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johnyunker · 06-20-2010, 06:20 PM

Hi everyone,

First off, I want to thank MobileRead for being here, as the forums have provided a number of valuable tips as I navigated the Kindle publishing process (and as I currently navigate iPad).

Second, I'm happy to say that my first novel is now live in the Kindle store: The Tourist Trail.

http://www.amazon.com/Tourist-Trail-.../dp/B001QOGM88

Like many in this forum, I too had an agent before self publishing. She did her best to sell the book. 31 editors passed on it -- not because they didn't like it but because they didn't know how to sell it.

Fortunately, there is self-publishing. But what I find particularly interesting is that while large publishers struggle with "windowing" - releasing print before digital -- we can do just the opposite. And because we have no middlemen, we can offer our books at a great discount.

Anyway, I'm excited to be headed down this road and look forward to learning more.

PS: Here's an overview of the book:

Biologist Angela Haynes is accustomed to dark, lonely nights as one of the few humans at a penguin research station in Patagonia. She has grown used to the cries of penguins before dawn, to meager supplies and housing, to spending most of her days in one of the most remote regions on earth. What she isn’t used to is strange men washing ashore, which happens one day on her watch.

The man won’t tell her his name or where he came from, but Angela, who has a soft spot for strays, tends to him, if for no other reason than to protect her birds and her work. When she later learns why he goes by an alias, why he is a refugee from the law, and why he is a man without a port, she begins to fall in love—and embarks on a journey that takes her deep into Antarctic waters, and even deeper into the emotional territory she thought she’d left behind.

Against the backdrop of the Southern Ocean, The Tourist Trail weaves together the stories of Angela as well as FBI agent Robert Porter, dispatched on a mission that unearths a past he would rather keep buried; and Ethan Downes, a computer tech whose love for a passionate activist draws him into a dangerous mission.

06-20-2010, 06:20 PM	#1
johnyunker Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Seattle Device: iPad, Kindle	Reverse Windowing: The Tourist Trail Hi everyone, First off, I want to thank MobileRead for being here, as the forums have provided a number of valuable tips as I navigated the Kindle publishing process (and as I currently navigate iPad). Second, I'm happy to say that my first novel is now live in the Kindle store: The Tourist Trail. http://www.amazon.com/Tourist-Trail-.../dp/B001QOGM88 Like many in this forum, I too had an agent before self publishing. She did her best to sell the book. 31 editors passed on it -- not because they didn't like it but because they didn't know how to sell it. Fortunately, there is self-publishing. But what I find particularly interesting is that while large publishers struggle with "windowing" - releasing print before digital -- we can do just the opposite. And because we have no middlemen, we can offer our books at a great discount. Anyway, I'm excited to be headed down this road and look forward to learning more. PS: Here's an overview of the book: Biologist Angela Haynes is accustomed to dark, lonely nights as one of the few humans at a penguin research station in Patagonia. She has grown used to the cries of penguins before dawn, to meager supplies and housing, to spending most of her days in one of the most remote regions on earth. What she isn’t used to is strange men washing ashore, which happens one day on her watch. The man won’t tell her his name or where he came from, but Angela, who has a soft spot for strays, tends to him, if for no other reason than to protect her birds and her work. When she later learns why he goes by an alias, why he is a refugee from the law, and why he is a man without a port, she begins to fall in love—and embarks on a journey that takes her deep into Antarctic waters, and even deeper into the emotional territory she thought she’d left behind. Against the backdrop of the Southern Ocean, The Tourist Trail weaves together the stories of Angela as well as FBI agent Robert Porter, dispatched on a mission that unearths a past he would rather keep buried; and Ethan Downes, a computer tech whose love for a passionate activist draws him into a dangerous mission.