Mobileread produced short story collection

mr ploppy · 05-12-2011, 08:15 AM

Maybe this has already been suggested, but with all the writer types who hang out here how feasible would it be to produce a short story collection from them? If there are any freelance editors, layout and cover artists, etc maybe you could get them involved too?

Then push it for free here and anywhere else you could have it, and maybe sell it cheap on Amazon to contribute towards site running costs? It would serve as good advertising for the site and everyone who worked on it.

GeoffC · 05-12-2011, 11:10 AM

Nice idea, and there is the Patricia Clark Memorial Library and Wiki for any who wish to upload short stories.......

ficbot · 05-12-2011, 11:40 AM

We already did one.

mr ploppy · 05-12-2011, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ficbot

We already did one.

Where is it?

ficbot · 05-12-2011, 01:47 PM

As I recall, it was posted here but when I downloaded it, there were some formatting issues so I didn't read it all. It was Poe-themed.

Eta: link

mr ploppy · 05-12-2011, 02:56 PM

Found it. The mobi one doesn't look too bad to me. I take it it wasn't a great success then?

ficbot · 05-13-2011, 12:26 AM

I tried the mobi one just now on Kindle for iPad and it looked okay. Maybe I had the wrong format before.

As I recall, there was great interest when it was being compiled and then barely a ripple when it landed. I contributed a story, myself

Enjoyed writing it, but not much seemed to happen once it got done

crich70 · 05-23-2011, 12:36 AM

Interesting. Maybe it was just too specialized. I mean if it was based somehow on E.A. Poe rather than just by things like length and some basic guidelines of that sort.

GeoffC · 05-23-2011, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ficbot

I tried the mobi one just now on Kindle for iPad and it looked okay. Maybe I had the wrong format before.

As I recall, there was great interest when it was being compiled and then barely a ripple when it landed. I contributed a story, myself

Enjoyed writing it, but not much seemed to happen once it got done

It was an interesting set of stories .... anyone any ideas for another ?

kennyc · 07-15-2011, 07:41 AM

Cheese.

jgaiser · 07-15-2011, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Cheese.

"Gromit, that's it! Cheese! We'll go somewhere where there's cheese!"

05-12-2011, 08:15 AM	#1
mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	Mobileread produced short story collection Maybe this has already been suggested, but with all the writer types who hang out here how feasible would it be to produce a short story collection from them? If there are any freelance editors, layout and cover artists, etc maybe you could get them involved too? Then push it for free here and anywhere else you could have it, and maybe sell it cheap on Amazon to contribute towards site running costs? It would serve as good advertising for the site and everyone who worked on it.

05-12-2011, 01:47 PM	#5
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	As I recall, it was posted here but when I downloaded it, there were some formatting issues so I didn't read it all. It was Poe-themed. Eta: link Last edited by ficbot; 05-12-2011 at 01:51 PM.

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05-12-2011, 11:10 AM	#2
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Nice idea, and there is the Patricia Clark Memorial Library and Wiki for any who wish to upload short stories.......

05-12-2011, 11:40 AM	#3
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	We already did one.

05-12-2011, 02:56 PM	#6
mr ploppy Feral Underclass Posts: 3,622 Karma: 26821535 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Yorkshire, tha noz Device: 2nd hand paperback	Found it. The mobi one doesn't look too bad to me. I take it it wasn't a great success then?

05-13-2011, 12:26 AM	#7
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	I tried the mobi one just now on Kindle for iPad and it looked okay. Maybe I had the wrong format before. As I recall, there was great interest when it was being compiled and then barely a ripple when it landed. I contributed a story, myself Enjoyed writing it, but not much seemed to happen once it got done

05-23-2011, 12:36 AM	#8
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	Interesting. Maybe it was just too specialized. I mean if it was based somehow on E.A. Poe rather than just by things like length and some basic guidelines of that sort.

07-15-2011, 07:41 AM	#10
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Cheese.