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Sign of the times, I suppose. In another effort of shameless self-promotion, I have created a Tom Vater facebook page about my writing, which will run new and old stories, some of them culled from this blog, others from other online sources. If you are on facebook, join up and read interesting stuff about Asia [...]
I have opened an author page on Amazon (Author Central) which will keep Amazon surfers abreast of my activities.
Not all of my titles are currently featured there, but readers will find a page with info on publications and a new blog , as well as other news from my literary twilight zone.
You can now buy some of my book titles via a new Amazon feature on my website (www.tomvater.com).
There’s a new link to press, right at the top of the left sidebar, the so-called Amazon Store.
Unfortunately, not all my titles can be found there, but it’s a start.
I love libraries, bookshops, even a pile of books to look through will do. And I like hotels with a decent library. Most hotels I stay in, whether up-scale, flea-pit or somewhere in between, don’t have libraries.
A couple months ago, I was staying at the Z Hotel in Puri, Orissa, India, one of my favorite [...]