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Above: Erik Vanstrum, Big Rock; GV photo
Left: Nick Vanstrum, Waiohai; GV photo
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Above: Erik Vanstrum, Big Rock; GV photo Left: Nick Vanstrum, Waiohai; GV photo |
Welcome, dear Readers.
Here's the place to voice your opinions regarding book reviews (Man Bites Book), the Pacific Surf Report, Fiction In Progress, or anything else your heart desires.
Just send an e-mail to: forum@vanstrum.net
January, 2012
forum: We have Kindles, not the Fire (they have colo, cool!). I like ordering books from Amazon, and don't really use the thing for magazines, etc. Maybe I should .
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chris: I do not have one yet, currently weighing the differences
between Kindle Fire and an iPad. Any thoughts?
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forum: Good one! Let me know what kind of e-reader you have!
chris: Thanks Is the contest over? Here's another:
Spouse abused. Resolution failed. New address.
forum: Sorry I didn't get to this sooner. I like 'em
both, specially #2.
chris: Hi Here's a couple:
Band plays. People dance. Singular energy.
Politicians talk. People fooled. Nothing changes.
forum: Good luck with the Kindling. It's not hard, trust me. Good luck on the book warming! I think the book's a winner, so keep on it. Keep me posted.
December, 2011
brian: Ah, Todos was great yesterday. A little windy, but by
the 2nd wave in each set, clean face. Between 15- 20'. I stuck
with my 7' 6". Not scary big, but enough to get the adrenalin
going. I managed to snag a perfect stand up 8' wide tube. Happy
camper :-)
Looks like next week could be pretty big, interested? Not sure
exactly what day yet, but I'm keeping an eye on it.
http://www.highlandway.us/
forum: Yeah, Nick (the 14 yo) wanted to surf Xxxxx. Erik and
I said, whatever. So we surfed there--there were some definite
good ones, no long tubes, but good lefts and rights. I think Headkick
got better as the tide went out..Thanks for the invite to Todos--I've
got too much to do here, sorry. But thanks!
kevin: It's Betsy, Kevin's wife taking a minute to get back to you. Thanks for the information about Kindle! I'm the techie part of our team and this could really help. The book is already available in practically every e-format via the publisher, Authorhouse, but they're way behind the times where Kindle is concerned. This is on my list to tackle and I appreciate the direction.
On a plus note...we have our official (only 10 years past the original publication date) book launch and signing happening next month. A good friend has offered to host it at his venue and it should be a great evening. We just nailed down a date of February 23rd, and are working out the rest of the details. We're also working on a date in NorCal, back in Kevin's old stomping grounds. If you'd like, I can add you to our email list to keep you informed.
Also, we have a Facebook page, which if you haven't already
done that it might be a good way to spread the word about your
book. Social media seems like the big deal as far as today's marketing
goes. I'm going to dig in over the next couple of weeks and ramp
up our website too, which is very bare bones right now. 2012 feels
like it's finally the year to break out with this genre so it's
all hands on deck where we're concerned. Keep us in your loop
and hopefully we can cross paths in person someday!
www.talesoftheemeraldtriangle.com Follow it on Facebook!
forum@vanstrum.net: Hi, Checked out the link. I downloaded Mark Coker's free guide to formatting at www.smashwords.com, formatted according to his easy explanations (with the nuclear option, the links to sections of the book, etc.), and uploaded seven books (five novels, two sets of shorts) myself to Kindle. Amazon is way ahead of all the other e-books, so that's important.
You can't upload .doc files to Amazon, though, you have to do a conversion. Save your file as a .html (you will get two files, one for the document, one for the images). Put the two in a file, and then compress them using control-click (on a Mac) and you will get a zip file. That will upload smoothly to Kindle.
Write me if you have trouble.
On Tue, 27 Dec 2011, kevin: Hi Glenn, I'm (I should say my wife Betsy) is working through the e-book maze. I think the book is Ipod ready, but not Kindle. Different file or something. Don't know about you, but I always have had the desire to write a book, but the selling of a book? That's a whole 'nuther deal. Have you shopped for an agent? There was something in Publisher's Weekly, (I put the link below) about how the industry is starting to get with our kind of book, (maybe we can catch a wave). We've been pretty bare-bones in our approach so far, got a Web site up and crawling, and the book has it's own Facebook page. It would probably be better if I knew what a Facebook page was, but oh well, it's a brave new world in the publishing biz, or so I've heard.
I didn't know Kirkus was pay-to-play, guess I've never thought about it, but it makes sense they would be. Bottom line, nobody's going to read a book they've never heard of. Good luck with getting the book launched, it's a real challenge.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/46455-publishers-high-on-marijuana-books.html
On Dec 22, 2011, at 11:00 AM, forum@vanstrum.net wrote:
Hi Kevin,
Good to hear from you. I truly enjoyed reading your novel, so
writing the review was easy. Hope it helps sales. At present I
haven't sold many books, but at least a few people out there are
reading them, and they're not just sitting in my computer gathering
electrons, or whatever it is unread files gather.
I've thought about springing for some Kirkus Indie reviews ($425 @--ouch!) and, fairly enough, no guarantee of a positive outcome. Plus you have to send two damn manuscripts (I'm an e-book guy right now, trying to save paper). We'll see. But that Kirkus name doesn't hurt sales, or so I've been told...
All best wishes,
Glenn
P.S. Is you book out on Kindle yet? Not that hard to convert
it. Or urge your publisher to do it for you. It's the future,
I think. Like the iPod.