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Just Published my first book on KDP: Vineyard
Hi all,
I've been hanging out here for quite a while as I wrestled with getting my first book completed and used the power of Scrivener to give me what I needed to do it. And it did exactly that. I have now published my book on KDP http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NRUN2BO So MANY MANY thanks to you guys here for your advice. I still have work to do as I am not completely happy with how the KDP page looks and the pricing, but I hope I can iron out the wrinkles asap. Howard |
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Hi everyone,
After a bit of feedback I decided to redesign the cover of my book (see my Avatar) I hope people like it better ... and it sells better too ![]() PS: My second book, a sequel is coming within the month ![]() |
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Have you had it properly edited now, Howard? The problem with it wasn't the cover - it was all the errors in it. Which is a great shame, because it is a good story.
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I am almost finished a sequel and will try to go back and read through it yet again to see if I can find more errors. I don't know about anyone else but I find it extremely difficult to read it more than 10 times :-) the brain goes to mush. Also after a career in business I find that I seem to have a huge capacity to read 'through' minor typos and not even notice them. ![]() |
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Consider a writing tool like Storyist. It has built in spelling and grammar checking which helps find a wide range of errors that can slip through the visual cracks,
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The most obvious error, and one which needs no resources to fix, was that all occurrences of the possessive pronoun "its" were wrongly spelt "it's". I know that many people have never been formally taught English grammar in school, but I'd strongly recommend buying a decent grammar reference book to avoid such errors. My personal favourite is Fowler's "Modern English Usage".
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This one plagues me... Storyist flags it and even though I know it's incorrect, it slips into my writing without me realizing. It is also one of my final search and review items. |
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![]() ![]() Again thank you for pointing that out. You have never said if you only read the preview or the whole book ? If you bought the book I would be more than happy to email you a copy gratis, including it's glorious new cover ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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I can say now that it will NEVER EVER happen to me now that it has been pointed out to me. I was able to do a complete manuscript search with Scrivener and fix all 32 of them.
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Except that it happened in your preceding post. Or was that a joke and I'm slow on the uptake?
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If you change your mind, my offer stands. I would be interested in your view of the book as a whole. Last edited by saoir; 12-04-2014 at 02:57 PM. |
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