One Million Reached - Thank You

The number of readers of my blog has reached more than one million over the past four years. And most of those readers have been visitors over the last two years. Readers come from all over the place, notably, Singapore, Brazil, USA, Hong Kong, France, Vietnam and Mexico. 

Don't forget to leave a comment below any of my posts.

Recently, I have been successful selling paperback copies of my books, with a resurgence in physical sales of my science fiction novel, Dana Point. If you enjoy visiting my site, then please consider buying the paperback of Dana Point. I don't allow advertising by third parties on this site, to make reading what I have to say easier.

You can buy Dana Point on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FP5DLJ1

Dana Point by Ken Horlor

Manifesto for New Zealand

New Zealand is heading downhill fast. Its leaders are inept, dishonest, or worse. But I've written a useful book that lays out a plan for putting the country back on track. 

Manifesto for New Zealand can be bought from Amazon as a Kindle read. Check it out: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0FVWF7352

Manifesto for New Zealand - Ken Horlor

Book Promotion

 For the next couple of days you can download a free Kindle read of my books: just click on the following titles:

The Crushing Son

Basketball Obsession

Dana Point

Snob's Guide to New Zealand

Book Promotion - Ken Horlor

For the next couple of days you can download a free Kindle read of my books: just click on the following titles:

The Crushing Son

Basketball Obsession

Dana Point

Snob's Guide to New Zealand

Free Kindle Reads

For the next two days, you can download copies of my novels for free:

The Crushing Son >>> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DK352BK

Basketball Obsession >>> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIEZ51G

Snob's Guide to New Zealand

For the next two days my book about New Zealand is available free on Kindle. It is a useful guide and a close examination of issues confronting the country. Rather than be a recitation of facts and figures and an endless gush about the place, it is honest and addresses things like how the locals think, and what you need to get ahead. If you haven't read it, you're missing out, grab your copy today.

https://www.amazon.com/Snobs-Guide-New-Zealand-Horlor-ebook/dp/B07J9XRCWK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Dana Point - Novel

My science fiction novel, Dana Point is available on Kindle, free for the next 24 hours:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FP5DLJ1

Snob's Guide to New Zealand

For the next two days you can download a free Kindle copy of my guide to New Zealand. It is not just for tourists, it is an essential guide on where to go, what to do, what it's like and what the locals think. 

www.amazon.com/Snobs-Guide-New-Zealand-Horlor-ebook/dp/B07J9XRCWK

Dana Point - Novel - Free Promotion

For the next two days, readers can download a free Kindle copy of my science fiction novel, Dana Point.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FP5DLJ1

Dana Point - Free Promotion

Over the next two days you can download a free Kindle edition of my books. In particular, check out my science fiction work:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FP5DLJ1

Promotion: Dana Point - Novel by Ken Horlor

My science fiction work, Dana Point is available free for the rest of the day on Kindle. Grab a copy and see what you think. If you like it, please review it, rate it, or comment below - thank you.

Please click the link to receive your free copy:

www.amazon.com/Dana-Point-Ken-Horlor-ebook/dp/B07FP5DLJ1

Ken Horlor: Author Book Promotion

Over the next two days it will be possible to download Kindle version of my titles for free. Grab your copy today:

Dana Point

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FP5DLJ1

Basketball Obsession

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIEZ51G

Snob's Guide to New Zealand

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J9XRCWK

The Crushing Son

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DK352BK

Ken Horlor: Dana Point - Free Kindle Read

My science fiction novel Dana Point is available as a free promotion right now. Grab your free read here:

www.amazon.com/Dana-Point-Ken-Horlor-ebook/dp/B07FP5DLJ1

Jeff Bezos Wealth

The world's richest man is reported to be worth, right now $191 billion. The question is then, is this too much wealth concentrated in the hands of one man? I think not and for one reason alone, his wealth is mostly represented by his share of one company, Amazon. If Amazon goes down, so does Mr Bezos.

That said, $191 billion is a lot of money. I put it like this; if he sold up and realised that amount in cash, he could at current share prices buy 100% of Caterpillar, Oshkosh and Emerson and still have $40 billion left over as pocket change. Just pause and think about that. That's three very good companies and he could own all of them outright.

But I don't resent Bezos at all as Amazon actually does something. Elon Musk on the other hand is approaching Bezos but most of what he does is make silly, very poorly made electric vehicles. They're completely overrated and being bought by complete fools.

We'll see what happens in 2021 and whether wealth takes a slide. We're in for an interesting coming 12 months.

Big Kindle Read Giveaway

Pick up my titles FREE in this huge Kindle giveaway. Christmas has come early for my valued blog visitors:

Just click on any of the titles below to download a free copy of the book...

Snob's Guide to New Zealand

Dana Point

The Crushing Son

Basketball Obsession

Snob's Guide to New Zealand Making Comeback

 My book on navigating around New Zealand society is undergoing a resurgence. When first released it was always top 100 on Amazon's Australian and Oceanian Politics category in both the physical and Kindle format. As a Kindle read it also rated highly within travel guides, a subject it does also address. But then it fell away, still selling but not enough to push it back into the limelight.

Recently readers have started borrowing the book from the Kindle Lending Library, which is new for me as in the past people bought the book. I know how much of the book gets read this way as I'm paid by the page through the Kindle Lending Library. My last two books get read completely when borrowed which I'm told is quite rare. Books are generally not read properly, readers skip pages, more than 20% of each book can be skipped through in fact. These readers later claim to have finished the book, when they haven't done that at all. So it's nice to know that my efforts are appreciated or at least hold the reader.

Why the comeback for Snob's Guide to New Zealand? I think the answer is twofold, people in the US are unhappy with the way things are headed there and maybe looking to escape. The other is controversy surrounding NZ's election and the possibility of electoral interference there as well. Readers are interested to know how the NZ system works, and exactly how its electoral system is flawed.

You can read my book by following this link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J9XRCWK

It's an easy read, written in an accessible way, but it's not endless gush either, if you want to know exactly how NZ operates, this is your first port of call. You get the lowdown, need to know stuff.

Bonus Free Kindle Reads

Two more of my books are now available as free Kindle reads over the next couple of days.

Dana Point https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FP5DLJ1

And for those interested in everything New Zealand:

Snob's Guide to New Zealand https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07J9XRCWK

Free Kindle Reads

You can download over the next couple of days, two of my novels in Kindle format:

The Crushing Son https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01DK352BK

Basketball Obsession 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VIEZ51G

Free Promotion - Dana Point

Readers can download a free Kindle copy of my third novel, the science fiction adventure Dana Point, today only. Kindle stories can be read on any computer by simply downloading free Kindle reader software:

Click Here >>>> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FP5DLJ1

Here's the Deal

I have many readers and others who buy my books. I thought, why not combine the two by offering them a deal? Here goes:

If you buy the physical copy of any of my books, I'll reciprocate with one of the following;

• I'll rewrite your website landing page for you, up to 300 words, making it SEO friendly. Google will love you.
• I'll either post a lengthy comment on your blog (up to 500 words), or blog about you on this site, mentioning you and providing a link to your blog or website.
• I'll either edit any document, presentation, corporate statement or press release (up to five pages or 1,000 words), or rewrite any of the same up to 500 words.

What do you say? You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.

If this sounds like a good deal, simply buy the physical copy of any of my books. A good starting point is Snob's Guide to New Zealand Alternatively you may choose any of my three novels

Why the physical copy? Self-interest, I make more money out of the paperback. 

How to collect: take a selfie on your computer, using any of the many tools available for this, Skype comes to mind. Then email me using the contact form >>>>> over there on the right. I'll reply, whereupon you then send me the selfie image of you holding the book or displaying it (if you're bashful, conceal your face, ahem).

That completed, I'll then do as promised, you just say what you want done. 

Will this work for you? It could, there are no guarantees but I've got some pretty good blog posts out there floating around. My reporting on the claims that Prince Charles and Camilla have a love child went ballistic and still drives traffic to my blog nearly four years later. I've even seen the post appearing as a rich snippet (you know, the things that appear at the start of Google search results), even though I've never bothered setting any of my posts as rich snippets or structured data - go figure.

Will I have the time to do this for you? Probably, I figure only a few will take up the offer, but the effort will be worthwhile.