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Ian M. Palmer

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Ian M. Palmer

Writing, Illustration and 3D

  • Writing
    • Closed for Good?
    • The Heart of the Home
    • Pillbox Country
  • Comics & Cartoons
    • River: Skin on the Outside
    • The American President
    • The Chicken King And The Prince Of Birds
    • Beith
    • The Blessing
  • Art & Photography
    • 2323
  • 3D Modelling
  • Contact Me

Category: Selling & Retail

I wish
Kitchens, etcSelling & Retail

I wish

Of the books I mention in The Heart of the Home, I wish I had a copy of Caxton’s Book…

Tact
Kitchens, etcSelling & Retail

Tact

I’m not a slow writer, but I am a re-writer. If it’s for publication, I edit, and edit, and edit……

The original Conran
Kitchens, etcSelling & Retail

The original Conran

In The Heart of the Home, I mention that the few books about kitchen design that I’ve found are less…

Self-promotion
Kitchens, etcSelling & Retail

Self-promotion

I am notoriously reluctant to promote myself. I can sell kitchens all day long; myself, not so much. Please share…

Amazon, and a hiccup
Kitchens, etcSelling & Retail

Amazon, and a hiccup

A long time ago, once I was sure the idea had legs, I offered The Heart of the Home to publishers. It…

A small mistake
Kitchens, etcSelling & Retail

A small mistake

It was only a small mistake. It hardly even counts. When I set the publication date for The Heart of…

Vinny Lee
Kitchens, etcSelling & Retail

Vinny Lee

Other than the technical ones I’ve posted about already, I can’t say that anyone’s books about kitchen design influenced The…

Why so long?
Kitchens, etcSelling & Retail

Why so long?

I took so long to write The Heart of the Home partly because I kept finding that after ten (and…

Kitchens, etcSelling & Retail

Deptford Market

Sometime this summer, we took my father-in-law to Deptford Market. That was an experience. A lot of the stuff there…

Why not digital?
Kitchens, etcSelling & Retail

Why not digital?

I’ve been asked why there’s no digital edition of The Heart of the Home. There are two reasons. One is…

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