Archive for the ‘Book’ Category

My New Book: faceless (novel)

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

I'm very happy to announce the recent release of my first novel: a techno-thriller called faceless. It's not about learning Chinese. But it does have some Chinese in it. And, without giving anything away, I would like to say that any reader who knows Chinese will appreciate at least one little joke ...

Review Chinese 24/7

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

First of all, thanks to everyone who has written something nice about my book at Amazon or your own blog or the Facebook page (currently banned in China) or even here. It's been nice to hear some feedback and it's mostly positive (what a bonus)! A few people have contacted me ...

Book in Hand

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

I'm happy to announce that I've actually got a copy of my own book now. The box from the publisher arrived a few days ago with 12 běn 本 for me. (Now there's an indication of how excited I am: going out of my way to use a ...

Book Printed and for Sale on Amazon Again

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Dear Book Updates Newsletter, I promised (someone at some point) that I'd tell ya'll when my book went back up for sale on Amazon and now it is (right here). Who knows why it disappeared for a while. Write book Editing Design / layout Proofing Print book The publisher is the only ...

Will Amazon Sell Chinese 24/7?

Friday, March 20th, 2009

The short answer is: yes, but Amazon is very confused right now. If you pre-ordered Chinese 24/7 from Amazon, you probably got an email recently that said: "Hello from Amazon.com. We are sorry to report that we will not be able to obtain the following item(s) from your order: Albert Wolfe "Chinese 24/7: Everyday ...