tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post1922582294877228457..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: Master of PamorSteve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-87428515195110559512010-01-12T13:26:48.051-08:002010-01-12T13:26:48.051-08:00Oh, wonderful.Oh, wonderful.Jontyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842069212781759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-26698690261370078312009-12-20T17:02:41.257-08:002009-12-20T17:02:41.257-08:00Last time I looked lulu.com had a version of it fo...Last time I looked lulu.com had a version of it for sale. Leastways, I have a copy of it on my rack ...Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-84806797407484839152009-12-20T15:30:22.666-08:002009-12-20T15:30:22.666-08:00I'd love a hard copy of this. Will you conside...I'd love a hard copy of this. Will you consider a paper version? Lulu.com isn't perfect, but it is enabling me to release my MA training manuals without a publisher.Jontyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842069212781759923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-11610042642545798312009-08-28T11:11:34.371-07:002009-08-28T11:11:34.371-07:00Got a few orders for e-books and PayPal somehow de...Got a few orders for e-books and PayPal somehow decided to charge them five bucks for shipping, along with the price for the PDF. I think I have fixed this, and I rebated the shipping cost to those who were dinged for it. <br /><br />Another pothole on the information highway.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-6314713269526807092009-08-27T14:42:42.635-07:002009-08-27T14:42:42.635-07:00Tiel, you're still thinking dead-tree prices. ...Tiel, you're still thinking dead-tree prices. Those include the physical cost of the book, inventory, shipping, storage, returning, pulping and taking a loss on unsold copies and so on.<br /><br />Steve, are you sure about not being able to load the Kindle externally? A quick search brought up Amazon's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200137060" rel="nofollow">instructions</a> for hooking up the first generation Kindle to your computer with USB.Dan Gambierahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04172075070150854447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-10255162033217364962009-08-27T10:43:38.208-07:002009-08-27T10:43:38.208-07:00One concern on reading a .pdf version on the Sony ...One concern on reading a .pdf version on the Sony ebook readers --- screen size. You'll want to size your page in the .pdf to match the display area of the reader --- but now there're 2 different screen sizes w/ a third on the way, but the proportions for the PRS-300 and PRS-600 are the same, so a .pdf made for one should work on the other.<br /><br />There's a 32 pixel strip which is always present, so one should format to 768 pixels wide by 600 pixels tall at 167ppi (for the PRS-505/700/600). 4.599 inches tall by 3.593 inches wide --- w/ a reasonably large font size it'll be readable on the smaller PRS-300. The .pdf I made for Mike Brotherton's _Star Dragon_ works well on my PRS-505, but I suspect would be a bit small on a PRS-300 --- need to revisit that.<br /><br />Assuming of course no DRM issues. Or one could make a .epub --- there's a free tool for this, Sigil:<br /><br />http://code.google.com/p/sigil/<br /><br />WilliamWilliam Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12502301143571036363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-31294107095187360962009-08-27T08:30:24.949-07:002009-08-27T08:30:24.949-07:00Five bucks seems fair. I'm going to do a post ...Five bucks seems fair. I'm going to do a post on ebooks about this. Stand by.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-43708131549049406722009-08-27T08:28:55.855-07:002009-08-27T08:28:55.855-07:00I believe the Sony reader accepts PDFs, since, unl...I believe the Sony reader accepts PDFs, since, unlike the Kindle, you can load it from you computer via USB.Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-20118675230089333602009-08-27T07:28:11.266-07:002009-08-27T07:28:11.266-07:00$5 for a novel? Charge more.$5 for a novel? Charge more.Tiel Aisha Ansarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994169558252043919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-30218269292733355132009-08-27T06:25:42.903-07:002009-08-27T06:25:42.903-07:00Are you doing anything for the Sony reader? I read...Are you doing anything for the Sony reader? I read that teh Google is publishing a lot of public domain books in a format that the Sony reader utilizes.Vironoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-595913707315200292009-08-27T01:59:15.499-07:002009-08-27T01:59:15.499-07:00I think I should apply for a new credit card.. (si...I think I should apply for a new credit card.. (sigh)<br /><br />M.MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-86326108908497874452009-08-26T20:38:43.740-07:002009-08-26T20:38:43.740-07:00I am waiting for this.... I am looking forward to...I am waiting for this.... I am looking forward to this....Christopher Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04190637995108963528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-21988644473403451872009-08-26T17:20:14.739-07:002009-08-26T17:20:14.739-07:00Ha, I just scrolled down and saw the writers advic...Ha, I just scrolled down and saw the writers advice. I bookmarked it, thanksDojo Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12057645566330892415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-57978229327213376592009-08-26T17:14:25.548-07:002009-08-26T17:14:25.548-07:00Sounds real good!
What about self-publishing throu...Sounds real good!<br />What about self-publishing through one of those outfits like, is it Lulu?<br /> You probably know about them, you can do it all from your computer and they will pop it out as the sales come in.<br />I'm considering it myself.Dojo Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12057645566330892415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-14363842449209441762009-08-26T15:54:56.707-07:002009-08-26T15:54:56.707-07:00So, the back cover blurb I'm thinking about us...So, the back cover blurb I'm thinking about using:<br /><br />Sex, violence, magic, and intrigue swirl through the Sultan’s palace, in the steamy tropics of Bogor, Java, in New York Times Bestselling author Steve Perry’s novel, The Master of Pamor. <br /><br />Set in a fantasy Indonesia in the early 1850’s, the story offers the adventures of Arjuna Sera, a knifemaker; Mary DeBeers, the Dutch-Indo daughter of a local plantation owner; Edward Partridge, a half-breed British sailor; and Bima, expert martial artist and head of the Sultan’s guard, as their paths cross and then entwine in a twisted thread that risks them all. <br /><br />You can feel the heat, smell the sweat, and hear the pounding rain in the jungle as the four find themselves drawn into an unfolding plot that happens in ways none of them expected. There are fighting and fornications aplenty, ghosts, and magical blades, all imbued with the flavor of the Spice Islands, in the days of sailing ships and sealing wax ...<br /><br />(Rated R, for sex and violence.)<br /><br />Whaddya think?Steve Perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.com