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Author Topic: Jump Mazes, eBook Edition. A maze book for Kindle.  (Read 446 times)
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« on: July 25, 2010, 06:22:42 AM »

I would like to introduce Jump Mazes, eBook Edition.  This is a book of 48 different jumping mazes, obviously not your usual Kindle ebook. So, if you're on a plane, train or bus or just relaxing at home and you want to do something other than read on your Kindle, Jump Mazes is a perfect addition to your library. $3.49. Enjoy.

Jump Mazes is the first maze book made entirely of jumping mazes. You will jump through forty-eight different perplexing mazes that range in difficulty from easy, to challenging, to difficult, to oh my, very, very hard. Defy gravity jumping in and around 3-D rooms. Test your math skills with Number Jumping and wind your way through the agonizing twists and turns of Line Jumping. Jump at the challenge of Jump Mazes. You're bound to love it. Ages 10 and up. Jump Mazes is also available in paperback with even more mazes.

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« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2010, 07:27:35 AM »

Welcome to KindleBoards and congratulations on your book! Definitely different and a cool idea.

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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2010, 04:27:29 PM »

This type of book really needs a sample, but the sample is totallly worthless. 
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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2010, 06:12:37 PM »

I agree the sample that I just downloaded didn't show much.  I guess the samples are structured to provide text and not graphics and almost all of this book is graphics. But you can get an idea of what the mazes are like from the cover and title page. 

It's a puzzle book, something you can get lost in (literally Smiley) when you just want to spend a little time playing.  Thanks for the comments.

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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2010, 10:03:48 PM »

It sounds interesting, but to be honest, even from the book description I have no idea what a jump maze could be, and and your description should focus more on that, in my opinion. You really need to describe what a jump maze is and how I'd use/read it on my Kindle before you go into things like "defying gravity." I don't mean to sound rude, I am interested in what jump mazes are, but I'm a bit confused as by your description, and evidently the sample won't help much either. If you had a web page that had a visual sample of one of these mazes that might go a long way towards explaining it. I do hope hope to learn more, because I'm a bit intrigued, and I do hope you take my remarks as constructive.
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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2010, 04:03:59 PM »

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Thanks for your comments, I'll take it as constructive. 

The second paragraph of my first post, which is the blurb I've used for the book, is purposely filled with, what I would term, playful hyperbole, something that's actually pretty common for maze books. But, yes, a description of what a jump maze is would probably be pretty helpful.

The description is at the beginning of the book, though this is, unfortunately, not included in the sample.  I'll include it here:

"A jump maze is not like an ordinary maze where you follow a complex path to get to the finish.  A jump maze uses jumping arrows to jump from one "jumping zone" to the next. What is a jumping zone?  A jumping zone can be a square or circle, part of a star or just a pattern.  It is a closed shape that you jump from to get to the next jumping zone as you travel through the maze." 

More examples (then what is on the Kindle sample) can be seen in the Look Inside feature on the Amazon page of the larger paperback version of the book.

http://tinyurl.com/Jump-Mazes-Paperback

The two books have the same structure and the same mazes, the only difference being the Kindle version has 48 instead of 64 mazes.  I had to reduce the number of mazes for the ebook version to conserve file size.  Each "page" will have a maze and you would play the maze as though it was on the page of a normal paperback book. No pencil is needed,  you navigate through the maze with your finger.  All the solutions are grouped at the end of the book that you can access by link.

I would love to put up a Website, but I've just not gotten to that.

I hope this helps and will get you interested in giving it a try. Thanks again.

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« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2010, 04:34:48 PM »

Thanks for the link to the DTB, it makes more sense now.  I have a feeling the K2 would be too small of a screen for them to show up well on, the DX would be better.
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« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2010, 04:45:48 PM »

mom2karen,

Actually, I think the mazes will still view well on the smaller Kindles.  Yes, larger would be better, but when I have sized some of the mazes to fit a 6 inch diagonal (size of the new Kindle screen), they are still quite playable.  One way to judge would be to download the sample and see how the maze on the cover views on your Kindle, keeping in mind the cover maze will be larger in the book. See what you think. Thanks.

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« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2010, 03:42:11 PM »

Jump Mazes eBook Edition is now also available in the Kindle Store UK.

Jump Mazes eBook Edition - US

Jump Mazes eBook Edition - UK

http://tinyurl.com/Jump-Mazes-Paperback
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« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2010, 03:53:53 PM »

Try this link for UK.

Jump Mazes eBook Edition - US

http://tinyurl.com/Jump-Mazes-eBook-Edition-UK

http://tinyurl.com/Jump-Mazes-Paperback
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