They make it way too easy to release books on KDP . It was a couple of clicks, and I was done. It's out. Here it is. It's se...

24
Jul
2013

My First eBook: Part 7

They make it way too easy to release books on KDP. It was a couple of clicks, and I was done. It's out. Here it is. It's selling. People have bought it and are buying it and, I assume, must

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I got my second tattoo today. In fact, it was finished less than 3 hours ago. It was the second of many, and I enjoyed it just as much as th...

20
Jul
2013
7/20/2013

My Second Tattoo

I got my second tattoo today. In fact, it was finished less than 3 hours ago. It was the second of many, and I enjoyed it just as much as the first. Here's a picture. If you're considering getting a tattoo

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Release date, and marketing plan. The first, I have. The second, I'm a bit sketchy on. I've never been very good at selling mys...

15
Jul
2013

My First eBook: Part 6

Release date, and marketing plan. The first, I have. The second, I'm a bit sketchy on. I've never been very good at selling myself (and in saying so, I'm proving it right off the bat. Skillz); unless I'm pretending to

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Formatting for Kindle. I know I said this would be a better post than the one before it, but I was lying. It's gonna be so much wor...

05
Jul
2013

My First eBook: Part 5

Formatting for Kindle. I know I said this would be a better post than the one before it, but I was lying. It's gonna be so much worse. Deal with it, dickhead. Also, this isn't to say I'm definitely opting

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Metadata.   That is, blurbs and shit.   So it turns out that I forgot or I didn't think about until now the fact that books hav...

04
Jul
2013

My First eBook: Part 4

Metadata.   That is, blurbs and shit.   So it turns out that I forgot or I didn't think about until now the fact that books have blurbs, and eBooks are no exception. When I was formatting my book to

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Designing a cover. Have you noticed how a lot of self-published books on Amazon, particularly the ones with 20p price tags, have terrible...

01
Jul
2013
7/01/2013

My First eBook: Part 3

Designing a cover. Have you noticed how a lot of self-published books on Amazon, particularly the ones with 20p price tags, have terrible covers? Like, as you gaze at them, valiantly holding back the tears and vomit, you wonder if the person

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