The KDP thing was OK. Just OK. Wasn’t bad, wasn’t great. Well, that’s not entirely accurate. The Good: with KDP I was graciously allowed to advertise with Kindle, and the readers of KDP Select could read the book freely. The […]
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Portsmouth Avenue Released
You know, I think I’m going to make a new rule. When it comes to releasing titles, I’m going to deliberately hold off past Christmas. With the development-o-meter hitting a full scale deflection, the obligatory seasonal parties, obligations and preparations, […]
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Portsmouth Avenue up on Pre-release
Head-down-bum-up. That’s the story of the past year, and, for the past month, it has been head-downer-bum-even-more-upper. The pace only gets faster the closer one gets to finishing. To tell you the truth, I’m knackered. I’m stoked to see it […]
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Man, I hoped that worked…
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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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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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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KDP – The Juicy Bits
In the previous post I told you how I decided to try out KDP’s Create Space for the paperback version of Tedrick Gritswell. In this episode, I’ll walk you through the uploading of the manuscript because it needs some examination, […]
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Hardcopy with KDP
In the interest of comparison with Lulu, I’m going to be documenting my experience with Kindle Direct Publishing and Create Space for making the hardcopy version of my book. The ISBN Thankfully, Amazon supplies ISBNs. If you’re curious about how […]
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