Finally, I finished reading the last section of the book this morning, and the edits for that bit were super quick. I actually like the book much more than I remember thinking back when I finished it! :D
But it’s been more than a month since I finished the book, so I guess that makes a difference. :)
So, now I’m onto formatting and publishing. I need to finish all that today. :o
Also, I’m still trying to decide if I want to go back into KDP with this pen name or not. I pulled the book out when the last renewal came up, in anticipation of making sure both books were either in or out, on the same time line.
This is the second pen name book, and I’m not expecting great things from it, not after a wait of nearly a year since the last book came out. :o
So: do I want to put the book into KDP?
- In favor of KDP
- Time saved by publishing only at Amazon (about a day)
- First book was in KDP, so I might see better results for second book if it goes in for at least a little while
- In disfavor of KDP
- The first book will be a new book on all vendors other than Amazon, so I’ll have two new books on those sites
- I like my books being available in lots of places
- I don’t like being paid by page reads. Reminds me too much of the rip-off that is Google Adsense, etc: big companies taking advantage of small publishers to make big money and share only a pittance with the person responsible for the actual content. Amazon’s page read program isn’t that bad, but it feels bad.
Hmm. I’ll have to decide, but I can finish the formatting first!
Finally, do I want to continue with a pricing experiment (which is one reason I created the pen name) or do I just want to price at $6.99?
Both questions I need answers too by the end of the day today.
Now here’s some accountability for today’s activities. (I’ve decided I really like using lists for this stuff, no idea why.)
- 11:29 am
- Time to format my Word docx, will try to finish before I stop for lunch today.
- Stopping at 12:30 pm with only the table of contents to finish. The other formatting only took so long because I was puttering with my styles and updating the formatting of the first book in the series.
- Time to format my Word docx, will try to finish before I stop for lunch today.
- 4:10 pm
- Starting on the table of contents
- Finished shortly thereafter
- Worked and reworked the blurbs (descriptions) for the current book and the one before too many times to count before I came up with something I really liked. Two hours at least, although I didn’t really keep up.
Uh, I gave up. It’s just been ridiculously hot in here this afternoon/evening, with 90° Fahrenheit and sun outside, making it hard to cool down at the computer. I’ll get back at it in the morning when it might be at least a little cooler. (Did I say they’re finally coming on Tuesday to fix the A/C? Yay!)
Also, I got distracted by a movie I didn’t intend to watch to the end while I ate supper. But it was lovely and wonderful and I couldn’t turn it off. Consider this a rec for The Age of Adalind. I loved it!
Supper was frozen blueberries, fresh cherries, and plain Yogurt and just enough honey to make it sweet (makes a really cold desert), a peach, an orange, and some strawberries. Too much fruit, I know. But I’m not cooking in this heat. Forget that.
Anyway, I’ll move on to generating my EPUB tomorrow and publish sometime after that.
The truth is, I haven’t decided on the KDP or pricing issue anyway, so I’ll make a commitment on those tonight. Then I’ll get up and get this stuff done, so I can get back to writing, ASAP.
Now, off to bed so I can be up early enough to get some windows open and get this house cooled off before facing another 90° day.