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Media Bloke
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: NSW - Australia
Device: iOS
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Another Aussie from down under
Hi, I'm a designer living in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales about an hour out of Sydney and have been hired to make eBooks. I knew they existed but only read up on how to build one the day before the interview. Google kept sending me here and I made my first ePub during the interview and got the job. All the other applicants hadn't found MobileRead had they. Thanks guys, you got me a job.
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I'm watching you!
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Sunny Coast Qld, OZ
Device: Sony PRS-900(unused lately) iPadAir2, want me Kindle Oasis
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wow!
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Author's pet-geek
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: North Queensland, Australia
Device: Kindle 3 Wifi, Onyx Boox M96
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Well done - and welcome to MR.
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Media Bloke
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Location: NSW - Australia
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Thanks SneakySnake
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Media Bloke
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Location: NSW - Australia
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Hi MrPLD, thanks, How long did it take you to come up with the $3.99 point of sale price? And are you self publishing on Amazon or iBooks?
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Author's pet-geek
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: North Queensland, Australia
Device: Kindle 3 Wifi, Onyx Boox M96
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Wannabee,
We started out at $8.90 but quickly determined that wasn't going to roll for a debut novel, no matter how well written. Almost everyone was doing $2.99 for theirs but we noticed that most were 60~80,000 words, where's "Tree of Life" is 120,000 words, so we decided that $3.99 would be a fair price for that amount of work. Fortunately the reviews that have been coming back essentially confirm that the book is worth the price. We're self-published using Lightning source for the dead-tree version and the eBook we host/sell ourselves but additionally we have it listed on Amazon and Goodreads to capture additional potential markets/exposure. We could also try Smashwords but we're getting a bit concerned about the excessive spreading, especially when you consider that each location usually has a minimum accrued income before they payout, which means you could end up with $200 of sales spread all around but still not have a single payment ![]() Paul |
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Chocolate Grasshopper ...
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Scotland
Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW
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![]() Welcome to mobileread .... and well done on the interview ! just shows it pays to do your homework ![]() |
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Pensively observing.
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![]() Welcome. Nice to have another Aussie here. Cheers |
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Monaco-Menton, France
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Good to have your new company, Wannabee. Best wishes. Neil
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Device: Kindle 1, Kindle 3 (3G), iPhone
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Hi and welcome to MR!
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Grand Sorcerer
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Media Bloke
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: NSW - Australia
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Thanks everyone for the kind welcome, I'm already finding many answers and hints. I'm looking forward to trying some of them.
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