I moved from wordpress.com to wordpress.org over the last few weeks. The transition wasn’t all that hairy, just took a while. What with all the other duties I must perform, I hardly had two minutes to rub together. There was […]
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92.6 The Blitz? Super!
It seems that everyone wants something from you these days. There’s always a catch. There’s always a gotcha. Always? Almost always. Believe it or not, there are people out there who actually care about the independents. One of them is […]
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The Grind
The Smashwords Summer (Winter in the Southern Hemisphere) Sale is over, the party is dying down and the world has a glut of indie books to chew through. There’s that distinct feel of melancholy in the air, the bartender is […]
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An Epiphany
A few weeks back, I hit the well-worn “stuff-it” button and began that familiar routine that involves sniffing about for something quick for dinner. Pizza was the order of the day. What would it be this time? Then a wave […]
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KDP – The End Result
After doing all the setup and tweaking and uploading and tweaking again, I got to the point where I could actually submit the book for publishing. As I’ve already explained, while CreateSpace does allow Author copies, Amazon does not. No […]
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It’s on again – Smashwords Summer Sale!
For the ninth year in a row – there’s a trend, can you tell? – the Smashwords Summer (Winter in the Southern Hemisphere) Sale or, as I like to say, SS(WSH)S is on. From the 1st of July to the […]
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All Profits go to Bart’s Ration Challenge
Bartek Sobieszczuk, or ‘Bart’ to those in the know, is taking part in a fundraiser to live off only rations for a week in order to raise money for Syrian refugees. I got to thinking about how I could help […]
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KDP – The Cover Pt II
Last post I uploaded the front cover to the KDP creator. I had blundered in that the DPI or dots per inch setting was at a default of 72, rather than the required 300. Changing the DPI to 300, re-exporting […]
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What’s got 2 eyes, 7 legs…?
And is set to splash its way all across your e-reader? Tedrick! That’s right, everyone’s favourite octopus detective is due for release tomorrow, 1st of June! OMG! I’ll be holding my own little celebration, but I can’t celebrate for too […]
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KDP – The Cover
In the previous post, I spoke about how to get the cover to play ball. By downloading the template you will save yourself a lot of trouble, but how does one use it? GIMP I like GIMP. A lot. I […]
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