett for how tired I am today because I stayed up half the night finishing Pike's Quest!” Reviewer <b>jwitt33 5 STARS</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>" ... I am so glad I took a chance on this book and this indie author because this book was terrific!! ... I seriously blame Mr. Bennett for how tired I am today because I stayed up half the night finishing Pike's Quest!"</i></span><br />
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</span></span>K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-48399220727690565352011-12-22T17:20:00.000+00:002011-12-22T17:21:50.904+00:00Anyone getting an e-reader for Christmas?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or an iPod or iPad? Try out <i style="font-weight: bold;">Pike's Quest </i>at a silly low price, Get it from Amazon, WHSmith, iTunes, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Diesel and Smashwords. The worst that can happen is that you spend less than £1, $1 or €1 and don't enjoy it too much. At best you'll love it and write reviews, tell your friends and spread the word on the internet. Not convinced? <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B005SJKX5K/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1" target="_blank">See what others have said so far</a>. The links below will take you to the vendor of your choice.</span><br />
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</span>K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-44656811809200263002011-12-17T20:26:00.000+00:002011-12-17T20:27:02.646+00:00Latest Amazon UK review<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"What started out as too silly became deliciously silly entertainment that I had to keep on reading. Pike is an excellent hero..."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>K J Bennetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00950583635695002771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-983432363318872951.post-39929782212868739702011-12-08T12:16:00.001+00:002011-12-08T12:24:17.319+00:00Cheaper and less fattening than a choccy bar and with a second FIVE STAR review!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now THIS is high praise:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B005SJKX5K/ref=pr_all_summary_cm_cr_acr_img?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1" target="_blank">The author's style bridges the gap between teenage and adult genres in a Harry Potter style ..</a>."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read the full review, go on, then be tempted, and part with your 86 pence of 99 cents and buy a copy. It's not a lot of money to risk for your enjoyment, is it?.</span><br />
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