MetaGame (new sci-fi novel for $1.59 (in the USA))

[scottjl]

it is still #4

[drofgnal]

1 or 4.

[Sam Landstrom]

Originally Posted by The Old Man

Thanks for the book. I enjoyed it immensely.

It reminded me somewhat of Gulliver’s Travels with the undercurrent of political and social innuendos such as the “grocking” described in chapter 20 and the current Facebook security concerns.

The “quotes” from periodicals preceding the chapters were especially nice.

I was actually expecting a somewhat different ending with something like the last line from the movie Sleuth, “It’s just a bloody game!”

Nicely done!

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! Gulliver's Travels? That's a new one. (:

Yeah, I wondered how the quotes would go over, whether people would dig it or just think it wasted their time. I really wanted a way to help flesh out the world outside of the narrative as well as give some historical perspective as to how such a world could come about.

Anyway, so far, it seems to work for the majority.

Sam

[Sam Landstrom]

Originally Posted by scottjl

it is still #4

Thanks. Good that it hasn't dropped. I wonder how often they update the rankings. On Amazon they do it every hour and my ranking was very volatile. I would never stay at the same rank for days on end.

Sam

[Sam Landstrom]

Following up on the cover art poll: Based largely on this poll and a few others I did, we'll probably be going with a derivation of #2. I'll post the updated version when I get it.

Thanks!
Sam

[Sam Landstrom]

OK, here's the likely new cover:



Need to boost the font a little, I think...

[The Old Man]

Like the cover!
Bigger font for the main title.

Are you planning a sequel?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by kjk

Looks great Sam!

Here is what it looks like in iBooks:
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1802/photox.png

One thing you should be aware of-chapters do not show up in the TOC.

Is there any way to fix the formatting? It's got no paragraph indents and spaces between the paragraphs. This is supposed to look like a book and not like an eReader eBook.

[JSWolf]

I like the likely new cover the best of all the covers shown.

[Sam Landstrom]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Is there any way to fix the formatting? It's got no paragraph indents and spaces between the paragraphs. This is supposed to look like a book and not like an eReader eBook.

That doesn't sound good. So the whole book is just one giant paragraph?! Can you send me a screenshot? I don't have an iPad to test this on. Seems like others haven't had this issue, but maybe there has been a regression for some reason.

Also, you can get the epub for FREE here: http://samlandstrom.com/metagame.aspx

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sam Landstrom

That doesn't sound good. So the whole book is just one giant paragraph?! Can you send me a screenshot? I don't have an iPad to test this on. Seems like others haven't had this issue, but maybe there has been a regression for some reason.

Also, you can get the epub for FREE here: http://samlandstrom.com/metagame.aspx

It's not one big paragraph. But it does not have indents and large spaces between the paragraphs.

[murraypaul]

That's really a style choice rather than an error. It is how I format books for my own reading.

[The Old Man]

I found nothing wrong with the formatting. The line between paragraphs is a normal size blank line. Not indenting the first word of a paragraph is fine as long as there is the blank line. I actually prefer it on the iPad.

[JSWolf]

I find that sort of eReader formatting very off-putting. I don't like reading that. It looks like someone didn't care about the look of the eBook.

If you take a look at the ePub of For the Win that I posted to MR, you will see what I think looks good.

[The Old Man]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I find that sort of eReader formatting very off-putting. I don't like reading that. It looks like someone didn't care about the look of the eBook.

If you take a look at the ePub of For the Win that I posted to MR, you will see what I think looks good.

"Everyone to his own liking," said the farmer as he kissed the cow.