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Putting things onto Kindle
Hard grind, but I hope it's worth it...... I've spent most of the last week formatting and uploading five novels for Kindle, available from the Amazon websites worldwide. They tell you it's incredibly simple -- and indeed it is, if you want to upload any old rubbish. But if you want a novel that looks good, reads well, with a Table of Contents that works automatically, and with some chance of selling in that ultra-competitive world, you have to get it right.
So everything has to be transferred from Pages to Word, then reformatted with headings centred, page breaks taken out and put back in the places where they should be, indents for tables and lists etc etc ...... After one novel I felt dizzy and cross-eyed -- now, after five, I feel distinctly shell-shocked!
But Kindle is the way to go, since it makes book a available for a couple of dollars, and since there are all those people (mostly young people?) out there with their Kindles in their bags, commuting and reading every day. Replacing the old market, or just complementing it? Still not sure.......
Using the Kindle channel to market is the best guarantee of getting your books in front of the eyes of the target audience... and I assume you authors would like as vast an audience as possible? *winks*
Congratulations BSJ, the formatting can be a horrible nightmare ... five books down the line, you can now call yourself an expert! :o)
I have in the past had the same sentiment Gillian & SJ, I love the feel and smell of the real thing but I am making small changes in my lifestyle to attempt a move to a paperless existence. It's better late than never but I am now adopting a greener existence - only this morning I considered getting rid of my vast collection of DVDs and investing instead in a 'smart TV' to that I can take entertainment in the home to 'the cloud' level, which basically means accessing all films and music for that matter, from an online resource and downloading as and when required.
Rhianne
aka @LadyBizBiz
Kindle is the way to go, but I'm an old fashioned girl and I like a paper bookin my hands- that's just me.
The days of local newspapers (Papurau Bro) are limited too, with circulation falling. Advertisements are taking up the greater part of many.
Ilook forwardto a Wednesday, the day the 'Western Telegraph', my local paper arrives.Wedding accounts no longer appear, just birthday greetings andobituaries. I don't recycle the paper until thenext issue comesout, so I can checkthe entertainment notices orcouncil rubbish collections at Bank Holidays and so on.
We've acquired a garden waste disposal bin (Pembs County Council) and neighbours have asked me how weheard about it. They are surprisedto learn details appearedin the local paper.
I'll be sad ifour paperceases circulation because it is an invaluable source of local knowledge.
Added the kindle ed to the AC bookstore.