tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87860902021392785712024-03-06T00:19:23.276+00:00Milele Safari - An Eternal Journey...twines around a single day, in an unremarkable border village that snuffs out the lives of four people and shatters many others, only to draw the survivors back to a different time and, perhaps, a hope of atonement and peace.
Step out on the journey and discover an Africa that could have been, is and might one day come to be.
NOW AVAILABLE in paperback and Kindle formats on AMAZON.comAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-89285768213541061092016-11-06T05:00:00.000+00:002016-11-06T15:07:26.119+00:00It's Milele Safari book trailer day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today's the day that <span style="line-height: 1.3em;"><a href="https://ravereviewsbynonniejules.wordpress.com/rrbcs-holiday-train-book-trailer-block-party/" style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #b45f06;">#RRBC’S HOLIDAY TRAIN “BOOK TRAILER” BLOCK PARTY</span></a><span style="color: #b45f06; font-weight: bold;"> </span>rolls onto Milele's YouTube vide</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.3em;">o page. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 20.8px;">and leave a comment on the page to be entered into the prize draw!</span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: "alegreya" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">While you’re there, take a moment and actually view the trailers, leave comments, hit the “THUMBS UP” button and then share the trailer all over social media! If the trailer entices you to do so, then hey, run over to Amazon and buy the book or gift it!!! After all, it is the season for giving, you know! Each stop that you leave a comment on, you will be entered into the random drawing for that author’s <strong>DAILY GIVEAWAYS</strong>! At the end of the 30 day tour, if you have left a comment anywhere along the way, your name will be entered into a drawing for our grand prizes below:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>-1st/Grand Prize:</strong> <strong>$50.00 Amazon Gift Card</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>-2nd/Grand Prize:</strong> <strong>“SPOTLIGHT AUTHOR” slot along with</strong> <strong>1 FREE 60-second commercial ad </strong>on one of our <strong>RAVE WAVES</strong> <strong>BlogTalkRadio Shows;</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>-3rd/Grand Prize:</strong> <strong>#PUSHTUESDAY win & 2</strong> <strong>Books of your choice</strong> from the <strong>Kathryn C. Treat Book Giveaway Treasure Chest;</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>-4th/Grand Prize:</strong> <strong>A *LIVE* interview</strong> on an upcoming segment of a <strong>RAVE WAVES BlogTalk Radio Show</strong> promoting your book of choice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, let me explain this very important part of the tour once more:</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">*Each time a Block Party Participant or visitor leaves a comment on a YouTube trailer stop, his/her name will be <strong>entered into the drawing for our Grand Prizes at the end of the tour; </strong></span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">*Each time a visitor or Participant leaves a comment on a YouTube trailer stop, his/her name will be<strong>entered into the drawings for DAILY PRIZES at each stop</strong>; </span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Comments will be collected at each trailer stop by 12 midnight, CST, (at the close of each day) and winners will be announced the very next day! Winners of the GRAND PRIZES will be announced at on December 15, 2016. (Daily Giveaways are open to the general public).</span></em></div>
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<b>A basic white or black T-shirt</b> from my <span style="color: #b45f06;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.co.uk/LdaQuirm" target="_blank"><b>ZAZZLE</b></a> </span>shop</div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Mosi-oa-Tunya (Victoria Falls) Namib-Naukluft (Namibia)</span></b></i><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Today the MILELE SAFARI BLOG is tickled pink to be one of the first hosting venues for </span><span style="color: #b45f06;"><a href="https://ravereviewsbynonniejules.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #b45f06;">RAVE REVIEWS BOOK CLUB'S</span></a> 'Back to School' Block Party People!</span></h3>
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<span style="text-align: start;">This follows the programme for my first ever Blog Tour (courtesy of</span><b style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> <a href="https://4willspublishing.wordpress.com/past-blog-tours/blog-tour-author-jan-hawke-rrbc/" target="_blank">4Wills Publishing</a>)</span></b><span style="text-align: start;"> back in June 2015 -</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: #b45f06;">FOR OUR PARTY VENUES ALL THROUGH SEPTEMBER</b></span></h4>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com95tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-2239149566655890262015-06-28T16:25:00.002+01:002015-06-28T16:28:39.293+01:00THE MILELE BLOG SAFARIWell, this is my very first professional foray into blog tours courtesy of 4Wills Publishing and RRBC fellow author/member Jason Zandri.<br />
I'll be visiting 7 others blogs over the next week ending on the 4th July :-D<br />
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If not then you can find it <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ravereviewsbookclub/2015/05/09/rrbc-rave-waves-blogtalkradio-beyond-the-cover"><b>HERE</b></a> - it's the oldest 'BEYOND THE COVER' interview so you may need to scroll down a bit! :-)<br />
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Not bad for my 1st taste of promotional media work! :-PAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-90552016088022310342015-05-09T14:56:00.004+01:002015-05-09T14:56:48.627+01:00Milele Safari's on web radio today!<div class="TweetTextSize TweetTextSize--28px js-tweet-text tweet-text" data-aria-label-part="0" lang="en" style="color: #292f33; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.01em; line-height: 34px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">
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Now I'm getting my marketing/promo act together finally this will be going the rounds with me at other signings and book club appearances etc to I'll keep you posted as to when and where (having done a sneaky recce at Kingsbridge Library last week! :-D)</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-76078661473788535372015-01-05T21:58:00.000+00:002015-01-05T21:58:07.259+00:00My bad...... been neglecting things big time in here, but it WAS because I've been busy editing and publishing a fantasy anthology for DreamWorlds Publishing and giving my friend and editor Sue Bridgwater's novel <i>Perian's Journey </i>a bit of a redesign and a new eBook edition.<br />
Really busy getting it all out in time for Christmas, but on the plus side for <i>Milele </i>the online review/ book club I joined up with had me as their member of the month in December so <i>Milele's </i>had a bit of a push sales-wise and hopefully will grow some more reviews soon :-D<br />
Will try and get in here a little more often this year...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-23855736974729387252014-06-05T16:48:00.001+01:002014-06-05T16:48:59.771+01:00Really MUST remember to update!Head like a sieve<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8iTYfzUcE215xfQTEz9pXBb4HWC7vvoUTZhxKperjaaqG27iIntOq3OAZGHvz0Cr2nK8FTgrNKZALBMALTCLback7bV8hAVDoFacZe1P6iEfQSz-9aG_tFymeGl0MTGr-zkjsIEgcFRs/s1600/smiley63.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8iTYfzUcE215xfQTEz9pXBb4HWC7vvoUTZhxKperjaaqG27iIntOq3OAZGHvz0Cr2nK8FTgrNKZALBMALTCLback7bV8hAVDoFacZe1P6iEfQSz-9aG_tFymeGl0MTGr-zkjsIEgcFRs/s1600/smiley63.gif" /></a><br />
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To find out what happened with the Ficitivity Press cometition go <b><a href="http://janhawke.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/guess-what/" target="_blank">HERE</a> </b>- if not then I'll just say that I won and Ficitivity are beavering away on my shiny FB for Milele as we speak! ;-)<br />
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… is (probably) to publishing what King Herod was to enlightened baby care? Cream floats naturally – so do other thingies that you most certainly <strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">don’t</strong> want on your coffee, strawberries, or ‘you’re worth it’ face :-P<br />
However – some things are worth competing for, especially if it’s a fab FaceBook ad campaign for your debut novel. Doubly so when you suck at doing FB ad campaigns which I do – royally!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-31798079085193260802014-04-09T18:43:00.001+01:002014-04-09T18:44:39.697+01:00Twenty Years On - Rwanda<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Twenty years ago, on April 7th 1994, the genocide of between 500,000-800,000 Tutsis, liberal Hutu and Twa began. The true number of victims will never be known. Fictional Zyanda and part of the main storyline in Milele Safari is partially based upon the brutal events that happened in Rwanda over the course of a little over 3 months. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*ShelterBox operations manager in Helston, Cornwall, John Leach has my sincere gratitude for his invaluable contribution to the research undertaken for Milele Safari on how NFI aid (non-food items) is deployed during an emergency, such as the landslide incident described in the closing chapters of the novel.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-43758364840699093622014-03-29T16:54:00.003+00:002014-03-29T16:54:28.177+00:00Also available in NOOK!:-) Well we got there eventually! For some reason it seemed to take forever to come onto the system after I got the Barnes & Noble/NOOK PRESS vendor account set up last weekend.<br />
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Anyway - <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.nook.com/gb/ebooks/milele-safari-an-eternal-journey-by-jan-hawke/2940149568048" target="_blank">HERE IS THE LINK TO NOOK</a></span></b><br />
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As you probably know eBooks have to be much cheaper than physical ones so it's £2.99* as opposed to £11.50 - 11.99 (depending on exchange)<br />
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For US/oversees visitors it's $4.79 or $18.95<br />
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Full(er) list of online merchants is <b><a href="http://www.dreamworldspub.org.uk/publications.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> </b>on the DreamWorlds Publishing site ;-)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*Which is still a bargain compared to mainstream publishers prices who'll happily charge you over a fiver for 'star' authors eBooks ><</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-32293082258072918362014-03-18T21:43:00.001+00:002014-03-18T21:43:35.145+00:00WOO HOO! Nook Press has gone international!!!Will finally be able to finish off the ePub submission with Nook (Barnes and Noble's Kindle equivalent) - for non-US peeps there was a problem with self-publishing your work on Nook without a US bank account.<br />
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Today it was announced that Nook's new international arm's opened up the vendor market to the UK and EU countries (well most of them anyway) which in turn means that I can finalise my vendor details for selling the ePub version of Milele Safari on the B&N site ;-)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-64142821264285348452014-02-19T18:02:00.001+00:002014-02-19T18:02:35.273+00:00It's out!!!!!Well - after a few hiccups like forgetting to put my name on it as the author <span style="font-size: large;"><i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00IIVXLKY" target="_blank">Milele Safari</a></i></span> is now available in Kindle format and on sale on Amazon!<br />
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It will eventually go out on NOOK (Barnes & Noble) and Apple iBooks but it's enough to get it on the virtual shelves of Amazon so I'm not about to cry into my beer anymore after my foolish naivety with Ingrams (see post below). And by putting the ePub format up with them too the title's also available on any number of other eBookstores albeit not too well-known outside of the USA (mostly - there's about 2 in the UK and a handful in Brazil, India and Thailand as well on the ePub distribution list) so pretty much all internet bases covered :-)<br />
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Onwards and Upwards as they say (and I did! In Onwards and Upwards, chapter 4...) :pAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-45586865766060400042014-02-18T22:31:00.000+00:002014-02-18T22:31:44.975+00:00Ding... Ding... Round 3!OK - so I'm thick and can't read FAQs ><<br />
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My distributor for both print and eBooks are a subsidiary company with the biggest book distributors in the world - Ingrams. So they have a number of FAQs on their online POD business procedures including a very impressive one about their distribution partners such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Book Depository and other bookstore luminaries around the world.<br />
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Except they neglect to tell you that these are distribution partners for print publications only - there's a different list for eBook ones, some of which are on the print list as well, but NOT Amazon, Barnes & Noble and... You get the picture? So there I was blissfully checking on Amazon every day and wondering why <i>Milele </i>wasn't showing up as an eBook purchase, because I'd been told it'd take between 3 - 8 weeks to get through on the databases.<br />
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I did smell a rat but I wasn't asking the right questions. I just had a wee giggle at the irony of my print book getting on Amazon in under 48 hours, but the digital one was taking in excess of 4 weeks... Eventually I pointed this out to my account rep - yesterday in fact, which is why I came back to a gobsmacking time bomb in my inbox last night, with the vital info that in fact Amazon weren't a distribution partner for their eBooks at all and the rosy-hued scales dropped off with a mighty clang.<br />
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Boy did I feel a right 'nana!<br />
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Anyway, long story short I uploaded everything into the wee small hours and went to bed with it still unpublished because I couldn't get hold of my bank IBAN details until this morning (well actually I could have as the info was there, but by that time my brain couldn't cope with the online banking interface a nano-second longer...). Have just come back out of my little cyber tunnel and it's all loading onto the Amazon mainframe as I type, so the piece of the jigsaw nightmare that is self-publishing is quietly burrowing it's way onto the interweb and should be all systems go within a few hours.<br />
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Now all I have to do is flog a few more copies and promote, promote, promote... I feel quite kamikaze so watch this space!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-72641904658404057782014-01-27T13:45:00.001+00:002014-01-27T15:52:03.236+00:00Frustrated... Elated!Still waiting on the eBook coming out - honestly you'd think that e-versions would be out a lot sooner than the print one but apparently it can be up to 15! business days before it's out there! Am still having major probs with my web connection (it's a regional thing so 'acts of god' timescale for restoration of a halfway decent service early next month ><). Anyhooo...<br />
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... have just been given a really kickass 5-star review from someone I don't know (another author I met on LinkedIn) so I'm feeling really validated right now :D I'm doing a review of his book, Dreamers as well which'll be my next task today - he's a great new writer of fantasy horror and I stayed up reading it until 4 a.m. this Saturday and my tablet battery failed on the last few pages - talk about frustrating! It's a great feeling though, getting a review from someone I don't know too well yet, but admire their work, and who likes mine back :DAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-24560309978546288482014-01-15T22:49:00.001+00:002014-01-15T22:49:28.387+00:00Tired but happy...... have just managed to submit an error-free e-pub file to Lightning Source (well the e-check validator said it was!) so fingers crossed <i>Milele Safari</i> will be hitting the virtual shelves very soon.*<i>crosses fingers and anything else that will cross*</i><br />
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Am really tired now though - was a nightmare trying to sort out the metadata and not helped too much by the video tutorials which I loathe because they go through so fast. Still for a first try I didn't have that much wrong really so hopefully that's the learning curve mostly mastered for now - until they release a new version I suppose. Off to wind down with Buffy repeats on SyFy (vampires are soooo relaxing in the wee small hours :-P) but this will be the first place for news of <i>Milele Safari</i> the e-Book!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-57670379324715350452014-01-09T21:51:00.002+00:002014-01-09T21:51:59.444+00:00So far - so amazingWell - as far as I can tell there's been 15 sales so far and even though 8 of those were ordered by me 3 of those were for friends who went through my POD account with the rest as Xmas pressies for my mum and sisters. Which means I've more or less broken even already on the publication costs (and taking the ISBN payment as £12.60 as 1 of 10 purchased). Not bad at all! Also 1 of the copies has been sent to the British Library which is a legal obligation for publishers whether or not you register for an ISBN - I'm officially a proper publisher!!! My, how proud am I! lol<br />
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I've been trying to put the eReader together all over the holidays - my first time doing this. It's not been accepted for publication I heard today but there's only 1 actual error on it, so I'm quite pleased with myself for that too. Not so good are the 27 'warnings' I totted up but as 18 of those are to do with leaving a single space on the file naming protocols they'll be simple to rectify and the others look to be easy enough to resolve, so the Kindle / iBook version should around gods-willing for the end of the month!<br />
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I'm also getting quite a good response for reviews although none are published yet - LinkedIn connections have been a great source for this so hopefully the promotion side of things will get off to a good start when the eBooks on the virtual shelves. I've got the DreamWorlds Publishing site off the ground as well so with luck we'll be getting some more activity on there soon as well. The DreamWorlds anthology is the next in line for publication anyway :DAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-55174827069080970882013-12-07T17:37:00.000+00:002013-12-07T17:37:18.365+00:00Jingle all the way . . .Just a small jingle you understand, but I've ordered 8 copies from Lightning Source yesterday and another 4 to come once the cheque's through! So 12 sales altogether (4 are Xmas pressies from me to my family and one copy's off to the British Library) - which if we're counting the ISBN purchase as £12.60 that means I'm about breaking even already! I've got sales pages on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Book Depository on, so it looks like the distribution's filtering out nicely. Also I've sent off a file to Amazon for putting up the Search Inside the Book info. So it's all set up - working like stink on the eReader from now on until Xmas ;-)<br />
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Nerves are also jingling on the business side of things after a cautionary experience between PayPal and the bank on verifications and removing account limits but that's sorted now bar the transactions going through. Website matters are still vexed however, but that may need to wait until the old LOTRDreams domain expires and then I can get the replacement files up and running. Trying not to pull my hair out on that account but I've buggered up the linking trying to change the pointers today, so the site's down until I can make the changes. It's hardly present online anyway so probably not worth worrying about but I'm annoyed with myself and with the control panel for letting me put on changes that couldn't be cancelled. Grist to mill of web management but really frustrating when you know what you want to achieve and can't do it because the menu prompts are dodgy. Grrr.<br />
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If that's the only problem I have with this then fine - I can get the pages up for the Publishing site whatever and then switch domains at the end of the month. It'll all come out in the wash anyway.<br />
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And I'm officially published!!!! *<i>bounces</i>*Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-64482468499119731032013-11-30T22:54:00.000+00:002013-11-30T22:54:29.848+00:00And we're off!Actually we were off last Wednesday the 27th as in I hit the submit button for the final e-proof and on Friday Milele Safari hit the Amazon shelves. I've actually published my book! lol<div>
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So - still feeling my way along. My next chore is to put up some 'look inside' bits and pieces but I've already starting taking orders from both my fave forums. With Xmas coming as well I've already got 10 'sold', even if I'm buying half of them myself - but then I'd be buying presents anyway wouldn't I so it all counts? And I get them at cost!!! :P</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-57763337642735032752013-11-26T22:12:00.000+00:002013-11-26T22:12:10.854+00:00Last gasp . . . . . . well - the hard copy proof looked great but had a couple of minor tweaks for the cover and dozens of tiny corrections for the content (and one silly boo-boo where I'd deleted half a parag of dialogue when I was putting on the last of the proof-reading alterations). Anyway I spent about 9 days fiddling around with those and revising the layout slightly so it's easier to read and sit in the hand and sent it off again this afternoon.<br />
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I've just checked again online and apparently the online proof's prepared but not quite 'live' yet so I expect it was too late for today and I should get it early tomorrow. No hard copy this time as I have to pay for the revision and I just want to sign off now so, barring accidents, I'm hoping that I can get this agreed for distribution this weekend!<br />
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Trying to keep nails away from teeth . . .Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-25409078528496485302013-11-11T15:38:00.000+00:002013-11-11T15:38:55.744+00:00Hit, Submit, Brick it . . . . . . well more like gently fret on a proof copy paperback which should be wending its way back to me in the next week or so. I'll certainly be available from your nearest online bookstore before Xmas!<br />
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I hit the submit button yesterday evening and am about to start formatting the e-book version later on today. I've committed to Lightning Source on the basis that the contracts with them are simply for 'print' on demand and they also have many more outlets than Lulu, so it'll be easier in the long run, especially if things take off for me or for DreamWorlds Publishing, which is now an 'official' entity with its first batch of 10 ISBNs safely tucked away.<br />
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Not sure exactly how long it'll be before Milele will be on a virtual bookshelf as it may need a few more revisions, but it's definitely cleared for landing now. I'll be published! So, yeah. Feeling nervous, chuffed, apprehensive and most of all eager to hold my actual book in my hands finally.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-90917349714094190102013-10-06T18:38:00.003+01:002013-10-06T20:57:21.985+01:00. . . and it begins!This past week cash-flow was preventing me applying for the ISBNs I need to get the presses rolling but I have finished the 'final' proof and started to get the final pre-press twizzles under way.<br />
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Feeling pretty 'up' about things so far, although I'm still wavering over whether to go with Lulu or Lightning Source as print/distribution partners. The latter is definitely the route for DreamWorlds Publishing I think, but Lulu's model is much more user-friendly so far as contractual factors go so, as this is essentially still an individual concern, I may get my toes wet with Lulu for starters while I get my head around LS's gobbledy gook agreements, which I'm sure are more professionally sourced, although both PoD providers use Ingram/Nielsen international rights and distribution channels.<br />
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The marketing side of things is also proving a challenge but actually more enjoyable than I expected, mainly because of the communities I'm reaching on LinkedIn. I think I'm meeting some very supportive and knowledgeable people on there who'll be figuring strongly as my little enterprise starts to gather strength. From a self esteem PoV this has all been worth it now - no matter what success I meet from herein.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-67403588694206638802013-09-25T16:58:00.000+01:002013-09-25T16:58:29.705+01:00Fine Tuning . . .Back to 'identity' and the covers. I've been lucky enough to meet a very savvy design and self-publishing guru on LinkedIn who's been giving me some constructive crit of what I've done so far. Not going to go for any big departures from what I've done, but he's made some very salient suggestions to make it look 'cleaner' and less pedestrian on the font front.<br />
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In other news I'm hoping to receive the last of the proof-reading this weekend - then we get into sweating the ISBN and PoD route and the real fun!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786090202139278571.post-29058072171427565922013-09-22T23:18:00.000+01:002013-09-22T23:18:19.903+01:00Tempus FudgitBlimey! It really does fly by when you're busy . . .<br />
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Well of course I've not been busy in here but elsewhere I've been positively athletic by my standards - in fact I've been . . . networking! On Twitter!! I even joined LinkedIn properly!!!<br />
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Now those who know me will be aware that I had a Facebook aversion of almost gargantuan proportions, and, indeed I still have, but one of the (few?) advantages of social networking is that it can be joined up. For example I 'tweeted' today for the first time in what must be months if not a year, and all of a sudden I get people talking to me on Facebook - extraordinary! Only four people you must understand, but by my meagre standards that's a positive avalanche of response.<br />
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It's LinkedIn that's 'to blame' because I've found that it's actually both useful and interesting to be on it, especially to meet like-minded individuals and talk about stuff like - self-publishing! Couple of people on there have a wealth of experience of doing just that AND like to help newbies like moi out. Some of them are also designers and some are even authorities on blogging. So I've gotten around to having my social networking 'Damascus' moment finally!<br />
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Anyway - Safari news is that I reckon I'm about a fortnight off getting the pre-press proofing done and then it's full out for the PoD uploads . . . off to Twitter now to tell everyone about this blog! ;-)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com2