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Megan Publishing Services Podcast

This programme contains podcasts of articles my websites Megan Publishing Services, and The Amiable Dragon… mostly written by me, Owen Jones a professional author.

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2:01

Selling Books

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/02/18

Don’t judge a book by its cover...Selling booksPeople say that one should never judge a book by its cover, how many times have you been given that advice? However, it is widely acknowledged that having a great book cover is the best way of selling books. It seems that people do not heed the ancient advice; and why should they? We judge each other by appearances, even first appearances, every day, so why wouldn’t this apply to every item we are considering, including books.Only recently, Elon Musk

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2:01

3D Book Covers

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/02/16

Sales magnets...3D book cover cardMy recent foray into creating 3D book covers has been an outstanding success, so this is just a quick update, and a pat on my back :-)My colleague and father, Owen Jones, has been so astounded by his new artwork that he has said, to quote: " I have admitted elsewhere on this blog to having been distracted by short-term gains and destroying the foundations of my business. "One of the casualties, perhaps the most serious, has been my failure to keep up with modern

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1:56

Mushrooms in Thailand

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/02/15

Ex-pat Slang...Mushrooms in ThailandIf you know any ex-pats who live in Thailand, you might sometimes hear them referring to themselves strangely as 'mushrooms'.It means that they feel that they are being 'kept in the dark'... not told what is going on on a daily basis. You see, very few ex-pats in Thailand actually speak enough Thai to say more than 'Hello'. Thai is a very difficult language, even for a linguist like me, so the average Anglo- Saxon has little chance... especially the older ones

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2:47

Building an Author Platform

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/02/13

The Author's Ultimate ToolBuilding an Author PlatformUntil about New Year 2020, I took care of my author platform assiduously. Decisions were always made with reference to it, and I pampered it with fresh content every single day.I had all the social media sites too, but my pride and joy was my blog, which I had started in 2013, a year after I published my first book, because that already had its own website.Anyway, I attacked the problem of not having an author platform with my usual zeal, and I

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1:54

Village Food

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/02/09

Healthy Thai foodThere's more iron in the food than the spoon!!Despite what you may have read elsewhere on this site about Thai meals being targeted to a person's health, some people do not have anyone to cook for them or the family cook was not taught the craft in detail. It is easy to understand how this can happen. Parents can die young, or not have been taught themselves because they flew to the city to earn more money, for example. Such people often rely on takeaways, as they do in the

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1:56

Modern Digital Designs

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/02/07

Or how to keep up with the Joneses!Modern Digital Design for The Megan SeriesMy Dad, Owen Jones, is a writer, as regular readers of my blog will already know, and has been a author of books for ten years on February 21st 2022. I was a teenager then, but I remember the excitement of the occasion very well.It had taken him about fifteen years to produce a book from his father's automatic writings as a Spiritual Healer, and the last thing that he had to do was produce a cover for the book.Looking back

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2:03

My Koi Carp

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/02/05

Still willing to learn...Our Koi Carp PondYesterday was a busy day in the scheme of the the way my retired life has panned out. Although I am still an active author, I don't get to write much, and the the tasks that I have to perform to maintain my existence in Thailand are even fewer.I'll explain that a little more fully. I have written 175 books, but they have been narrated and translated into 525 other books, so most of my active day is spent promoting those 700 books.As far as tasks needed to be

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2:12

Side-effects of COVID 19

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/02/02

Every Cloud has a silver lining...There have been several medical side-effects of COVID 19 noted, but I want to talk about social side-effects.There is no social security in Thailand, so basically, if you don't work and your family or friends don't help you, you only have three options: to innovate, to steal or to die.Since poor Thais are not prone to stealing, and although they have no fear of death (because of a belief in reincarnation), there have been some amazing changes in our little village

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2:12

Our Garden Fish Pond

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/01/31

A source of relaxation, tranquillity and delight!Our Garden Fish PondI am hoping that our new garden fish pond will be an area of cool relaxation, tranquillity and delight for us, which will be great for writing. I could do with that as I have not written much over the last few years due a lack of stability in my life and a disappointing drop in sales, which could be the result of a culture shift brought on by Covid 19.There has long been a movement away from reading and towards films or TV

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4:00

My Covid-19 Vaccination Experience In Thailand

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/01/30

Mass protection from Covid-19My Covid-19 Vaccination ExperiencePeople who live in Thailand may chuckle at my COVID-19 vaccination experience in Thailand, whereas those who don't may smirk. Believe me when i say that the first reaction is the one that I wish to elicit, because I am very impressed with the way that my wife and I have been treated.It all started back in about June 2021. I started asking around about vaccination against Covid 19. My wife knew nothing and nor did our daughter, who has a

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2:05

Losing Weight Quickly

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/01/21

The easiest way possible!Losing Weight QuicklyMany people day-dream about losing weight quickly. I have been part of that hapless crowd. When I first moved to Thailand, seventeen years ago, I weighed a hefty 110 kilos.After six months of good living and my girlfriend's excellent cooking, i weighed in at 120 kilos. I was way overweight,and I knew it, but I am big-built and just over six feet tall, so most non-medical people thought that I could get away with it.I felt great, and since I have never

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2:10

My Visa Application 2022

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/01/20

My Visa Application 2022The Annual MiseryNobody likes to have to renew their visa, even if it does have to be done only once a year. As regular readers will already know, we recently spent four years in Europe, and during that time the Immigration Police opened a new office in Uttaradit, which is 150 km closer than when I had to go to Nan for it, so that is a good thing. Until a month ago, their office was in the city centre and easily accessible, but it has been moved to an outlying village, which

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2:38

Covid 19 – Unforeseen Consequences

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/01/18

Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining!Bangkok Red Light DistrictCovid 19 has been with us for more than two years now, and I have not heard any predictions over that period that have come true. It was a new phenomenon for most of us, and for all of us when it is seen as a global plague, so there is little wonder that no-one could foresee any outcomes accurately.Nevertheless, we all know that there have been consequences to the pandemic. Most people will point to the negative aspects like sickness, death,

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3:54

Thai Fruit Curry

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/01/17

Do not try this at home!Fruit CurryI want to tell you an amusing story that my stepfather told me the other day. He can tell it in his own words. Over to you, Dad.Thanks, Chalita.I started to eat curry when I moved to Portsmouth as a student in the Seventies. In those days, nearly all 'curry restaurants' were Indian, or so we thought. I usually ate a moderately hot curry, but sometimes, if it was on the menu, I would choose the Malaysian curry, which was milder and contained pineapple chunks and

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2:30

Thai Food in Our House

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/01/16

What most European cooks have forgotten...Thai Food in Our HouseMy Thai wife will not eat my food every time that I cook because it is cooked according to whimsy. In other words, I cook what I fancy without regards to my body’s needs whereas she does the cooking in our house according to needs of health, basically of me, day by day.That will sound strange, even unbelievable, to most European's, but, please allow me to explain.Thai mothers, who know how to cook old style, do not only cook for

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1:49

Facebook Idiocy

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/01/14

How not to make friends or influence them!I opened a Facebook account shortly after it launched, and after a couple of name changes, I settled for OwenJonesWriter. Pretty succinct, but it described me and my activities very well.I had various spurts of activity, and inactivity, on my Facebook account, but I gradually built up a following of about 3,000 friends, acquaintances and complete unknowns, as one does.As you probably already know, I am a writer, and writers want to sell books, so I

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4:08

The Icons

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/01/13

Part of My First Educational Trip to the USSRPart of my Honours Degree course of Russian Language and Soviet History at Portsmouth University (it was a polytechnic then) was two summers studying in the USSR. The first was in Leningrad in 1974.In those days, foreigners stuck out like sore thumbs because of their clothing, and it was not at all unusual to be accosted by three or four Russian girls a day. They wanted a variety of things. Most wanted to know about the West and to practice their English

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2:38

Horizons

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/01/12

How far do you need to be able to see live your life, or even do your job, well?Distant HorizonsToday was a big... an important day for me. Today, I left our village for the first time in nine weeks. You are probably assuming that the reason is Covid or even a disability, but that is not the case. The simple fact is that there is no village bus service any more, and my wife no longer feels strong enough to take me and my 120 kilos on the back of her motorcycle. The only other way out is Shank's

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3:24

Indie Book Sales 2021

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/01/11

My Survey of Indie AuthorsI have done a small poll about book sales in 2021 around my author friends, and I would like to share the results with you.Not all of the authors surveyed had books in all of the categories below, and I am not taking genres into account. Still, I think that the results are interesting. Let me know your opinion, please.eBooks: ebook sales seemed to be at best flat, but several authors reported a definite dip in sales. Some said that this was probably due to the profligacy of

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2:34

Blubrry Podcast Hosting

Megan Publishing Services Podcast ·

2022/01/10

Blubrry Podcast HostingBlubrry Podcast HostingI had been wondering about podcasting for at least a year, but it had become a permanent feature at the back of my mind. I'm sure you know what I mean. I felt that there had to be something to it for it to be so popular that even staid old Aunty, the BBC, was taking it seriously. After extensive research, I settled on Blubrry Podcast Hosting.My first thought was why a company dedicated to communication would want a name that looks like a typo.Anyway, I

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