Distant Cousin: Regeneration NOW on sale!

[BrassMan]

Just a reminder to Kindle Boarders: Distant Cousin: Regeneration looks to be available now, except that Amazon has inexplicably jumped the gun and offered a badly-formatted version prematurely. The properly formatted edition will be out in a matter of days, but if you have an edition where the paragraphs are not indented, please return it to Amazon.

 For now, you can tell which is which by examining the sample, or you can save the trouble by waiting until I announce it, as soon as it's ready, in the Book Bazaar.

Thanks.

ps: have any KB authors had Amazon do this to you?

[Anju No. 469]

Thank you for the heads up 

[BrassMan]

Thank you for the heads up 

You're welcome. Full disclosure: it's available now, formatted correctly, in mobi format at Smashwords. BUT! Those who get it there will miss the pictures, which are a special feature I labored so hard to include, just for Kindle Boarders. You guys are the best!

[jpmorgan49]

Can't Wait!!!!
jp

[Anju No. 469]

ok - I'll wait for the kindle edition!

[danfan]

Oooo any update? I finished Reincarnation last night... waiting (im)patiently!

[BrassMan]

Oooo any update? I finished Reincarnation last night... waiting (im)patiently!

I'm waiting impatiently too, very impatiently, increasingly impatiently. For those not familiar with publishing on Kindle, one uploads a manuscript to their "platform," the platform sends a message saying that someone (or something) will check it over and render it ready to publish in three days or less. Once that happens, the author or uploader clicks "publish" and the thing goes "live" onto the site.

I have done this. I clicked "publish."  I've waited a week, yet the manuscript (which is correctly formatted now) is still listed as a "draft." Yesterday I began dealing with the only carbon-based life forms available at Kindle: a couple gentlemen in India. We are having a difficult time understanding each other. It is possible that what needs to be done is beyond their power. I can't tell. But I'm getting more and more impatient.

I will continue to try to work with them. Here is something you can do now, which I may recommend to all if the forces at Kindle can't get their act together: you can go to Smashwords.com and download Regeneration in mobi format and email it to your Kindle. The price is the same as the not-yet-existant Kindle edition. I think the formatting should be fine. The two pictures will be missing, but if you let me know, I'll post those here.

I hope they can fix things by the end of this week. If not, I will let you know. Smashwords is looking better and better.

[Ann in Arlington]

Sounds like it's time to escalate:  talk to the carbon based life forms' supervisors. . .and their supervisors. . .and their supervisors as needed.

[danfan]

Thanks Brassman. Shame for you to have to put up with all that!

I'll try it from Smashwords later today & let you know how that is.

[BrassMan]

Thanks Brassman. Shame for you to have to put up with all that!

I'll try it from Smashwords later today & let you know how that is.

My apologies, but thanks. Here's the cover photo:



And here's the appropriate cat (with thanks to juliesjungle.com):

[Tip10]

Al,

Is this to draft one or did it finally make it out there?

Distant Cousin: Regeneration (Kindle Edition)

[BrassMan]

Al,

Is this to draft one or did it finally make it out there?

Distant Cousin: Regeneration (Kindle Edition)

The last time I checked, it was still the wrong edition. (The one at Smashwords is the correct one, the very same one Amazon can't seem to put up.)

Here's how to tell: if you download the sample from Amazon, see if the paragraphs are indented. They ARE indented on the first page or two--don't let that fool you! Look about five or six pages ahead and see if the indents don't play out, with everything smushed against the left margin. That's how it was when I last looked.

I can't check this any more--apparently they won't let me download the sample twice, even if I've deleted the first one. You're welcome to do it for me and let us know.

I talked to another lovely man from India this morning. He's going to check with someone else and let me know. I'm not holding my breath.

Anyone have an address for Jeff Bezos? My dad always told me to write the head cheese. Everyone else, he said, was just an employee, and basically didn't care. The head person was the one who cared.

[Tip10]

I've requested a sample but seeing as how I'm at work right now it may still be a while before I see it.
I'm stuck here in the control center and cell coverage generally does not reach us.   Occasionally I'll get enough of a whiff of a signal to have a sample sneak through but they usually don't make it.
I'll definitely try and check tonight and let everybody know -- unless, of course, there's another fan of Al's out there that'll take a look for us.

[BrassMan]

I've requested a sample but seeing as how I'm at work right now it may still be a while before I see it.
I'll definitely try and check tonight and let everybody know -- unless, of course, there's another fan of Al's out there that'll take a look for us.

This just in: I had an email from Amazon, saying they've put it up. I downloaded it myself and the indents look good. It's missing the pictures, but I'm so fed up with the delay that I think we'll just go with it as is. The pictures are a couple of posts above, anyway.

Knock on wood, I think an adventurous person or two can try it now. Just let us know as soon as possible if the paragraphs are NOT indented. Try a page or two at locations 500-1000 just to be sure.

Thanks! I'll apologize again, even though I had nothing to do with this. I appreciate everyone's forebearance.

[Andra]

Al, I just got the sample and it looks like everything is indented to the end.  Just hit Buy and I'll let you know if I notice anything weird.
Andra

[Andra]

Sample's fine.  Actual book - not.
There are no real paragraphs - the entire left margin is moved in.

[Andra]

Called Kindle Customer Service and got a refund.  So at least they know something is up with the book from someone who is not the author!

[BrassMan]

I don't know what's going on with Amazon. My download looks OK, as far as indents (though the chapter numbers are on the left margin).

Thanks, Andra, for checking. I'll take out after Amazon yet again.

In the meantime, remember Smashwords....

Thank heavens for KindleBoarders!

[BrassMan]

THanks, Andra. That was above and beyond. I wonder if another brave KindleBoarder would be willing to try a download--I just got this from Amazon:

"I understand from your email that one of your customer is still facing the indentation issue, which is already rectified. I have checked the content myself on Amazon Kindle and it appears fine. Please note that if somebody who has the older version and trying to download the newer version will not be able to overwrite the older content. If this is not the case, please write back to us.
Best regards,
Abhijit Basu"

So maybe it's ok, now? Sure wish I knew....

[danfan]

I'll try it. I've been waiting a while for my smashwords account to be activated & it looks like it won't come through before I quit work & log off the computer.
I'll let you know in a few.

[danfan]

Mine seems fine. I'd put a screenshot up but would that be a spoiler??  

ETA: Brassman, I sent you a screenshot via messages. It looks fine to me.

Amazon is a bit of a pain with updated versions. I bought a book a while ago that was later updated. The file name was different when I bought it again & the title on my kindle was even different, but the updates wouldn't come through. I'm sure they could do something about that.

[B-Kay 1325]

Sample and full book downloaded.  Both copies look about the same through location 130-38, just skimmed the pages and nothing looks to be out of wack to me.  I am so looking forward to reading this 4th installment of Distant Cousin and will make this my first book to be read in October.  The cover looks great Al, congratulations on completing this latest in your series.

[BrassMan]

Sample and full book downloaded.  Both copies look about the same through location 130-38, just skimmed the pages and nothing looks to be out of wack to me.  I am so looking forward to reading this 4th installment of Distant Cousin and will make this my first book to be read in October.  The cover looks great Al, congratulations on completing this latest in your series.

You got the cover pic???  Oh, joy! Skip up to, say, location 1000 real quick and check for indents. I'll wait right here....

[Ann in Arlington]

So. . . Al. . . .you might change the thread title from NOT on sale to NOW on sale! 

[BrassMan]

So. . . Al. . . .you might change the thread title from NOT on sale to NOW on sale! 

Bless you, Anju. I'd feel terrible if it was still hinky. You true blue fans are blazing the trail here. I can't tell you how much I appreciate that.

I think I'll let it ride tonight just to be sure no one reports any problems and then announce it on a new thread in the morning. Probably more people will see it then anyway, don't you reckon?