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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Wasn't there an MR author that wrote a series of articles that went into some writing periodical about creating and publishing ebooks. I want to say it was either Jeffery Carver or Steve Jordan.
I wonder what the exclusive period of those articles was... and if the author would want to put them on line, maybe even here once the exclusivity period ends.
BOb
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That was me, and it was published in the SFWA Bulletin in, I think, January. And such is the rate of change that much of it was outdated by the time it was published.
Developments in Calibre alone have changed what I would write if I were redoing it now.
That said, I was told it would eventually be posted to the
SFWA website, which is currently undergoing a massive reorganization. I should check on the status of that.
(SFWA = Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America)
Edit: I should add that, while I haven't read this whole thread, I would agree with those who said that most writers simply don't know anything about ebooks, and don't feel a great need to learn right away. It's a lot of work, and many don't see the payoff. In fact, one writer friend contacted me after reading that article and wanted to know something about mobipocket formatting, because he was putting his out-of-print book up on Amazon. I suggested expanding beyond that market, but he wasn't too interested in putting out the effort unless he saw some reasonable return on the Amazon listing. I think that's not uncommon, even among ebook somewhat-savvy writers.