Daughter of Elysium (SF) free with coupon at Smashwords.

pdurrant · 06-01-2010, 05:18 PM

Arc Manor Publishers are doing a free ebook each month at Smashwords.

For June it's Daughter of Elysium by Joan Slonczewski, coupon code KQ25S

See http://www.phoenixpick.com/catalogue/PPickings.htm for a new free ebook each month.

AnemicOak · 06-01-2010, 05:31 PM

Thanks Paul

astra · 06-02-2010, 03:40 AM

Another ePub abomination.
Poor authors who got to put up with their works represented so poorly.

pdurrant · 06-02-2010, 04:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astra

Another ePub abomination.
Poor authors who got to put up with their works represented so poorly.

It's Smashwords' terrible automated conversion system (& to some extent, poorly or inconsistently formatted source material).

cbell · 06-04-2010, 07:21 PM

Thanks, Paul. This is a "loose" sequel to "A Door Into Ocean".

It's strange they're offering a sequel for free - but the first book in the series isn't available on Smashwords.

pietvo · 06-05-2010, 09:10 AM

I took the PDF and converted it to ePub with Calibre. Looks much better. Not perfect but at least bearable. With some hand editing (Sigil) it could get a good formatting.

Shahid · 06-17-2010, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by astra

Another ePub abomination.
Poor authors who got to put up with their works represented so poorly.

My name is Shahid and I'm with Arc Manor Publishers (Phoenix Pick is our SF imprint).

I would like to apologize for the atrocious quality of the epub version of "Daughter of Elysium" offered through Smashwords.

Being a small (tiny really) publisher trying to cope with the multitude of ebook formats we decided to use Smashwords as a 'one-stop' venue for all our conversions without realizing what a lousy job they were doing with epub.

At least for the July free ebook of the month we are going to test a different (non-Smashwords) venue (if we use Smashwords, we are required by them to use their conversion).

And for July, while I can't release the name of the book yet, I can promise you that it is a great one--one of the most widely acclaimed books we have published so far (by both readers and critics).

Shahid
Arc Manor Publishers
Sign up for the monthly free ebook code http://www.PPickings.com

speedtouch · 06-17-2010, 11:23 AM

Thanks for this deal! I just downloaded the epub, mobi, and pdb formats of this book. Surely one of them will work well enough on my PB 301+.

pdurrant · 06-17-2010, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shahid

My name is Shahid and I'm with Arc Manor Publishers (Phoenix Pick is our SF imprint).

[...]

And for July, while I can't release the name of the book yet, I can promise you that it is a great one--one of the most widely acclaimed books we have published so far (by both readers and critics).

Shahid
Arc Manor Publishers
Sign up for the monthly free ebook code http://www.PPickings.com

Welcome to Mobileread, Shahid!

Shahid · 07-01-2010, 07:34 AM

Hi all, based on complaints on the quality of conversion we are attempting to go a different route...I hope you find this version better (not, perfect, its still a work in progress, but hopefully a better reading experience than through Smashwords).

Let me know...I'll keep an eye on this thread for any feedback.

Cheers,

Shahid

cfrizz · 07-01-2010, 11:05 AM

Clicking on the link you provided doesn't work for me since it trys to open Outlook. I use AOL for my mail.

Iphinome · 07-01-2010, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shahid

Hi all, based on complaints on the quality of conversion we are attempting to go a different route...I hope you find this version better (not, perfect, its still a work in progress, but hopefully a better reading experience than through Smashwords).

Let me know...I'll keep an eye on this thread for any feedback.

Cheers,

Shahid

Hi and welcome, I poked around your websites a bit. I'm not picky about people needing to have the perfect web 2.0 or 3.0 or whatever design but your pages are more than a little clunky if you have any budget at all for it you might want to invest in having a professional them up a bit.

Shahid · 07-02-2010, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cfrizz

Clicking on the link you provided doesn't work for me since it trys to open Outlook. I use AOL for my mail.

Manually typing the web address should work (I presume you are talking about the link here, rather than a link from our site).

Regards,

Shahid

06-01-2010, 05:18 PM	#1
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,859 Karma: 315126578 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Daughter of Elysium (SF) free with coupon at Smashwords. Arc Manor Publishers are doing a free ebook each month at Smashwords. For June it's Daughter of Elysium by Joan Slonczewski, coupon code KQ25S See http://www.phoenixpick.com/catalogue/PPickings.htm for a new free ebook each month.

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