Well now you can…Each and every Friday from now on I’ll be giving away a free ebook on Amazon Kindle. A little something for the weekend from me to you.
You can sign up to my Twitter feed @FrankColes to find out what’s out when or click through to my profile on Amazon US or UK. Or click the links below to see individual books.
Secret Skin
SEX, LIES AND SHISHA PIPES. Kindle: US, UK, DE, IT, FR.
Dark Market
KILL ANYONE, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME…AND NEVER GET CAUGHT. Kindle: US, UK, DE, IT, FR.
How to Drive a Tank…and Other Everyday Tips for the Modern Gentleman
A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE FOR THE FIGHT CLUB GENERATION Kindle: US and dependent territories only I’m afraid. Available elsewhere in print, unfortunately I don’t have the ebook rights outside the US.
You can read kindle books on your ipad, iphone, pc, laptop or mobile phone just download the app here.
Just some quick off-the-cuff interviews that I’ve done recently. First this week’s one from Jo Harrisson and her ambitious 28 days challenge, where she interviews an author a day for 28 days. Now, that’s asking for trouble!
Here it is: http://www.writersblockadminservices.co.uk/author-interview-frank-coles/. She also offers a whole bunch of writing services for indie and trad authors, such as virtual assistants, document formatting, SEO and social media management from her rather nice base in France. She’s native-tongue English by the way.
Just in time for Father’s Day the paperback for How to Drive a Tank… is now out and available to order via Amazon and other online retailers as well as any good local bookshop. So after two years in hardback I thought I’d share two of my favourite emails from readers. I’ll share more in future.
And if you’re one of the people who is thinking of emailing me about an adventure you have in mind, please, just do it. I regularly receive requests and read all of them if even I can’t guarantee I can actually take part.
From Stephen (one of my most recent reader reviews):
Hi Frank, Read your book and loved it. Very funny thing happened though; on the day that I bought it, I had planned in advance to (that day) write to Charles Bronson and recommend that with all his spare time he start doing yoga instead of his ten million sit ups a day routine (Yoga has a bad image problem but I do it and LOVE it!!). Then as I was flicking through the book in the bookshop I stumbled across the ‘Yoga for psychopaths chapter…Bizarre!!! Anyway my real motivation for writing is that yesterday I saw that James May (one of the three old sad pretend irreverent from Top Gear, or is it ‘Last of The Summer Wine?), has written (or at least had GHOST-written) a rip off copy of your book called ‘How to land a 330 Bomber and other tips for the modern gent’ and it was in a far more prominent position in the shop. Sadly it seems that Marketing, Plagiarism Capitalism and Brand names are more important than originality and creativity. Sue him if you can! Best wishes and Regards Stephen. P.S. Found the assertiveness bit in your book very helpful in dealing with mad ex girlfriend who I am forced to have contact with.
From Allan (one of my first reader reviews):
Dear Frank I recently bought your `How to drive a tank,’ book, and have to say its one of the best reads I’ve had in a long time. I’ve laughed more reading this book then I have with television lately, and some of the situations you talk about just made me fall flat on the floor ( or laugh very hard on the bus). As a 16 year old lad who is constantly seeking knowledge I must admit I was drawn to `make things go boom,’. You can be sure that if there are women screaming and running away at a party, I am now officially the cause. My girlfriend is now the owner of the book, she has a good laugh at the sexual chapters and particularly loves your introduction to `laughing and crying,’. I don’t mind the fact she keeps telling me I’m going to die one day, but must she be so upfront about it? Thanks for a great read that I am sure will be read many times. From your newest fan.
It’s always brilliant to receive your emails, so do keep them coming. Thanks a million, Frank.
After two successful seasons in hardback How To Drive a Tank is now going to paperback in the UK on the 5th May 2011. I’ve just had the author copies through and they look very sexy indeed. There are also Czech and Russian editions on the way too so I thought it would be a great time to update a couple of sections from the book.
If you’ve ever wanted to break into intelligence or surveillance work then Edelweiss Tactical, those bad asses from Switzerland who taught me tactical firearms for Tank, currently have two places left on their Intelligence & Security Operator Course in May. There you’ll learn the fundamentals of mobile, foot and static surveillance. As well as counter surveillance, intelligence handling, how to manage covert human intelligence sources and informants and in-depth investigation techniques. There’s a bolt-on tech surveillance module as well. You can find full details here.
Readers of the How to Fight chapter will be familiar with the GLF principle (go like f**k). Mick Coup the C1 originator has posted some great new vids on his youtube site, including the following live ‘force on force’ drills from both UK and US training sessions. Here the combatants have to force they way up from the ground, go all out with no prohibited strikes, before being pinned back down and then expected to do it again. It’s hard work but is some of the best training for what a real fight is like – messy, brutal and short.
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