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@Michael Wallace
Thanks Michael
@AlexBell
Hi Alex,
Thanks for your comments.
The book is quite Kindle focused as most self-publishers make 80% to 90% of their sales there. Some don't even bother to upload to the other sites. Now, I certainly don't encourage that, but it made sense to focus on the areas most useful to self-publishers.
Also, a lot of the advice is transferable. So, if I outline a strategy for, say, getting Amazon reviews or marketing to Kindle owners, it doesn't take too much tweaking to use that for other areas.
I'm sorry to hear there was a problem with the Smashwords EPUB version - and I'm surprised. I test everything extensively myself, and I have sold over 100 copies through Smashwords alone and I have had no reports of this.
Would you be able to give me a little more detail on the formatting issues you are seeing (what kind, where in the book, what reader you are using, when you downloaded the book?) - I would appreciate that very much.
I hand code all the HTML myself so that the book renders perfectly on any e-reader, tablet or phone. The Smashwords Meatgrinder can do awful things to these books, but there are ways of minimizing the damage that their system will do, and I thought the EPUB version was in good condition - I do take a lot of care to make sure everything bearing my name is a professional product.
I am happy to send you the hand-coded EPUB version (which is much prettier than the version the Smashwords system spits out) if you PM me your email address.
Dave
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