I still have not managed to get back to serious work on our main bookselling site, but today I have added book pages to two of our other specialist sites.

Lake District

Firstly, I’ve added a books module to our Lake District site, including links not only to both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk (so as to meet the needs of readers on both sides of the Atlantic) but also links into two of the major international networks of independent booksellers, Biblio and Alibris. Click here to see our selections and for access to wider ranges of both new and out of print books about the Lake District.

Alpacas

I don’t think I’ve mentioned this site before on the blog. Until early this morning it consisted only of one page. There’s still a lot of work to do on it. However, I’ve now tidied it and added a page of books about alpacas. These gorgeous animals deserve more attention than they get. I was totally smitten by them when I saw several hundred in the same place at last year’s local agricultural show, which was also hosting the national alpaca show. Watch out for more.

OK, then. That’s some of today’s progress. I’ve now got to do something about a domain name I’m selling through Sedo.

If you’re in the UK, enjoy your long holiday weekend. Maybe it won’t rain.

Wishing you success,

- David Murray -

It’s disgraceful how long I’ve allowed this blog to go unattended. Months have passed since my last post. The explanation is that I’ve been struggling against poor health and exhaustion. However, I’m now feeling much improved and recently have managed to concentrate a little on writing – something I’ve found very difficult for quite a while.

Anyway, to get back into writing practice I’ve been writing short pieces about an area of the country that I know well, near to where I was born … the English Lake District, in Cumbria, up at the northwest corner of the country just below the border with Scotland.

This beautiful area of England has stimulated the pens of far greater writers than myself, not least William Wordsworth and his friends the Lake Poets. I’ll not pretend to similar quality of style, but at least my content will be 150-200 years more up to date!

Take a look at it. My new “England’s Lakes” web site now has more than a dozen pages and is growing each day. I’ve also created a short Squidoo lens with somewhat different content. Visit our beautiful country through your screen even if you can’t be there in person.

That’s it for now,

- David Murray -