Skip to main content

Elbrus My Waterloo in Paperback – Poll

[reblogged from 2012]
I have had quite a few people telling me that they don’t have a Kindle, or don’t “do ebooks” or some such, and a bright and shining moment in that dialog is that I quickly imagine that I’d be able to sell a handful of paper editions of “Elbrus My Waterloo”. Sadly the discussion quickly devolves into being asked to email them a copy. I myself have never asked an author friend for a free copy of their ebooks, so I really don’t understand that. As well, the Kindle version is only $2.99 and I did put up the alternate e-reader instructions last week, if the sole excuse was “can’t afford a Kindle“.
Elbrus My Waterloo Cover
Kindle ebook Elbrus My Waterloo
In the interest of pleasing those who seriously do object to reading anything but paper, I looked up some details on publishing “Elbrus My Waterloo” as a paper edition on a print as needed basis, which is the only economically feasible option for small self-publishers like myself. Amazon has a relationship with a paper printer which allows you to reformat your Kindle ebook according to print standards. That alone is a rather burdensome process, as the Kindle format just tosses text at a page. It’s up to your Kindle to format the font and text sizes according to user preferences. About the most complicated thing you have to do is set the chapter breaks and headings, edit the table of contents, and decide on page breaks before and after images, if any.
Paper print formatting requires that you set your document sizes according to the type of book you have decided on, the proper page size, the proper fonts, images formatted a specific size, and then when it’s perfect, export as a print-ready embedded font, embedded image file. I looked into what “Elbrus My Waterloo” would become as a print book, and how much it would cost to print and sell through the program, and came up with three options.

Paper Publishing Option for Elbrus My Waterloo

1) As-Is – re-crop the current images, export to the book template as a 6 x 9 paperback with black and white photos for $9.99
2) Color – re-crop the current images, export to the book template as a 8 x 10 paperback with color photos for $12.99
3) Color – as above with the addition of three times as many images for $19.99
Please take a minute to vote on my poll. It would take several hours of labor to do the reformatting and I’d like to know if there’s a market or not before I proceed. Your input is extremely welcome and much needed.
Would you buy a paper edition of "Elbrus, My Waterloo" if it were available?
  • 8 x 10 Paperback with color photos for $12.99 (67%, 2 Votes)
  • 8 x 10 Paperback enhanced with additional color photos for $19.99 (33%, 1 Votes)
  • 6 x 9 Paperback with black and white photos for $9.99 (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Not interested at any price or photo option (0%, 0 Votes)
Total Voters: 3
Thanks!
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Review: The 10 Biggest #Workout Mistakes

The 10 Biggest Workout Mistakes: Are one of these mistakes slowing your progress? by Dr. Len Lopez My rating: 3 of 5 stars So/So. Average. 3. yep. If you took a handful of bullet points, wrapped them in repetitive catch-phrases, and added in some links to your other projects, you'd have this book. Would it be at all helpful to anyone? Yes, if you are needing to do actual aerobic exercise and need to be smacked in the face with it over and over and over until it works finally - this might be the book that does that. If you're trying to get in shape or achieve some specific level of fitness, then no. View all my reviews
Post a Comment
Read more

Revenge Of The Cat Woman: A Short Story Set in Old Japan [#short #horror]

Revenge Of The Cat Woman: A Short Story Set in Old Japan by Yael Eylat-Tanaka My rating: 3 of 5 stars I'm not certain what happened here. It was pretty short, and not much happened aside from depressing cultural attitudes and events that were pretty much historically correct. No one here was particularly easy to empathize with. The "Cat Woman" was pretty passive. The Cat was pretty passive. The antagonist was stated to be aggressive. It ended in a "he got his" way, but it was still unsatisfying. The ghost was merely a suggestion, perhaps a shadow of guilt. It was free, took only a few minutes to read, and was probably worth both the money and time. View all my reviews
Post a Comment
Read more

New Year, New You, Amazing Bling Deal

Your New Year should include at least a couple of different things. Resolutions and/or Goals Rewards and/or Compensations I know you probably haven't really thought about either of those yet, but now that Christmas is out of the way it's time to get cracking on it. FREE WEBINAR - START NOW Resolutions and/or Goals First of all, you need a plan. I'm sure you've heard the ads from NordicTrack that incline training burns more fat faster than just about any other type of training. I have a NordicTrack incline treadmill myself, and I love it. But did you know that you can do the exact same type of training without one? Regular treadmills often go up to 15% incline and that's plenty steep enough for most training goals. You can also use stairs, box stepping, and hill running. I wrote a book about how to succeed at incline training, and I want you to have a free paperback copy of it worth $26.55 . That's the current price that Amazon is charging today ...
Post a Comment
Read more