Amazon Kindle Touch In UK At last Amazons Kindle Touch is now available in the UK. This has headphone socket and speakers (see my earlier review post), Would I have bought it if it had been available before? Maybe. Even though the keypad is awful, its better than not having one at all. But [...] read more »
We have all been there as self published authors in the Noob stage. Screaming at our computer, pulling out chunks of hair, and wondering for the hundredth time why it was we decided to do this self publishing thing. Any new self publisher that is more than a little clueless when it comes to HTML dreads this part of publishing. Formatting for Kindle. photo courtesy of Phaitoon If you go through smashwords to upload your book to Amazon you are gold. But what if you want to utilize KDP Select? This means... read more »
An exciting Twitter week for me culminated with the tweet below: Author QA with Ellen Feldman tinyurl.com/6re8sla#BookReview The Irish Americans: A History eBook by Jay P. Dolan -goo.gl/BX8KX $0.99 (95% off) today only for the #Kindle#StPatricksDay Thoughts on:Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowdenmanoflabook.com/wp/?p=643 #BookReview #Rangers#DeltaForce #Mogadishu #Somalia Lloyd Shepherd: My parley with ebook piratesgu.com/p/36826/tw via @guardian 100 #Kindle Books for $3.99 or Less - ow.ly/9yJSc # Amazon.com: ... read more »
Photo courtesy of Danilo Rizzuti and fredigitalphotos.net There is a little known niche in Kindle publishing. Article writing. This is a great alternative for those authors that have a wealth of information to share and want to get paid for sharing it. Everything from travel to how to can be written and published on Amazon and Kindle as an article. These short informative articles can be as short as three thousand words, or as long as thirty thousand. Keep your front matter low, due the fact that it is a... read more »
My ebooks will all be available either free or, in the case of Breaking Faith, at 50% off, for the rest of this week to 11 March as part of a Smashwordspromotion.Smashwords is the publisher I use for my ebooks.If you'd like to obtain a copy of one of the books as above, visit https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/stuartakenwhere you'll be able to get four of them free andBreaking Faith for $1.50.All I ask is that, if you take advantage of this offer, you do a short review and place it on Smashwords, Am... read more »
Breaking Faith is apaperback and an ebook. I'm posting individual chapters here, each week, sothat those who wish can read the book in full and free of charge. If you missed the start,here's the link: http://stuartaken.blogspot.com/2012/01/read-free-my-novel-here.html Chapter 1 appeared on 13January and following chapters appear each Friday. You can find them via thearchive. Read, enjoy, invite yourfriends. Chapter 7 Friday 19th March ‘You’re a fool, girl. Alwayshave been, always will be. I’... read more »
Asa teenager, when our first TV arrived, I loved to watch Westerns. But I'venever read one, until Tyler Brentmore's DeadMen's Fingers came my way. I downloaded this book to Kindle for PC, readingfrom the screen in a way I generally avoid. That's how involving a story itwas. Against all the odds, I felt compelled to read it. Theauthor has a great facility with words and molds language into sentences andparagraphs that drive the story forward at a gallop. But, at the same time, thecharacters are graphica... read more »
It's been a busy and productive week, interrupted by a further visit to the dentist, but that job should be finished at the next visit.The NaNoWriMo novel, titled, An Avenger Unseen, is now well into its next stage of editing. I've read aloud the first 10 chapters and marked these where changes are needed. Once I've completed that part, I shall go back and make all the necessary alterations.Another blog post is finished and scheduled to appear later this month.On a walk along the coast (see pic above) wi... read more »
Breaking Faith was first publishedas a paperback 3 years ago and, on 24 October 2010, I published it as an ebookthrough Smashwords and on Amazon Kindle. I'm now posting individual chaptershere on the blog, so that anyone who wishes can read the book in full and freeof charge. The Prologue, which beginsthe novel, was posted on 6 January. Here's a link, if you missed it: http://stuartaken.blogspot.com/2012/01/read-free-my-novel-here.html. Chapter 1 was posted on 13January and the link can be found in t... read more »
Breaking Faith waspublished as a paperback 3 years ago and, on 24 October 2010, I published it asan ebook through Smashwords and on Amazon Kindle. I'm now posting individualchapters here on the blog, so that anyone who wishes can read the book in fulland free of charge. The Prologue was posted on6 January. Here's a link, if you missed it: http://stuartaken.blogspot.com/2012/01/read-free-my-novel-here.html. Chapter 1 was posted on 13January and the link can be found in the archive. Read, enjoy, tell... read more »
