Wil Wheaton's "Sunken Treasures" in non-DRM PDF, $5 - Page 2

lilac_jive · 02-22-2009, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Nate the great

I've exchanged a few emails with Wil. He wants to do it himself. He might show up here to get some help.

Hooray!

pilotbob · 02-22-2009, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by tech_au

I think everyone hated Wesley Crusher (including me

) the seemingly know-it-all young ensign that saved the Enterprise all the time when the Captain and crew had run out of ideas
Might be interesting to check out his writing.

Did you only watch the first season? Can you give me a list of episodes where Wesley saved the day? Because I don't think it was all that many in all the seasons.

BOb

Robotech_Master · 02-22-2009, 05:58 PM

The problem, as Wheaton explains, is that the writers didn't have much idea what to do with a kid (acting) Ensign. So they ended up dumping on him.

You should read some of his reviews of Star Trek TNG episodes he was in. They're hilarious.

pilotbob · 02-22-2009, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Robotech_Master

You should read some of his reviews of Star Trek TNG episodes he was in. They're hilarious.

Yes, I've read several of his TNG episode reviews. Funny stuff!

BOb

tech_au · 02-23-2009, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Did you only watch the first season? Can you give me a list of episodes where Wesley saved the day? Because I don't think it was all that many in all the seasons.

BOb

Its been 20 years since I watched Star Trek:TNG and I dont remember much apart from Wesley saving the day and Tasha Yar and Deanna Troi of course

Robotech_Master · 02-23-2009, 02:47 PM

Wheaton's blog entry on the sale item.

Nate the great · 02-23-2009, 02:50 PM

He's posted again on his experience with selling the ebook. (I gave him the link to calibre.)

He didn't mention MobileRead, darn it.

Robotech_Master · 02-23-2009, 02:58 PM

Posted again, did he? You don't say!

Nate the great · 02-23-2009, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Robotech_Master

Posted again, did he? You don't say!

Sorry. I didn't see your post.

basschick · 02-24-2009, 12:24 AM

i went to a local borders a year or two ago and wil wheaton was speaking. i didn't realize who he was at first (he's certainly no longer wesley crusher) but he was funny, interesting and self-deprecating. hopefully his book will be as engaging.

btw, judging by his latest blog, he doesn't understand that it takes just a couple clicks to create both sony and mobi versions... maybe not perfectly formatted, but good enough for many of us to get out our credit cards.

pilotbob · 02-24-2009, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by basschick

btw, judging by his latest blog, he doesn't understand that it takes just a couple clicks to create both sony and mobi versions... maybe not perfectly formatted, but good enough for many of us to get out our credit cards.

I think from reading his blog it is not so much the technical aspect of producing the book, but the order and fulfillment aspect. Lulu makes it easy with a PDF. He said he was going to check it out for the other formats.

I think this is a great opportunity for Lulu to embrace ePub as a format from which they can deliver all ebook formats and as a print edition.

BOb

Robotech_Master · 02-24-2009, 08:42 PM

Wil posts again on the success of the e-book program. Still no mention of other formats, though.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-02-2009, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

I think from reading his blog it is not so much the technical aspect of producing the book, but the order and fulfillment aspect. Lulu makes it easy with a PDF. He said he was going to check it out for the other formats.

I think this is a great opportunity for Lulu to embrace ePub as a format from which they can deliver all ebook formats and as a print edition.

BOb

now THAT would be a brilliant move on their part.

pdurrant · 03-02-2009, 05:56 PM

I've just checked out the lulu web site. They do allow upload of Digital Media for sale (e.g. ebooks), and they take just 20% of the sale price (as opposed to the 65% that Amazon/Mobipocket take).

The drawback is that they only sell through the lulu.com web site, and the search facilities aren't brilliant, nor are the other formats linked to the book's main page.

But if Will made Mobipocket/LRF/ePUB versions of his book, he could upload them to lulu.com and sell them with no more difficulty than he's selling the PDF. And no DRM needed.

I'm very pleased to have found this thread, which prompted me to take another look at Lulu.com's digital media sales. Handling the storage, ordering and downloads for 20% seems a good deal to me.

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

I think from reading his blog it is not so much the technical aspect of producing the book, but the order and fulfillment aspect. Lulu makes it easy with a PDF. He said he was going to check it out for the other formats.

I think this is a great opportunity for Lulu to embrace ePub as a format from which they can deliver all ebook formats and as a print edition.

BOb

pilotbob · 03-02-2009, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

But if Will made Mobipocket/LRF/ePUB versions of his book, he could upload them to lulu.com and sell them with no more difficulty than he's selling the PDF. And no DRM needed.

Cool... now someone needs to get this information to Will somehow.

BOb

02-24-2009, 12:24 AM	#25
basschick Wizard Posts: 1,096 Karma: 4695691 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	i went to a local borders a year or two ago and wil wheaton was speaking. i didn't realize who he was at first (he's certainly no longer wesley crusher) but he was funny, interesting and self-deprecating. hopefully his book will be as engaging. btw, judging by his latest blog, he doesn't understand that it takes just a couple clicks to create both sony and mobi versions... maybe not perfectly formatted, but good enough for many of us to get out our credit cards. Last edited by basschick; 02-24-2009 at 12:28 AM.

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02-22-2009, 05:58 PM	#18
Robotech_Master Fanatic Posts: 514 Karma: 2954711 Join Date: May 2006	The problem, as Wheaton explains, is that the writers didn't have much idea what to do with a kid (acting) Ensign. So they ended up dumping on him. You should read some of his reviews of Star Trek TNG episodes he was in. They're hilarious.

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Robotech_Master Fanatic Posts: 514 Karma: 2954711 Join Date: May 2006	Wheaton's blog entry on the sale item.

02-23-2009, 02:50 PM	#22
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	He's posted again on his experience with selling the ebook. (I gave him the link to calibre.) He didn't mention MobileRead, darn it.

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Robotech_Master Fanatic Posts: 514 Karma: 2954711 Join Date: May 2006	Posted again, did he? You don't say!

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Robotech_Master Fanatic Posts: 514 Karma: 2954711 Join Date: May 2006	Wil posts again on the success of the e-book program. Still no mention of other formats, though.

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