Amigo, In rough order, answered as asked:
An account on kdb.amazon.com. And a book. Paper? What's that? I read an article on SlashDot about a NYT best selling author who spurned a $500,000 book deal from a large publishing house to self-publish instead (at $0.99 per). I read one of his books & decided I could do at least as well. Amazon offers two basic royalty deals: 70% to the author, as long as you price the book between $2.99 and $9.99, or 35% royalty and you price as you wish. Finally, if you think it is crap, you are obligated to feed me Bourbon (or a decent single malt Scotch, or Chivas -- a blend that I find myself partial to) whilst explaining why. There, I think that about covers it... Dude^2 On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Dude - > > I'm Downloading now... Kindle-for-Mac reader first then my splurgy $.99 > book... > > I'm sure I'm not the only one curious about the process (to date, and in > the future as it unfolds). > > What did it take to get published this way? > Is there a paper-edition in the works (if you get enough digital sales > first)? > How did you discover this mechanism, was it obvious/well-publicized? > What is their deal? Is it like Apps where you get a significant > percentage? > If I think it is crap, can I ask for my $.49 (if that is your cut) back? > Can I take it out in good Bourbon? Or Patio Bricks? > > - Dud > > *** Apologies to those of you who see this more than once this due to *social > network overlap* *** > > Dear FRIAM friends, colleagues, and acquaintances (you all can envision > the Venn diagram that places you in your particular state-space): > > Please join me in celebrating the fact that today I published my first > book. > > *Second Cousins* is a science fiction novel, set in the current day. > From the "Dust Jacket": > > *Preface* > 24,000 years ago during the last ice age, what is now White Sands National > Monument in southern New Mexico was then a 1,600 square mile lake which > geologists have named Lake Otero. Gradually the weather became drier and > warmer as the ice age retreated, and the gypsum that had been dissolved in > the lake deposited out as the lake dried up, leaving the modern-day pure > white dunes of gypsum sand. > > At the southern end of this range of dunes on what is now part of the > White Sands Missile Range, the sands have drifted, exposing something that > should not have been there. > ___ > > *Second Cousins* is available as a Kindel e-book for the ridiculously > affordable price of $0.99. Here's the link to it: > > > http://www.amazon.com/Second-Cousins-ebook/dp/B004WF4DXE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1302741713&sr=1-1 > > Don't have a Kindle? No problem. If you really want to splurge the 99 > cents, Amazon has free Kindle apps for practically any device. Check it > out: > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_ipad_mkt_lnd?docId=1000493771 > > The first 100 people who request one will also receive a free signed copy > of the book cover. The cover art was done by the marvelous Jenica Cruz, > graphic artist extrordinaire! > > Cheers! > > --Doug > > > -- > Doug Roberts > [email protected] > [email protected] > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-670-8195 - Cell > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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