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Well, the
photographic cover for my single short story book, “Circa SixtyYears Dead” will not be here in time for the
holidays. However, the print version will be here sooner than I had
anticipated, thanks to Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing’s new
paperback print option.
“Circa Sixty Years Dead” Print Edition
Until recently, a
print version of a self-published Kindle book had to be produced by
separate means through Amazon’s Create Space. But now a print
edition of an ebook can be produced a little bit more quickly through
Kindle Direct’s new print option (currently at the beta level). So
far, I’ve partly registered
“Circa” for this
option. I just
have to upload the manuscript and cover to the program. The
manuscript is what may take a while before I upload it because I need
to make sure it’s formatted correctly and formatting isn’t the
best of my self-publishing skills. Apparently, the manuscript and
cover have to come from my own files rather than the ones Kindle
Direct already has for the digital edition. Perhaps someday Amazon
will take things a step or two further and enable the files for the
ebook to convert more easily to print-ready format. So look out for
the paperback edition of “Circa Sixty Years” coming between now
and the first week of the new year!
Holiday Deal
And now for my
Holiday Deal: from now until Christmas Eve, customers can receive a
free ebook copy of The Fool’s Illusion if they purchase the print edition. This is a great deal
to save on those last minute Holiday gifts you are looking for for
that reader friend or relative.
One Last Holiday Donation for the Season
I donated a model
Millenium Falcon to the California Highway Patrol’s toy drive, and
a monetary donation to the local meal program for the elderly (Meals
On Wheels of Yolo County). Now I have one last donation to make for
the holiday season.
I’ve been working
on some Christmas fantasy art which I am going to donate to the
public domain. Once I donate to the public domain, I will donate it
to Pixabay.com where many of the beautiful illustrations you see here
at the Fantastic Site come from and are done by some really great
artists. These artists have been kind enough to donate their work for
free use making it easier and more affordable for writers and
bloggers like myself to post images on our websites. So I felt that
it’s time to give back. Be on the look out for my Christmas
coloured pencil drawing by visiting my Facebook page throughout the
week. I hope to
have it up by Wednesday but it will be up by Christmas Eve for sure.
I will provide the link to it on my Facebook page where you can
download a copy (for free, of course). That will be my holiday gift
to you wonderful readers and fellow writers out there.
This weekend will be
extraordinarily busy for me since it’s the Christmas weekend. So
I’m taking a week off from posting here and will return at the
beginning of the new year. I hope to have the paperback edition of
“Circa Sixty Years” launched by then and to have made some
progress on the photographic cover. I also said I would provide a
review of the movie Arrival which I wasn’t able to do this
time but will try to have it here next.
I wish everybody a
Happy Hallow-Day Season and New Year and will see you next year!
Until then . . .
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