E-books

Don’t forget that the biography is available as an e-book on Amazon.co.uk:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Look-Wot-Dun-Powell-Slade-ebook/dp/B00FSV7JI2

I just got the sales figures the other day and where the hardcover version has sold 5,000+ copies, the e-book version has only sold 100, so please spread the word. Thank you.

UK book signings

I’m sorry that I didn’t get to tell you about the book signings in the UK last month, but to tell you the truth, neither Don nor the publishers told me about them. It seems that it is not enough to write a best seller to be invited to the signings of it! I’m sorry and I hope you’ll be able to locate future dates and places for book signings yourself.

Record Collector

There's been a review of the biography in Record Collector as well:

(and I'm still not a journalist...)

Classic Rock review

The biography got great reviews in Classic Rock:

P. S. I'm not a journalist!!!

New mention in Birmingham Mail

The biography got a new mention in Birmingham Mail: http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/slade-fail-find-new-noddy-6647514

The One Show

Apparently the biography got plugged on BBC1's "The One Show" last Thursday and I didn't know! BBC1 did an interview with Don about his amnesia and my book got a plug at the end of the show. It's the first Omnibus Press title to have ever been covered on The One Show, which has over 5 million viewers, and I'm really happy about it. Hopefully it'll help too in getting the publishers and press recognise me for the hard work I've done, writing the book.

If you live in the UK, here's a link to the interview: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03pqbb2/The_One_Show_16_01_2014/ Unfortunately the BBC iPlayer doesn't work outside of the UK.

Express and Star

Here's the Express and Star article from yesterday that mentions the biograpy: http://nativemonster.com/music/slade-golden-oldies-celebrate-50-years

Birmingham Mail

There was an article about Don and Dave - and the biography! - in Birmingham Mail yesterday: http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/gallery-slade-pair-celebrate-50-6458579

Sunday Times

Last week I gave an interview to Sunday Times about "Look Wot I Dun" and today you can read the outcome in the paper.

Book signing in Stereo Studio, Silkeborg, Denmark

Saturday the 9th of October Don and I did a book signing in Don's Danish "hometown" Silkeborg. It was the record store Stereo Studio that had invited us and when we arrived a quarter to one on that Saturday noon, the shop was already crowded with people who wanted to buy the book and have it signed by Don and me.

Some of the people had ordered their books in advance and that was a good thing, because within 20 minutes every single book in the shop was gone. As there weren't enough books, some people bought Slade CDs instead and had Don sign them. Others had brought their own old LPs and had them signed.

At the signing we met our old friend Jonas, the drummer of Danish band The Guv'nors with whom Don has worked in 2007. It was great seeing him again. We also met 4 guys from my hometown Odense who had travelled all the way to Silkeborg to have their books sign - because they hadn't been aware of the book signing in Odense on October 22! When Don had to leave for a birthday party straight after the book signing, these 4 guys invited me on a drink in a nearby pub, so that I wouldn't have to stand alone at the station for an hour, waiting for my train to arrive. Thanks guys! I hope to see them again in February 8th, 2014, where Slade will be playing in Naestved in Denmark - their first Danish gig in ages!