tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post7008548834865679569..comments2024-03-29T07:52:08.269-04:00Comments on PT Dilloway: Two-Cent Tuesday: Publishing 101 Lesson 3PT Dillowayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-62813150175112528802013-02-27T08:10:08.638-05:002013-02-27T08:10:08.638-05:00As usual, all good tips. I'll be checking bac...As usual, all good tips. I'll be checking back as I publish stuff.<br /><br />one thing: If you're in the KDP program, you cannot make your books available on other platforms. Double check that, maybe, as I got a notice from KDP that "Eclipse" was available on B&N's Nook, and it was because Lulu has joined with B&N, so I had to write B&N and get them to take it down.<br /><br />On that subject: HAD I registered "Eclipse" as a copyright with a copyright office, I'd have been entitled to get paid by B&N for them listing my book, even though they never sold any copies. But I didn't register, and so I would have been limited only to claiming as damages any money they earned. Which was nothing.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-28758528536771672252013-02-26T21:18:52.972-05:002013-02-26T21:18:52.972-05:00I think my brother has whole books on writing desc...I think my brother has whole books on writing descriptions. Nice tips PatMaurice Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338165486757095191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-79487580507226831442013-02-26T19:24:29.929-05:002013-02-26T19:24:29.929-05:00I'm making a copy of this post and filing away...I'm making a copy of this post and filing away all this useful information. Thanks.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-70863811000499228982013-02-26T14:09:07.035-05:002013-02-26T14:09:07.035-05:00Whoa....I had to actually take some notes and go t...Whoa....I had to actually take some notes and go through your post slowly and carefully. <br /><br />Smashwords, I've heard, can be a big pain. And I'm sure Smash and Amazon aren't on speaking terms, no matter what each side is saying.<br /><br />B&N is a sinking ship, sort of. The brick & mortar side is making money, and it separated itself from the Nook Side, which is bleeding money. Jay Noelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04757777693161610861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-17139437464259692302013-02-26T11:40:33.716-05:002013-02-26T11:40:33.716-05:00I love this post. There's a lot of really usef...I love this post. There's a lot of really useful information here. I'm probably going to try and self-publish a fantasy novel that I wrote a while back ago sometime this year under the Planet 99 logo. I'm not certain if I should go just with Amazon or if I should do Smashwords too or even bother with a paperback (although paperbacks seem to help out a lot with goodreads). Goodreads may be my most successful marketing. I did a bunch of giveaways a few months ago and got a ton of "to reads." Now I've noticed that several months later, some of those people are actually buying my book. I've done next to nothing as far as marketing my first one, and I have 10 people "currently reading" and I didn't give them copies. So I guess maybe it's worth it to do all those giveaways? I have no idea.<br /><br />Great post though. Very informative.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-61124674549777872452013-02-26T09:46:10.830-05:002013-02-26T09:46:10.830-05:00My sales on Smashwords and B & N didn't ma...My sales on Smashwords and B & N didn't make it worth staying with them. <br />B & N was the worst for me. Not that I wouldn't try them again. Perhaps I just don't have enough books out there yet. If I get several novels published, I plan to mix things up. In general Kindle select is a promotion tool that works for me at the moment. Although it used to work better before they adjusted it. One plus about being just on Amazon..I don't have to worry about having so many different files formatted for each platform. Some days I spend hours updating files. Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07922596724107742478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3651058317830668643.post-13377373089382962442013-02-26T09:23:00.375-05:002013-02-26T09:23:00.375-05:00I didn't realize that about the ISBN through S...I didn't realize that about the ISBN through Smashwords. Good to know. You always have to be careful about Smashwords when you are setting up your book, I tried to use them to get A Dead God's Wrath to some of the smaller markets and iBooks, but I've never succeeded in having it accepted as error free...<br /><br />Anyway, in the past, I know some authors have found their books double posted in places like B&N, because they didn't deselect it as an option when they put it on Smashwords and so when they put it up through Pub-It, they didn't know Smashwords was right behind them putting it up as a Smashwords version.Rusty Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887821877521181811noreply@blogger.com