Hammett Nominee Specials

Patricia1 · 04-17-2009, 10:14 PM

Hello,
To celebrate the nomination of Leading Lady by Heywood Gould for the Hammett Prize for excellence in crime writing, his site is offering 99¢ downloads of the Leading Lady audiobook and other ebooks on the site, Fort Apache, The Bronx, Cocktail, Corporation Freak. All these books are also available on Kindle, but they are $7.99. Here is the link

http://heywoodgould.com/pages/?p=213

If the link does not work the site is www.heywoodgould.com.

JSWolf · 04-17-2009, 10:33 PM

What format are these eBooks in? The site doesn't say and I will not purchase something I may not be able to use.

tech_au · 04-18-2009, 01:36 AM

I just see Heywood Gould saying "gees a lot of people downloaded these ebooks when I offered them for free how about I charge 99c and see how it goes this time"

They were pdfs when they were free and the audiobook was mp3.

Patricia1 · 04-18-2009, 06:08 PM

Yes, pdf for books and mp3 for audiobook.

Donnageddon · 04-18-2009, 06:21 PM

Thanks Patricia1, unfortunately pdf = no sale for me.

JSWolf · 04-18-2009, 10:56 PM

PDF means he doesn't understand eBooks and that is really a shame.

tolmitch · 04-19-2009, 04:08 PM

I would like to correct this. I am looking at the advice on these forums and will research how to convert these books into a true eBook format. My Kindle is on order. I look forward to joining the ebook community.
Heywood

tolmitch · 04-19-2009, 04:10 PM

Yes, this is a sale. The free book offer was only for the holidays.

zelda_pinwheel · 04-19-2009, 04:57 PM

hi tolmitch and welcome to the forum ! if i've understood correctly, you're the author Heywood Gould ? we're always very pleased to welcome new authors to our community and thrilled to see more and more of you getting interested in ebooks !!

i'd recommend that you start learning about the epub format first ; it's the new industry standard format, natively readable on more and more devices (including sony prs 505 and 700, and the iphone using the stanza app) and very easy to convert to other formats, such as mobipocket (drm-free mobipocket can be read on many devices, including the kindle). please take a look in our epub forum to learn about the format and don't hesitate to ask questions ! we've got plenty of knowledgeable and friendly people who are happy to answer !

if you're looking for a very easy way to make an epub book, i recommend you try the wysiwig interface at feedbooks ; if you don't want to make your book available through their distribution plateforme (currently they don't support paid distribution, only free, although they plan to add that feature in the future) you can simply create your book, then ask for a preview in the format of your choice (epub, mobipocket, pdf...) but don't publish it.

and don't miss our writers' forum as well !

gwynevans · 04-19-2009, 05:04 PM

To answer the question on the site, ePub to cover the Sony devices and Mobi for the others (as an aside, our understanding is that Mobi won't license their format for use on readers with another DRM-capable format, which is why the Sony doesn't have use it.)

Note that both should be possible with the same 'source' HTML file, for instance, using Calibre and Mobipocket Creator.

zelda_pinwheel · 04-19-2009, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gwynevans

To answer the question on the site, ePub to cover the Sony devices and Mobi for the others (as an aside, our understanding is that Mobi won't license their format for use on readers with another DRM-capable format, which is why the Sony doesn't have use it.)

exactly.

Quote:

Note that both should be possible with the same 'source' HTML file, for instance, using Calibre and Mobipocket Creator.

...or feedbooks can also do that (enter the text once, all formats generated on the fly from the same source), the main difference being the online interface.

tolmitch · 04-20-2009, 03:13 PM

Thanks for the great advice. We are talking about all the different options.
Sincerely,
Heywood

04-17-2009, 10:14 PM	#1
Patricia1 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: none	Hammett Nominee Specials Hello, To celebrate the nomination of Leading Lady by Heywood Gould for the Hammett Prize for excellence in crime writing, his site is offering 99¢ downloads of the Leading Lady audiobook and other ebooks on the site, Fort Apache, The Bronx, Cocktail, Corporation Freak. All these books are also available on Kindle, but they are $7.99. Here is the link http://heywoodgould.com/pages/?p=213 If the link does not work the site is www.heywoodgould.com.

04-18-2009, 01:36 AM	#3
tech_au Oz Bookworm Posts: 516 Karma: 4056 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Device: Sony PRS 505,PRS 650	I just see Heywood Gould saying "gees a lot of people downloaded these ebooks when I offered them for free how about I charge 99c and see how it goes this time" They were pdfs when they were free and the audiobook was mp3. Last edited by tech_au; 04-18-2009 at 01:39 AM. Reason: Added ebook & audiobook format

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,896 Karma: 128597114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	PDF means he doesn't understand eBooks and that is really a shame.

04-19-2009, 04:08 PM	#7
tolmitch Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: none	I would like to correct this. I am looking at the advice on these forums and will research how to convert these books into a true eBook format. My Kindle is on order. I look forward to joining the ebook community. Heywood

04-19-2009, 04:10 PM	#8
tolmitch Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: none	Yes, this is a sale. The free book offer was only for the holidays.

04-19-2009, 04:57 PM	#9
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	hi tolmitch and welcome to the forum ! if i've understood correctly, you're the author Heywood Gould ? we're always very pleased to welcome new authors to our community and thrilled to see more and more of you getting interested in ebooks !! i'd recommend that you start learning about the epub format first ; it's the new industry standard format, natively readable on more and more devices (including sony prs 505 and 700, and the iphone using the stanza app) and very easy to convert to other formats, such as mobipocket (drm-free mobipocket can be read on many devices, including the kindle). please take a look in our epub forum to learn about the format and don't hesitate to ask questions ! we've got plenty of knowledgeable and friendly people who are happy to answer ! if you're looking for a very easy way to make an epub book, i recommend you try the wysiwig interface at feedbooks ; if you don't want to make your book available through their distribution plateforme (currently they don't support paid distribution, only free, although they plan to add that feature in the future) you can simply create your book, then ask for a preview in the format of your choice (epub, mobipocket, pdf...) but don't publish it. and don't miss our writers' forum as well !

04-19-2009, 05:04 PM	#10
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	To answer the question on the site, ePub to cover the Sony devices and Mobi for the others (as an aside, our understanding is that Mobi won't license their format for use on readers with another DRM-capable format, which is why the Sony doesn't have use it.) Note that both should be possible with the same 'source' HTML file, for instance, using Calibre and Mobipocket Creator.

04-20-2009, 03:13 PM	#12
tolmitch Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: none	Thanks for the great advice. We are talking about all the different options. Sincerely, Heywood

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