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Thanks Jehane. I tried to do it your way but I didn't know what spaces to omit. I'm afraid I'm useless at this.
![]() I took out the pic hoping to give me more characters. It still says I've used too many characters when I want to add my other books. ![]() Kindleboards have a link-maker which makes it very easy for the techno-challenged. Will have to keep trying. ![]() |
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Try this for your signature:
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I tried Smashwords and didn't like the format. So for the new novel, I went to Amazon and BN.com directly. So there's an e-pub and a Kindle version, *and* I did not engage the DRM, so it can be reformatted. I figured that was the best way to make sure more people had a chance at it.
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![]() I clicked on the 'my website' and 'Leon Chameleon' and it took me to the correct places, but when I clicked on 'The Breadwinners' and 'But can You... ' it said the page was not available. I tried it a few times and it still didn't work. ![]() |
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There you go. Just hit the "quote" button on my post and (in the editor) copy the text between the two *'s as your signature.
![]() * My website. My Kindle books: Breadwinners (family saga)- But Can You Drink the Water? (humor) - Leon Chameleon P.I. (animal story for 7-12) * Last edited by LCF; 02-08-2011 at 02:11 PM. |
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I want to stress that I am not trying to disparage anyone's efforts, I just want to point out that if you (generic), as an author, don't make it easy for a wide range of readers to access your work, then a lot just won't bother. It's a very competitive marketplace out there and if you want people to *pay* to read your books, don't make them jump through too many hoops to do so. Most of us won't. |
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![]() Will there still be enough space to add 'Mystery at Ocean Drive' (YA adventure) http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-at-Oce...3192013&sr=1-1 and 'Something to Read on the Plane' humour/travel/gift. http://www.amazon.com/Something-Read...tt_at_ep_dpi_1 ![]() |
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There is one more thing to consider. Overseas customers pay $2 extra for "wireless delivery", even if they have wifi only version of Kindle, or even when they purchase via Kindle for PC. So, the price of your book But Can You Drink The Water? is $3.44 in my country. This is more than double the price. Would your potential readers buy it anyway? |
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Yep.
![]() * My website. My Kindle books: Breadwinners (family saga) - But Can You Drink the Water? (humor) - Leon Chameleon P.I. (animal story for 7-12) - Mystery at Ocean Drive (YA adventure) - Something to Read on the Plane (humour/travel/gift) * A quick "do it yourself" tutorial:
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![]() Leon is more expensive because I am sharing royalties with the publisher and the illustrator, but we will be uploading another book in the series and are considering lowering that price as it's actually the first in the series. |
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![]() I have copied and pasted your instructions for future use. I was even brave enough to tweak the signature. ![]() |
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I wish a clever and trustworthy USian would offer up their services to help publish us non-US writers. I have a PayPal account so Amazon and Smashwords are fine and everywhere Smashwords distributes but I would like to be able to publish direct to Kobo, etc.
It's a little frustrating that my own books aren't available in my own country (Australia) for some of the eReaders. |
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