My next project

Sales of A Spanking Good Life seem to be coming along nicely, with rather more people purchasing the Kindle version than the paperback. That surprised me, but I suppose that it is logical since an awful lot of readers will not want to have my book on their shelves. The advantage of an e-reader is that the reader can perv in private. . .

This being so, why not self-publish my next epic just as an electronic download, I thought? My actual publisher has given me no help at all in publicising the existing book, so the sales that have been made have come from my efforts, and surely I could repeat the process with the next epic? Preparing a manuscript as a Kindle ready file looks simple enough so I spent a happy few hours last night planning my next offering. And then I read the bad news.

The American government grabs thirty percent of all royalty payments unless the writer jumps through an incredibly complicated series of hoops to show that he is a non-resident of the USA. Basically I would have to get a letter from Amazon which I then send to the American version of the exchequer along with a form that I have filled in. They then send me a number which I put on another fucking form and when I get a letter back from them I pass it along to Amazon and can get my payments in full. Needless to say, all the documentation that I must submit to prove that I do not live in that country has to be notarised at my expense.

I shall have to do it, but it leaves a nasty taste in the mouth.