http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ Web Fiction Guide Forums » Tag: ebooks - Recent Posts en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:58:21 +0000 http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/spots-now-available-on-kindle-bookstore#post-7638 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:56:12 +0000 M.C.A. Hogarth 7638@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Hooray!</p> <p>I sent my art advisor off to buy Pay Me, Bug this week, also, it's just the sort of thing he'd enjoy. :)</p> <p>Your book is very recommendable! </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/spots-now-available-on-kindle-bookstore#post-7637 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:16:38 +0000 ubersoft 7637@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Bought it over the weekend, look forward to reading it from the beginning. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/spots-now-available-on-kindle-bookstore#post-7636 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:07:37 +0000 M.C.A. Hogarth 7636@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>For those of you who started reading Spots the Space Marine and lost track of it after a while, I've put together a compiled and edited version--including a rewrite of the first 15 or so episodes to bring it up to the standards of the rest of the story--and complete with the graphic novel pages, on the Amazon store:</p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Spots-Space-Marine-Defense-ebook/dp/B006MGJYOE/" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Spots-Space-Marine-Defense-ebook/dp/B006MGJYOE/</a></p> <p>The Smashwords version is forthcoming, but my Amazon version is DRM-free so you could probably use Calibre to change it over to anything you want.</p> <p>Three of the reviews from Webfiction Guide got quoted in the beginning of the book! So thank you for those. :) </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/a-new-web-serial-site-ayami-publications#post-5942 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:59:08 +0000 Ayami Tyndall 5942@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Hello to everyone here at Web Fiction Guide.<br /> Now that my two stories are listed here, I would like to share my web serial site, Ayami Publications, with everyone here: <a href="http://ayami.rain.org/" rel="nofollow">http://ayami.rain.org/</a></p> <p>There I am serializing novels I have written (and I hope to one day also share the work of other writers, if I can ever get out of the cave long enough to find any) . There are currently two going, which are listed here on Web Fiction Guide at:<br /> <a href="http://webfictionguide.com/listings/beyond-knowledge/" rel="nofollow">http://webfictionguide.com/listings/beyond-knowledge/</a><br /> and <a href="http://webfictionguide.com/listings/to-see-the-stars/" rel="nofollow">http://webfictionguide.com/listings/to-see-the-stars/</a></p> <p>Both are sci-fi, but while To See the Stars as God is more an adventure story, Beyond Knowledge is a social drama.<br /> Please read and comment, and know that there will be many more stories there in the future, all of which I will be listing here. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/e-books#post-4792 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:56:12 +0000 Miladysa 4792@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>"Refuge made it onto the most downloaded list"</p> <p>*big grins* </p> <p>Yeah, last week they were at 5 (Vol 2) and 10 (Vol 1)<br /> This week - diddly squit! LOL C'est la vie :)</p> <p>I really like the site too &amp; it is easy to use. I also heard this week that Smashwords had signed a deal with Apple.</p> <p>One thing I would say though is to make sure *everything* is there when you upload. When I uploaded Volume 2 a chapter went astray in the web ether - no idea what happened but I didn't half have a dickie fit when I found out! I wouldn't wish that to happen to anyone else.</p> <p>Good luck with your novelettes - I look forward to adding them to my library! </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/e-books#post-4791 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:10:43 +0000 Kyt Dotson 4791@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I used Smashwords to publish a short story a while back and I am slowly putting up some of my novelettes I actually wandered around last weekend to look at best-sellers and most-downloaded. I was amused to see that Refuge made it onto the most downloaded list (first page near the bottom.) I'd meant to go over and mention this, but got caught up. I hope it's going well for thee on that site.</p> <p>I really like how easy it is to get a manuscript published. Especially because I have some readers who have in the past been drumming for PDFs and e-book readable formats. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/e-books#post-4772 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:50:52 +0000 Miladysa 4772@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I went with Smashwords in the end Braveluck :) </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/e-books#post-4770 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 20:59:24 +0000 Braveluck 4770@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I use Smashwords as well too. The only tough part is following the style guide to get your document ready to upload, and that's not too bad. Other than that it is a nice service and will produce and distribute your work in many formats. I recommend it for your needs. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/inkmesh-search-engine#post-4384 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:22:28 +0000 Miladysa 4384@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Thank you for the link - Refuge of Delayed Souls is there :) </p> <p>Interesting site - I am going to go back for a more thorough look later. From what I did see it would appear to link to a number of e-book sites that I have never heard of. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/inkmesh-search-engine#post-4383 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:36:47 +0000 grantcravens 4383@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I thought you guys would be interested in <a href="http://inkmesh.com/">Inkmesh</a>, a search engine for ebooks. It appears to search major sites, including Project Gutenberg and Kindle, but I'm sure there's a way we could figure out how to squeeze our own ebooks in. Any thoughts? </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/e-books#post-4230 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:07:06 +0000 Miladysa 4230@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>@ Chris</p> <p>Ack! Now the cat's amongst the pigeons! </p> <p>feedbooks.com looks to be a great site! Now I'm even more confused - if that's possible :) </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/e-books#post-4229 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:40:38 +0000 Chris Poirier 4229@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>BTW, L. Lee Lowe told me feedbooks.com is a good site, with a helpful operator.</p> <p>Chris. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/e-books#post-4228 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:52:09 +0000 Miladysa 4228@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Thanks for that link vjchambers :)</p> <p>If anyone is interested there is a free ebook available on Smashwords, <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/52">The Smashword Style Guide</a> detailing how to format your manuscript to upload it there. For anyone who is interested in marketing ebooks Smashwords also have a 'how to guide' covering this.</p> <p>I've had a look at a few sites now and I think that Smashwords seems to be the easiest to use.</p> <p>The question I'm asking myself now - do I feel confident enough to push that ebook publish button... </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/e-books#post-4227 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:17:10 +0000 vjchambers 4227@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Yes, I designed my covers myself. (If you click on my link in my sig, you can see my covers on my mainpage.) I like playing around with Photoshop (maybe a little too much. Even though Photoshop has a steep learning curve, I find design to be one of my favorite things to do). But I also have used a free program called Gimp. (You can download it here: <a href="http://www.gimp.org/)" rel="nofollow">http://www.gimp.org/)</a> It's like a freeware Photoshop and will do most of the things that Photoshop does. </p> <p>I use Kindle too, but Stephen apparently knows some secrets I don't. I find that it's very difficult to upload to. I can't for the life of me get something to look good if I upload a Word doc or pdf to it, so I always send it in html, which looks pretty decent. However, Kindle doesn't read html tags in a way that I'd like. It closes any tag the minute it sees a &lt;/&gt;, meaning that using italics over several paragraphs is a nightmare. </p> <p>Smashwords will pop out a mobi file for you. However, considering Kindle is so touchy, I'm wary to let Smashwords format my kindle stuff. I'd be interested to know if anyone has read a Smashwords mobi file on a Kindle and knows how it looked. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/e-books#post-4225 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:09:09 +0000 Miladysa 4225@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Thanks Stephen - I'll take a look :) </p>