Walk Forward is #1 today and has been #1 in its category for a few days. Free downloads last Thursday and Friday moved the book to #1 and it has remained at #1 over the weekend.
Creating a paperback version has not significantly added readers when considering the book has been downloaded by more than 700 persons during its short life of almost two months as of this November 25, 2012, having been first published in ebook format on September 25, 2012.
The paperback version is available on two platforms, Amazon.com and CreateSpace a separate, but wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.
Although CreateSpace is owned by Amazon, the web interfaces for an author or reader differ from that of Amazon.com.
It may be of interest to information professionals and readers, that book titles are not searchable in CreateSpace as they are on Amazon.com. If I find a way to search a title on CreateSpace, as one would have to if one did not have the CreateSpace identification number for a book, I will post herein.
CreateSpace has some nice features including the option of setting up discount codes for a book. Up to 3 discount codes may be set up for a book, but not being searchable and not being able to search for a discount code, makes the feature useless to anyone, but authors of the book who discount copies to family and friends. An author has to give a potential reader the discount code and the URL (address) of the book on the CreateSpace website.
It was actually easier to create a paperback copy of the book on CreateSpace than it was to create the ebook on Amazon Kindle Select, because CreateSpace requires a PDF of the book (which Open Office is great in creating)!
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
Editing the Book
O.K. I made mistake #1 by sending out my first completed draft. The idea was to get comments from close family and friends and do one major edit! Guess I was more than a little naive?
After my Israeli cousin's edit, I did my first major rewrite of the entire book and wondered if my work was worthy to go forward?
Mistake #2, I revised the entire book quickly and immediately sent the next version to family members who kindly replied, they would keep editing the first draft! Not only was I adding to their reading load, I was filling up their email program with my short book, yet too long a file for daily correspondence.
The same cousin that reviewed the heck out of the book, was the most encouraging as she had gone through the same process. She had written a book about our family, her inspiration being a long letter that my father and his brother wrote to her mother, their first cousin.
Yes, her book is in a foreign language with a few captions in English. My book includes both my parents, not just my father. My book is in English with the hope for translations.
My advice is to keep encouraging persons and other writers around you, as you continue to write, rewrite and edit your book.
If you wish, include a hook at the end of your book for the sequel!
I am getting advice from my college adviser of 40+ years to publish a few hard copies in addition to the ebook.
-- Yes, one of the best kept secrets is to never lose connection with your college adviser.
He just emailed me to consider CreateSpace and Blurb for hard copies. I had read about both but no time yet to compare!
If your adviser is as incredible as mine, he or she will continue to be at least one step ahead of you, like in days gone by when you were the student.
I love mine, hope you at least keep in contact with yours!
Keep on writing.
After my Israeli cousin's edit, I did my first major rewrite of the entire book and wondered if my work was worthy to go forward?
Mistake #2, I revised the entire book quickly and immediately sent the next version to family members who kindly replied, they would keep editing the first draft! Not only was I adding to their reading load, I was filling up their email program with my short book, yet too long a file for daily correspondence.
The same cousin that reviewed the heck out of the book, was the most encouraging as she had gone through the same process. She had written a book about our family, her inspiration being a long letter that my father and his brother wrote to her mother, their first cousin.
Yes, her book is in a foreign language with a few captions in English. My book includes both my parents, not just my father. My book is in English with the hope for translations.
My advice is to keep encouraging persons and other writers around you, as you continue to write, rewrite and edit your book.
If you wish, include a hook at the end of your book for the sequel!
I am getting advice from my college adviser of 40+ years to publish a few hard copies in addition to the ebook.
-- Yes, one of the best kept secrets is to never lose connection with your college adviser.
He just emailed me to consider CreateSpace and Blurb for hard copies. I had read about both but no time yet to compare!
If your adviser is as incredible as mine, he or she will continue to be at least one step ahead of you, like in days gone by when you were the student.
I love mine, hope you at least keep in contact with yours!
Keep on writing.
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