Archive for December 30th, 2023
Well needed rest…
Hello all! I’ve been absent from my website for a while because I needed some rest. Although I have a third mystery to start, I had to step away from writing to focus on releasing my collection. However, yesterday, I did a lot of walking envisioning the opening scene of my new mystery story. I can envision most of it in my head, but the vision remains fuzzy. It’s the dialogue within the opening circumstance that needs clarifying. More walking will be needed.
My latest collection didn’t take off as expected. The website I used to create my ebook complained about the formatting of my manuscript, and I had to make multiple adjustments. After each adjustment, the website still needed to validate my format, and that took some time. It was the first ebook I’ve published since 2019, and I’d forgotten how picky the website was, but I still love them for their distribution model.
Speaking of distribution models, I’ve been going back in forth if I should stay with Smashwords or go to Amazon KDP. With Smashwords, my books are sold at many different markets, unlike KDP where Amazon is the only place my books will reside. I have a feeling Amazon is much more familiar than Smashwords, although Smashwords makes my books available at Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, Kobo, etc.
I think for my ‘An Unexpected Evil’ series, I’ll publish it at KDP. The first ebook is already free, and so far has many downloads. The other three books will be sold at KDP. Somehow, I’ll have to bundle the first free book with the other three books that will not be free. Not sure how to work around it though.
Take care!
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