Author Archives: Raymond Yung

Today I was invited to a new year lunch at a friend’s house and happened to sit next to David Keys who is an established journalist and author of two books. Unfortunately, the subject of my own book was brought up quite late in our conversation and I did not manage to “squeeze in” a sales […]

Even though it is technically not a year end for the publication of my book (first published in Sep-14), as it is a good time of the year for reflection, let me start the year with a series of blogs on the “Hit and Miss” of my book publication so far. I will include one […]

I am someone that loves to make New Year Resolution (fulfilling it is another story:>). I have had an excellent 2014. To top it off, I have received 2 bottles of Champagne at work for 2 different events in the past 2 weeks. Thanks God – I love my Champagne :> Continuing on the momentum […]

Today is New Year’s Eve and let us look at some figures for the year end (it is technically the first quarter end for me as I have published my book in Sep-2014). a) Copies of book sold = 252 (12-month target of 1,000 with 8 more months to go :>) b) Countries where copies sold = […]

Far from being bitter or haboring negative feelings, I would like to share my view on how to deal with ingratitude. Like most people (if not all), I have experienced ingratitude from others in life including not a word of thanks when treating someone for lunch or giving someone a gift.   I have 2 suggestions […]

I would like to use Amazon book review as an example to illustrate my point. As a disclaimer, no hard or ill feelings intended for anyone. Out of all the people who had told me that they would read an Amazon review after reading my book, I estimate around 40% of them actually carried it […]

Ignoring can also be bliss in some cases (not just ignorance :>) One important lesson that I learnt in promoting my book is to let go or ignore promises (casually or seriously) made by others on helping me when those promises are not carried out. Don’t be overcome by bitterness or hold grudges against them. Bless […]

Merry Christmas to all :> Wish you all a wonderful time during this festive period. I will be traveling to Canada to see my folks starting this Saturday and the blog will be put on holiday schedule. Regular publication will resume in 2015!

December can well be the busiest month of the year. Among other festive-related activities, book promotion may be put on the back burner. Besides offering a 25% Christmas discount on my book, I have 2 other ways to promote my book. 1) Adding a promotional postcard of my book to Christmas card 2) Subtly reminding my friends […]

As of last Friday (12-Dec), there are 10 Amazon reviews on my book between the UK (9 reviews) and US (1 review) sites. The average rating is 4.8 out of 5. The highest is 5 out of 5. The median is 5 out of 5. The lowest is 4 out of 5. The standard deviation […]