tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164588272845310569.post2170545419007082560..comments2023-08-28T07:04:55.848-04:00Comments on The Poptart Manifesto by Rick Gualtieri: Self-Publishing from One Newb to AnotherRick Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07703091917685458099noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164588272845310569.post-83827990319235229132011-10-16T13:27:15.903-04:002011-10-16T13:27:15.903-04:00Sweepyjean, excellent! Best of luck to you.Sweepyjean, excellent! Best of luck to you.Rick Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07703091917685458099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164588272845310569.post-52815116599472619712011-10-15T21:33:17.468-04:002011-10-15T21:33:17.468-04:00With 3 ebooks out, I'd say you were a veteran!...With 3 ebooks out, I'd say you were a veteran! I just put out my first one, a collection of poetry with prose commentary. So far I've only dealt with Smashwords with any consistency but then again, I'm offering mine for free, hoping to at least get my name out there. I found their guide to be extremely helpful in getting clean formatting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164588272845310569.post-47726662203115505022011-10-13T10:09:05.056-04:002011-10-13T10:09:05.056-04:00Thanks for the tweet, JL!
Southpaw, I've foun...Thanks for the tweet, JL!<br /><br />Southpaw, I've found that mobi doesnt like Internet explorer 9. If you have that installed, it's probably the source of your problems. In my case I don't use IE much so I downgraded back to 8 for the time being. A pain but it fixed the mobi issue until it either gets patched or Kindlegen (which I currently don't like) gets better.Rick Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07703091917685458099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164588272845310569.post-81557260020912689092011-10-13T09:44:47.649-04:002011-10-13T09:44:47.649-04:00Nice article. Mobicreator created errors for me. I...Nice article. Mobicreator created errors for me. I reported it to them and and recommended using KindleGen. It was the whole TOC issues. (There working of fixing it.)<br /><br />I should hard copies through Lulu, but most sales came through Amazon distribution. I intend to migrate to CreateSpace because the profit margin is quite a bit better.<br /><br />I got here via J.L Camobell's tweet!Southpawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539290964546504171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164588272845310569.post-74332118446323314742011-10-13T07:08:37.209-04:002011-10-13T07:08:37.209-04:00Interesting and useful advice. Gonna tweet.Interesting and useful advice. Gonna tweet.J.L. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05666634455836834179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164588272845310569.post-63672972393236570062011-10-10T15:06:37.148-04:002011-10-10T15:06:37.148-04:00Thanks, all, for the comments! Nick, excellent to...Thanks, all, for the comments! Nick, excellent to hear. If you need any help once you're ready please drop me a line.Rick Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07703091917685458099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164588272845310569.post-31714943507099622392011-10-10T14:15:32.067-04:002011-10-10T14:15:32.067-04:00Good advice. I'm currently planning a self-pub...Good advice. I'm currently planning a self-published poetry anthology for some time next year. This was really helpful. =)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610184057896951494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164588272845310569.post-39461060240987242922011-10-10T12:45:42.160-04:002011-10-10T12:45:42.160-04:00Smashwords lets your produce free work, whereas th...Smashwords lets your produce free work, whereas the others don't. That and the ability to create coupon codes make it useful. Plus, when you get into the premium catalog they distribute you to B&N, iTunes and other outlets. I have not sold oodles on Smashwords either, but I just started.<br /><br />Thanks for the added info on POD. Someday I'll add that component, too.M Paxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14096697282530998519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5164588272845310569.post-40938466758310635422011-10-10T10:20:21.892-04:002011-10-10T10:20:21.892-04:00Good advice! I'm a newbie too - self pubbed in...Good advice! I'm a newbie too - self pubbed in April of this year. I went through Amazon & Createspace - Smashwords too. So far Smashwords has not produced the fury of sales I thought it would, as most come from Amazon...like you said, they ARE the giant out there.Lisa Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12169692043352124571noreply@blogger.com