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DavidKitson · 03-22-2012, 10:50 PM

Thanks xg4bx,

I'm glad you enjoyed the scene.

For those downloading, the Smashwords Third Release is now available for all formats.

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/34627

So if anyone wants to download it, it's there and with much improved editing.

It looks like my best-seller position and best-rated position in Technothrillers is improving slowly. I'm also starting to make a serious dent into other lists on Amazon, including High Tech Science Fiction and Turing Evolved is still dominating all of the AI related lists.

Amazingly enough, now that there's a "paid" version available on Amazon at the moment, I've also broken into the top-100 Best Rated Science Fiction list at position 45, which was quite a surprise. ( TE is at #8 on the High Tech SF Top Rated list ) This is the first time I've broken into that list which leaves me very happy - and ironically is generating sales which is weird given that it's still a free book for anyone who goes looking.

It does show however how Amazon makes it hard for anyone giving their work away, which is a sad thing to realize. I guess some popular lists are still reserved for authors who charge for their work - so I'd love to see some best-rated free lists on Amazon, but I'm not sure they will appear any time in the near future.

Anyway, at this point, I'm still collecting details of errors in the third edition, but I don't have another edition planned this year, unless someone finds a real clanger that needs immediate attention. Thanks again to everyone from Mobileread who helped with corrections -

Regards
David

03-22-2012, 10:50 PM	#155
DavidKitson Mobile Story Author Posts: 87 Karma: 2688670 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Perth, Western Australia Device: Fujitsu P1510 ( Old & Clunky! )	Thanks xg4bx, I'm glad you enjoyed the scene. For those downloading, the Smashwords Third Release is now available for all formats. http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/34627 So if anyone wants to download it, it's there and with much improved editing. It looks like my best-seller position and best-rated position in Technothrillers is improving slowly. I'm also starting to make a serious dent into other lists on Amazon, including High Tech Science Fiction and Turing Evolved is still dominating all of the AI related lists. Amazingly enough, now that there's a "paid" version available on Amazon at the moment, I've also broken into the top-100 Best Rated Science Fiction list at position 45, which was quite a surprise. ( TE is at #8 on the High Tech SF Top Rated list ) This is the first time I've broken into that list which leaves me very happy - and ironically is generating sales which is weird given that it's still a free book for anyone who goes looking. It does show however how Amazon makes it hard for anyone giving their work away, which is a sad thing to realize. I guess some popular lists are still reserved for authors who charge for their work - so I'd love to see some best-rated free lists on Amazon, but I'm not sure they will appear any time in the near future. Anyway, at this point, I'm still collecting details of errors in the third edition, but I don't have another edition planned this year, unless someone finds a real clanger that needs immediate attention. Thanks again to everyone from Mobileread who helped with corrections - Regards David Last edited by DavidKitson; 05-01-2012 at 06:55 PM.