Last year I gave some thought to publishing some of my
fiction in e-book form. To that effect I downloaded the
Kindle Generator software from Amazon.com. Unfortunately
I couldn't get the damn software to work. The whole thing
seemed ancient, opening (or supposedly opening) up in the
old DOS command line format. I tried everything I could
think of — I'm a writer not a computer hacker — but I
just couldn't get it to work. I swear, the code for the
thing must date back to 1976. Or maybe, hell, 1876.
So I gave up. And I really didn't give it another thought
until I began my little sabbatical a few weeks ago and
was in the fiction generating mode. Things moving way
too slowly on the novel, I decided to give the KindleGen
software another try to see if I could hack it. But I
didn't have any more success this time than I did last.
So I got onto the internet. I figured that somebody out
there must be having the same trouble as me and that maybe
somebody helped them out in terms of advice.
Doing that, and quite by accident, I came across Calibre,
an e-book viewing and also conversion software. Since it
was free I decided to give it a try. And within just an
hour I had successful converted an old TXT format file
to e-book format in both TXT and EPUB formats.
So I got to work. I pulled the Pat Maginess novella and
most of the short stories out and prepared a manuscript
from them. Then I converted that to EPUB.
It wouldn't upload to Amazon. They probably want their
own format, which I can do with Caliber as well, but
I decided that for now I would try Barnes & Noble. After
about two hours spent joining their own e-pub system I
was able to upload the book.
A day went by and finally the thing made it onto their
lists, which you can find here. Of course all the fiction
is available to Opera members and the occasional guest
absolutely free right here on the blog.
I still don't know how much of a cut Barnes & Noble will
take from sales. I will actually have to sell a book first
to find that out (I read the publishing Agreement hat to
heels but couldn't find one single sentence about how much
they were entitled to).
Not wanting to overprice the book I set the sale price at
$2.99. Which means that if B&N takes 50 percent that I will
make about $1.50 per sale.
Which ought to buy me a 2-liter Shasta Cola over at the grocery.
A bottle of cola for a book. Somehow that doesn't sound
quite right. :p
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musickna said:
I wish you thousands of sales, Ed! :yes: Very cool!
gdare said:
After 10.000 sales you would be able to buy yourself a lot more Shasta Cola :yes: And maybe a bottle or two of vodka :cheers:
thetomster said:
:up: great, Edward … must be a good feeling to get "out" there … never heard of anyone really using "calibre" only read about it on the freeware sites … so it really works … thanks for the proof :p … and hopefully big sales … maybe just for adding some days in Germany on your list 😀
Aqualion said:
:yes:
Stardancer said:
YAYYYY!!!! Look at you! That is so very cool, Edward!Hope you get all famous and there are pictures of you put up in bookstores all over the country!:heart:
edwardpiercy said:
@ richardthank you very much i have to admit it's been kind of a rush :)@ darko egypt — paris — denmark and a used jeep wrangler 🙂
intothedeep said:
:hat: This is exciting!! Good for you!!!! :yes:
sanshan said:
If all Edward's Opera friends bought a copy he could buy 2 bottles of vodka and a bottle of Shasta. :up:
L2D2 said:
Hey, do they accept PayPal??? Let me know. A rush indeed, Edward. Just think, I might be able to tell people about my published author friend, Edward Piercy. Yes, I know the man who wrote Pat McGiness, Private Eye!I watched a documentary in the wee hours today about a guy who took lots of pictures of rock and roll personalities many years ago when Jimi Hendrix was so famous. Somehow recently got these pictures to Jimi Hendrix' sister and started a domino effect. He was/is a friend of Slash, also, and had lots of photos he'd taken. So now, at age 60 he has a successful book about his photographing celebrities and is in demand as an author and photographer. Haad to wait 30 years at least before being recognized as the talent he is. So—–nothing to say same can't happen for you.
Pineas2 said:
I just thought of publishing something at wattpad.
edwardpiercy said:
@ Dirk.Okay,Bonn — Belgrade — the AzoresWow, this is turning into quite the world tour. I'd better sell 20,000 copies not just 10,000! :D@ Star.Well it's better than pictures of me put up in Post Offices all over the country. :p:lol:@ Martin.:yes:@ Mags.Thanks Mags!@ San.Maybe so! But my Opera friends get it free. :D@ Linda.At B&N you create an account and then charge to your card. I don't think they have PayPal. But they are an honest outfit and I've never had any problem with them in any way whatsoever.Yeah, sometimes it takes a while. In any case I am just glad that I can get it out there a little more. According to Hitslink I don't get people reading the fiction much here on the blog. @ Angeliki.How about my — "Agent of Love." :p Please try Patricia Arquette first. You know, I've been here for what seems like so long now, all of you pretty much know me at this point, and I am proud to have you all, and if you are proud of me that makes me doubly proud.Wow, that's an awful lot of pride flowing around! :p
ellinidata said:
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
*sticks her chest out of pride ,make that a double ( . Y . ) pride 😀 *
ellinidata said:
:hat: Congrats eddie! *proud friend!*do you need an agent ? :p
edwardpiercy said:
I had to check out Wattpad as I wasn't familiar with it. Interesting site, though it doesn't pay anything.What kind of thing were you thinking about sticking up there?
edwardpiercy said:
Really? I stand corrected. I've never done the PayPal thing.I think I'd have to get an actor for an audiobook. This is a solo project. :DDr. Smit says the new eye is doing fantastic. I get the left eye done on Wednesday. :yes:
L2D2 said:
Actually, Edward, they DO accept PayPal! Woot! I am going, later today, and open an account there. Why don't you also make it available as an audiobook? Don't know what you'd have to do to have that happen though. Are you enjoying your new eye?
L2D2 said:
PayPal is the safest way I know to purchase online. I got burned using my debit card couple months ago and not going through PayPal. It is generally accepted online, but there are still a lot of sites that insist on credit cards only—and I don't have a credit card.
L2D2 said:
Oh, my, goodness—Angeliki will be a terror with the tits.Happy you got the other one done so soon. You'll be better than new and seeing things you never knew existed, including Angeliki's tits—uh, I mean, all the visuasls she posts.
ellinidata said:
Originally posted by L2D2:
😆 Linda you are such a teaser! I said visuals ,not my pictures taken after 4-5 wine glasses ! 😮 I am not posting on my tits even if every single organ of Eddies have been touched/operated/or replaced! and that's final !
ellinidata said:
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
*prepares visuals to check Eddies eye sight :p * Good Luck! :love:
L2D2 said:
Ah, c'mon Angeliki—I know Edward would appreciate it—and I would tell Chuck so he can appreciate it too—and Dare, and Dennis—why you'd be famous all across the OC.
edwardpiercy said:
ah i don"t need any tits anyway calm down, girls!:heart:
ellinidata said:
Originally posted by L2D2:
:lol:yeah , "start spreading the news!" 😆
ellinidata said:
*rewards eddie for a good behavior! :p *http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x76/Samardeep/Funny%20Pictures/eyetest4men.jpg
L2D2 said:
L2D2 said:
When this last eye gets well, you'll have X-Ray vision—like Mel Gibson in The Man Who Knew Women. :devil:
edwardpiercy said:
:lol:LMAO.You know now with my new eye I can see that chart all the way to 20/20. Or is it 36DD?:p:heart: you all. Thanks so much for the encouragement.
ellinidata said:
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
you see nbrs BUT can you see nipples? 😆 just kidding! that will be after Wednesday!you will be in my thoughts, and positive good wishes will be along!Originally posted by L2D2:
oh my!I hope he doesn't start dating only Russian women ike Mel too! http://www.womenrussia.com/images/elenapetrova.jpg
edwardpiercy said:
@ Linda.Linda, if I were like Mel in that movie I don't think I could handle all that good stuff. 😀
edwardpiercy said:
:lol:That's the wrong Russian woman!Ah, much better. :pAcutally, I should say Russian-American woman. 😀
intothedeep said:
Publishing, tits, Mel Gibson, and beautiful Russian women all in the same thread. 😆 Okay, why not?Carry on :up:
edwardpiercy said:
:lol:the constant variety of blogging
Pineas2 said:
"What kind of thing were you thinking about sticking up there?"I am working on an uninspired sequel of Poe's "Arthur Gordon Pym."
edwardpiercy said:
Mags you can be the ultimate, uh, Massachusetts-American woman.Maybe a little redundant, but…:D
edwardpiercy said:
@ Angeliki.Next week: the ultimate Greek American woman.:D
ellinidata said:
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
😆 let me guess… Jennifer Aniston?
ellinidata said:
:doh:you know how to make me give you 1,000,000 points! you desrve them big time! yes, she is the ultimate Russian American ! :up:
intothedeep said:
:sing: Start spreading the word…Can I have a front row seat? 😀
intothedeep said:
:yes:
edwardpiercy said:
@ Pineas.Well when you get it up there on Watt let us know, okay? :up:
edwardpiercy said:
Nooooooo………..:D
edwardpiercy said:
Yes my appointment isn't until 9:00 so Tass will go.Mom will go Thursday for the first follow-up.
ellinidata said:
:lol:nobody can fool the two of you! :pwho is going with you on Wednesday Eddie?is Tass available?
ellinidata said:
:heart: please give my regards to both ladies and a kiss to sasha :)I am having a giant plate with watermelon and watching the Dancing wit The Stars :)Vaia is working on a project "How to Read Literature Like a Professor" I 😮 think I have a better time :p
Pineas2 said:
"Well when you get it up there on Watt let us know, okay?"You know that I am writing german?
edwardpiercy said:
Oh yeah, that right. *waits for the English translation*:D