eBook Signing: We Don't Plummet Out of the Sky Anymore (EPUB/MOBI) - Page 7

banjobama · 07-15-2010, 01:34 AM

Several HUNDRED!? Holy cow! You're a pioneer, man.

cbell · 07-15-2010, 02:23 AM

Wow, that's a wonderful result. I'm really pleased with my personalised ebook, M.D.B.!

I recommend "We Don't Plummet Out of the Sky Anymore". It's a light, easy-to-read short story. I've actually read it a couple of times - I had to read it again when it became "my own".

I love the mention of...

Spoiler:

Squeak · 07-15-2010, 11:10 AM

Thank you for sending my first signed edition! I know I was a day late in the request, but you send it right away anyway!

I look forward to reading your book!

~Squeak~

Vintage Season · 07-15-2010, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Squeak

Thank you for sending my first signed edition! I know I was a day late in the request, but you send it right away anyway!

I look forward to reading your book!

~Squeak~

You weren't late at all. Your request arrived a full eleven hours and thirty-nine minutes before the deadline.

- M.D.B.

Lee Fyock · 07-15-2010, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Vintage Season

Tam Thompson doesn't quite fit in the list, if she was only autographing paper covers to accompany an eBook (which is my understanding of the explanation she gave, above)

While I agree, people could also say that you're not really signing the ebook either.

It's a grey area that I don't feel too strongly about. It's making you the author happy, and your readers happy, and that's what counts... in my book, heh heh.

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Did any other authors avail themselves of that technology, or did it evaporate? I'd never heard of it, but I am relatively new to the whole concept of eBooks.

My recollection is that it was either suggested by our friends at DAW, or that they were the ones who thought it was very cool, so we put the feature in mainly for them. I know Julie Czerneda used it on occasion, and I vaguely recall hearing of other people using it, but it certainly never reached the "wildfire" stage.

AnemicOak · 07-15-2010, 02:49 PM

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[CENTER]So what does a stack of several hundred hand-signed eBook dedications really look like?

So you signed and then scanned? Ouch. I figured you were using a Wacom type setup or something.

Vintage Season · 07-15-2010, 04:00 PM

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So you signed and then scanned? Ouch. I figured you were using a Wacom type setup or something.

Maybe next time I'll be able to afford something like that!

- M.D.B.

pilotbob · 07-15-2010, 05:31 PM

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Maybe next time I'll be able to afford something like that!

- M.D.B.

There not all that expensive any more: http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-CTL460-B...9229340&sr=1-1

$63,

I've been considering getting one rather than having a mouse...so I can use multi-touch gestures and such on my iMac... a step above the Magic Mouse I think it would be.

BOb

Vintage Season · 07-15-2010, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Lee Fyock

While I agree, people could also say that you're not really signing the ebook either.

It's a grey area that I don't feel too strongly about. It's making you the author happy, and your readers happy, and that's what counts... in my book, heh heh.

I can't really argue with that, from a technical perspective. The only distinction I am drawing is that Tam Thompson (apparently, and if anyone knows otherwise, please speak up!) made no effort to place her signatures within the eBook files.

The dedications that I - and previously Tad Williams, as Lee kindly pointed out - signed are a permanent part of our respective eBooks, and unlike any artifact or memento that might accompany an eBook, those dedications are unlikely to be lost or misplaced.

In either case though, the approach we took for this eBook Signing Event seems to have made everyone happy... and that was the goal, all along.

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Originally Posted by Lee Fyock

My recollection is that it was either suggested by our friends at DAW, or that they were the ones who thought it was very cool, so we put the feature in mainly for them. I know Julie Czerneda used it on occasion, and I vaguely recall hearing of other people using it, but it certainly never reached the "wildfire" stage.

At the time, eBooks (and eReader devices) were in a respectable infancy. We've come a long way.

- M.D.B.

Vintage Season · 07-15-2010, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

There not all that expensive any more: http://www.amazon.com/Wacom-CTL460-B...9229340&sr=1-1

$63,

I've been considering getting one rather than having a mouse...so I can use multi-touch gestures and such on my iMac... a step above the Magic Mouse I think it would be.

BOb

Well, I am also still toying with the idea of developing a fully-fledged iPad app to do signings and build the files... although admittedly, I'll need an iPad first.

- M.D.B.

pilotbob · 07-15-2010, 05:55 PM

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Well, I am also still toying with the idea of developing a fully-fledged iPad app to do signings and build the files... although admittedly, I'll need an iPad first.

- M.D.B.

Interesting idea.. although the iPad's touch screen will be a lot less precise. Also, you would need a special stylus that works with that touch screen on the iPad.

Oh... and the iPad is the toy that is expensive...

BOb

Vintage Season · 07-15-2010, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

Interesting idea.. although the iPad's touch screen will be a lot less precise. Also, you would need a special stylus that works with that touch screen on the iPad.

Oh... and the iPad is the toy that is expensive...

BOb

Perhaps, but with a 1024 x 768 screen, generating an 860 x 600 flyleaf graphic, I doubt it would be much of an issue.

Either approach still needs time and money... and since my writing requires one and has not (yet) generated any of the other, I don't mind continuing with the scanner a little longer.

- M.D.B.

nashira · 07-15-2010, 09:15 PM

Oh I have a wacom. They're like little pieces of heaven when you get used to them, and mines only a bamboo fun. So it's not an extra impressive one xD

Takes a while to get used to signing with them, if you're not used to looking away from your hand while writing though.

Poppa1956 · 07-15-2010, 10:13 PM

Congratulations on a well run and successful signing event, as well as Kudos for beating Cody D. to this punch on this. (Nuttin but Luv, CD!) You da man, MDavid.
Not surprisingly, I enjoy the book quite a bit, I think I would have even paid for it, and that's no small statement. My favorite lines occur early on...

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A definite thumbs up from my corner, and I look forward to enjoying you other stories with the collection comes out.

Davimee · 07-18-2010, 01:30 AM

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Congratulations on a well run and successful signing event, as well as Kudos for beating Cody D. to this punch on this. (Nuttin but Luv, CD!) You da man, MDavid.
Not surprisingly, I enjoy the book quite a bit, I think I would have even paid for it, and that's no small statement. My favorite lines occur early on...

Spoiler:

A definite thumbs up from my corner, and I look forward to enjoying you other stories with the collection comes out.

I agree! I got a chuckle out of that, as well. :-)

07-15-2010, 02:23 AM	#92
cbell Frenetic Posts: 590 Karma: 8181 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia Device: iLiad V2	Wow, that's a wonderful result. I'm really pleased with my personalised ebook, M.D.B.! I recommend "We Don't Plummet Out of the Sky Anymore". It's a light, easy-to-read short story. I've actually read it a couple of times - I had to read it again when it became "my own". I love the mention of... Spoiler: our own 'mysterious "dreams" girl' on the last page. Yes, some people read cover to cover.

07-15-2010, 11:10 AM	#93
Squeak Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Alaska Device: Nook	Day Late ... but still got it! Thank you for sending my first signed edition! I know I was a day late in the request, but you send it right away anyway! I look forward to reading your book! ~Squeak~

07-15-2010, 10:13 PM	#104
Poppa1956 Evangelist Posts: 487 Karma: 344188 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Oregon, USA Device: Verizon Ellipsis Tablit w/Kindle and Nook apps.	Congratulations on a well run and successful signing event, as well as Kudos for beating Cody D. to this punch on this. (Nuttin but Luv, CD!) You da man, MDavid. Not surprisingly, I enjoy the book quite a bit, I think I would have even paid for it, and that's no small statement. My favorite lines occur early on... Spoiler: ...and Stan desired bliss. ¶“Oh, hello Stan,” said Bliss as he entered the apartment... The story was magical, incorporating a CEO with clear ethics is an unexpected in modern writing, fiction of otherwise. A definite thumbs up from my corner, and I look forward to enjoying you other stories with the collection comes out. Last edited by Poppa1956; 07-15-2010 at 10:13 PM. Reason: Word to your mother.

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banjobama Busy Read'n Posts: 980 Karma: 5039283 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Auburn, WA Device: Pocketbook Touch Lux 5	Several HUNDRED!? Holy cow! You're a pioneer, man.

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nashira Addict Posts: 219 Karma: 73734 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Australia Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Oh I have a wacom. They're like little pieces of heaven when you get used to them, and mines only a bamboo fun. So it's not an extra impressive one xD Takes a while to get used to signing with them, if you're not used to looking away from your hand while writing though.