Yes, you - you right there! You who decided to go home early or play foosball or what the heck lazy programmers do - before you made sure the new version of Office would actually be able to save the changes necessary to upload a file as an ebook: I dislike you very, very much!
First I spent a weekend figuring out how to format my document. Then I spent a weekend figuring out how to circumvent the things that don't work in my version of the program. Then I spent another weekend realizing that I had to do it all in InDesign instead. Fourth weekend was learning how to actually do it, and the fifth weekend on exorcising ePub poltergeists from my computer. The absolutely worst part about working in InDesign is that learning a new task can be very, very complicated - until you figure out how to do it. Then it's really simple, which makes you feel very stupid. Somewhat accomplished (hey, I can layout a book now!), but mostly stupid. I still maintain that my particular version of the program must be possessed; I can't see any other reasons why some of my numbers suddenly turned into Arabic in my finished file (and yes, there is a certain irony in Arabic numbers turning into... you know, Arabic numbers. But not enough irony to keep me from banging my head into the wall trying to figure it out). The good news is that all of the new versions of my books are now ready to be uploaded to Amazon. I WILL do some kind of giveaway to celebrate, but my workload is insane at the moment, so it'll probably be a couple of weeks - and then How to Domesticate a Russian Bear will be out in a month. I'll update you as soon as they're available - and thank you so much for your patience; it's so nice to still have readers out there!
Prince Charming
9/16/2017 19:36:55
Hi, will your books be available in epub somewhere? And if yes, where?
CB Conwy
9/16/2017 21:41:21
Yes, I'm republishing them now, and the first one - A Russian Bear - is already available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Russian-Bear-ebook/dp/B075KGQLB7/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1505588707&sr=8-2&keywords=cb+conwy
Prince Charming
9/16/2017 22:13:07
Can i buy them somewhere in ePub format? Because i love the VoiceDream App for reading (and listening). But the app needs ePub format. Amazon only works for Kindle or Kindle app. I would love to have the books in ePub format so i could listen to them in the VoiceDream app. I buy a lot of books at Smashwords. Will they be available there too? Or somewhere else where i can buy them in ePub?
CB Conwy
9/16/2017 22:28:04
Smashwords is on my list as well; it's just a very long list at the moment:). In the meantime, have you tried converting your mobi files to ePub in Calibre? I haven't tried it myself, but it looks relatively painless: https://www.epubor.com/3-ways-to-convert-mobi-to-epub-free.html (and yes, I do realize that it'll be easier if the damn author just get the files done - the damn author promises to do her very best!).
Prince Charming
9/16/2017 23:17:00
😊 i love your humor. And i'm glad you think of putting you books on Smashwords. I have calibre but Amazon does it's very best to make thinks difficult for people who wants to change the format. I'll wait patiently for the epub format. Thank you for thinking of those who don't use Kindle. I read A Russian Bear a while ago and loved it. And your short stories in that universe are amazing.
CB Conwy
9/17/2017 19:32:40
Books now available on Smashwords. Brain fried, but books available - looky here:): https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/748516
Prince Charming
9/17/2017 20:31:46
Cool. Thank you! 😃 Comments are closed.
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I read and I write - everything from corporate to kink. My naughty fictional friends are always there to make my life interesting. And pester me, of course. Pesky creatures. Archives
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