Showing posts with label Kindle Direct Publishing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kindle Direct Publishing. Show all posts
Friday, October 12, 2018
Very Good News...
Happy Friday, y'all!
KDP sent me an email the other day that my books have been shipped and are scheduled to arrive Saturday in Raleigh. Woo hoo!!
Thanks to everyone who sent good vibes into the universe. :0)
Also...FALL has arrived. Temperatures have reached the cool-over-night and warm-during-the-day balance that I love so much. I've had the windows open whenever I can to get rid of the stuffy AC recycled air.
In other news, I am handing off the reins of the contest I've been running for my writers group to a chaptermate. I'm very excited to place the contest into capable hands. Of course, I've taken on another, though smaller, program for the chapter because I just can't seem to help myself. But I don't have to do much of anything for that until January or February, so: Yay!
Preparations for my trip are winding down aside from the packing, which requires laundry, which will happen tomorrow. Just a few more minor things to get done as far as conference event prep goes and if I don't get to it, nothing bad will happen.
Anyway, have a great weekend and I'll catch you Monday!!
Friday, September 21, 2018
Free Romance Novels...
Get some free romance novels...
I'm participating in the promo...they are not all male/male romances, so take a look if you're so inclined.
And now for an update...I heard back from KDP and I spent almost an hour on the phone with a lovely, patient gentleman named Christopher who helped me (hopefully) get the book accepted for print so that I can order copies for my conference.
The bleed issue--that my cover graphics (back and front cover images) weren't long enough for when the book gets trimmed was insane. The cover template I was sent--by KDP--was 2475 pixels high. After two print proofs with issues, I made those graphics 2510 pixels high (35 additional pixels) and there was still an issue on the back end. They could see it, but it never shows up on the screens and views that I have access to. That's a problem.
But, as I said, Christopher walked me through an alternative method and reviewed it on his end and said there is now 99.9% that it will be accepted this time. *cross your fingers please*
The other issue was with pagination. The main book is numbered and the excerpt of the second book is numbered although not continuously--why would it be?? According to the notes in my files, this could be an issue and cause a print delay.
WHUT???
My print proofs arrived within days of ordering with nary an issue as far as the page numbering was concerned. *sigh*
BUT-- I just need print books right now, so I deleted the page numbers of the excerpt and re-uploaded the manuscript.
Please, please, please...let that work. I will have an email within twenty-four hours.
Now to get book two sorted... Wish me luck and have a great weekend.
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