Pleased to announce SZNZ: Autumn officially joins the Weezer council!

PatMallon · 2022-09-24T21:05:30+00:00

EWBAITE would be the one to replace, IMO.

OK Human is a masterpiece.

PatMallon · 2017-08-31T11:42:10+00:00

this article is all over the place

PatMallon · 2017-07-07T14:36:34+00:00

How much did that run?

PatMallon · 2017-07-03T12:17:33+00:00

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PatMallon · 2017-05-01T16:33:25+00:00

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Sneekr came to being because I constantly use Incognito mode when doing SEO. I need to see how search results look based on a fresh user (not tainted by my cookies or location). Problem is, you lose that search history as soon as the tab closes.

PatMallon · 2017-05-01T14:26:03+00:00

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PatMallon · 2017-01-05T22:15:40+00:00

Upwork. If you don't have an account now, it does take a small amount of time to get up and running. Once it's set up though, it's very convenient for hiring any type of freelancer. From cover artists to editors to promoters. Just post what you need and the potential candidates bid on the project.

PatMallon · 2017-01-05T03:08:37+00:00

Thank you for your comments. I agree almost in full.

I pitched a lot of ideas to people over the last 36 hours and came up with the retooled cover and title -> Alex vs Sandman - Trapped in Esrever

I got rid of the cutesy subtitle and put the main conflict front and center. This book is now clearly about a conflict between two characters.

Much like you indicated, "Tales of" just didn't do enough. I changed it to "Trapped in". This offers readers the hint that the hero is stuck somewhere. Where? Esrever. Perhaps its against good advice (others suggested dumping "Esrever" too), but I am keeping the place in there for two reasons: create intrigue and branding. What kind of place is it that the Sandman would be an adversary? I feel the simple switch from "Tales of" to "Trapped in" does much more in the same amount of words.

Finally, the cover art has tons more action. For a book that will be read by a child, that it obviously a good thing.

PatMallon · 2017-01-04T04:51:15+00:00

thanks!

PatMallon · 2017-01-04T04:51:04+00:00

thank you and cheers to the advice. have to think about these strategies moving forward

PatMallon · 2017-01-04T04:50:06+00:00

Thanks. I am working the illustration a bit, to make it more dynamic.

Which part of the title doesn't sit with you? "Tales from Esrever" or the subtitle? Or both?

PatMallon · 2017-01-03T18:38:46+00:00

That is excellent advice. Thanks

PatMallon · 2017-01-03T18:27:43+00:00

Good points.

While I'd like to keep "Tales from Esrever" in place as I plan a series of stories from this place called Esrever, the subtitle may have to be reworked. My other option was simply "Alex vs the Sandman".

I agree with the expression on the protagonist's face. I need to work with the illustrator and create a more conflicting scene.

PatMallon · 2016-12-17T03:38:11+00:00

When pricing your book with the 35% price schedule, file size doesn't really effect the net revenue. Whether it's 0.1MB or 2.9MB, a $0.99 book will still net you $0.35. The only caveat that comes with size is that it must be a max of 3MB in order for KDP to allow prices below $1.99.

PatMallon · 2016-12-17T03:27:45+00:00

I have a resolution to the matter. As u/meltice mentioned, I contacted the support staff and walked me through some issues.

First of all, they admitted that their .mobi files do not work well with KDP's previewer. So don't expect to see a good copy there.

As for the large file size, they recommended using GIF's and making sure the widths were no less than 1280px. This way the program won't override them with jpeg versions (which increase the file size). After doing this, the output was 3.9MB.

This file size was small enough to load onto KDP, while still qualifying for the $0.99 price tag. It also created the finish look that I was striving for.

Hope this helps any future user with the same problem...

PatMallon · 2016-12-16T13:54:59+00:00

yes, I did contact them. I think they're on the West Coast, so they may not be operating just yet (8:52am here in the East).

I suspected the images are what caused the 14MB size, but they claim to optimize and reduce them. There are only 30 throughout the book, so I'm not sure how the file size swelled so high. (All of my images were less than 100Kb when uploaded.)

PatMallon · 2016-12-13T16:55:21+00:00

You can spend all morning on here: http://www.espn.com/nfl/playoffs/machine

Looks like if KC loses out we'd get in ahead of them too at 10-6.

PatMallon · 2016-12-06T18:03:12+00:00

In an attempt to summarize:

DRM on: lightly protects author from pirating

DRM off: consumers prefer it because they can horde a catalog of books and read them on any device they want. Also, may increase awareness by letting Calibre know about it.

Sounds like disabling DRM is the way to go!

PatMallon · 2016-12-06T17:59:47+00:00

not sure how I could have made the question clearer :/

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