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« Reply #126 on: February 15, 2009, 10:14:52 AM » |
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I've been absent from this thread for a bit and just came across your post. The reviews look good so I have just "one clicked" it  Great! I hope that you and everyone else who has Mighty Hammer Down enjoys reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it! The sequel is coming together as we speak! |
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« Reply #127 on: February 15, 2009, 10:15:44 AM » |
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In the Distance, And Ahead in Time
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I'd be interested to know if the entire book is really there. It's supposed to be over 200 pages, but is described as only 45K in size. I purchased a fictionwise published book a while back - it was only the first story in the collection, not the entire book. I suspect this one may be the same. Flatlander is another from fictionwise that is supposed to be over 350 page and says it is 55K in size. I suppose these numbers are valid, but most of the books of that size are considerably larger in filesize. So, I checked on Fictionwise. The file sizes look fine on flatlander, but it's on 14,000 words - a short story, not a 350+ page book. In the Distance is under 12,000 words - again, only a short story (not a collection of short stories, as described at Amazon - which would be fictionwise's fault for false listing info). Millennium Babies is 14098 words. Calypso's Revenge looks to be a short novel (83K words at FW, but they are not the publisher) of just over 200 pages. Accidental Encounter is a full-size book (543K for it's 316 pages) and not from Fictionwise. No criticism mean of short stories, if that is your thing, but it pays to research any listing that shows Fictionwise as the publisher, as I've found that the info at Amazon is almost always wrong. |
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« Reply #128 on: February 15, 2009, 10:39:45 AM » |
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I'd be interested to know if the entire book is really there. It's supposed to be over 200 pages, but is described as only 45K in size. I purchased a fictionwise published book a while back - it was only the first story in the collection, not the entire book. I suspect this one may be the same.
Flatlander is another from fictionwise that is supposed to be over 350 page and says it is 55K in size. I suppose these numbers are valid, but most of the books of that size are considerably larger in filesize.
So, I checked on Fictionwise. The file sizes look fine on flatlander, but it's on 14,000 words - a short story, not a 350+ page book. In the Distance is under 12,000 words - again, only a short story (not a collection of short stories, as described at Amazon - which would be fictionwise's fault for false listing info). Millennium Babies is 14098 words.
Calypso's Revenge looks to be a short novel (83K words at FW, but they are not the publisher) of just over 200 pages.
Accidental Encounter is a full-size book (543K for it's 316 pages) and not from Fictionwise.
No criticism mean of short stories, if that is your thing, but it pays to research any listing that shows Fictionwise as the publisher, as I've found that the info at Amazon is almost always wrong. Wow. Thank you, Koland. I still have only samples for most of these, and come to think of it, the samples are pretty short (which indicates that the full book will be short as well since samples are always a certain percentage of the actual book - the longer the book, the longer the sample). Xia, did you actually purchase any of them? Are they as long as they're supposed to be? If not, I apologize profusely. Please request a refund in that case. Fictionwise has real nerve listing false info on Amazon if that's actually what happened. So far, the only one I've actually purchased is The Time Cavern (not Fictionwise), which seems to be the length it's supposed to be. I've added a disclaimer to the top of my original post. |
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« Reply #129 on: February 15, 2009, 11:10:37 AM » |
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Hey all,
I don't have a Kindle (yet). I take it that the length of the preview is a percentage of the book? Can you tell me what that percentage is?
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« Reply #130 on: February 15, 2009, 11:23:13 AM » |
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Hey all,
I don't have a Kindle (yet). I take it that the length of the preview is a percentage of the book? Can you tell me what that percentage is?
I believe it's 10% across the board. Of course, the title page, table of contents, etc. eat into that as well. |
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« Reply #131 on: February 15, 2009, 11:39:23 AM » |
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I think Leslie posted once it was 10%? (That's Leslie, one of our Global Admins here and the author of The Amazon Kindle FAQ
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« Reply #132 on: February 15, 2009, 03:00:28 PM » |
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I need some reviews for my fantasy novel. If anyone is interested in writing one, contact me at d@davidjguyton.com and I will arrange to get you a FREE Kindle copy of Mighty Hammer Down. I can't afford to offer a million of these though so act fast. Click the picture of my book below and read the synopsis first though....I would like to have reviews by people who are into these sorts of books. Thanks! David |
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« Reply #133 on: February 15, 2009, 03:05:51 PM » |
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bought Mighty Hammer Down....I'll put up a review after I read (gotta a few books I have to finish first though!)
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« Reply #134 on: February 15, 2009, 03:13:49 PM » |
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bought Mighty Hammer Down....I'll put up a review after I read (gotta a few books I have to finish first though!)
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« Reply #135 on: February 17, 2009, 08:27:31 AM » |
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I was looking for something to replace Miss Julia, and found these murder mysteries. Drenee posted some of them in the "clicking thread" but she mentioned that the first one is already on Kindle. Here it is at $3.99.  |
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« Reply #137 on: February 17, 2009, 10:53:17 AM » |
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WOO HOO!! Thanks, Gertie. I adore the Father Brown stories. Now if they'd Kindlize the Rumpole of the Bailey series I'd be a totally happy camper. Until I thought of something else...
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« Reply #138 on: February 17, 2009, 10:59:00 AM » |
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I really like MobileREference. Their books are reasonably priced and they include the entire work of an author.
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« Reply #139 on: February 17, 2009, 11:42:44 AM » |
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Hurray, I just got the Beatrix Potter!
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« Reply #140 on: February 17, 2009, 01:30:11 PM » |
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« Reply #141 on: February 17, 2009, 01:46:13 PM » |
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Or you can get Dourado free! Free for this month only Dourado by David Wood http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/678It shows a price of 1.99 but if you add it to your cart and check out just enter the coupon code LJ95G youll get it for free and wont have to enter any credit card info. |
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« Reply #142 on: February 17, 2009, 01:48:51 PM » |
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Thank you. Great information.
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« Reply #143 on: February 17, 2009, 01:51:41 PM » |
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Lizzy found it, I just copied her info from the Free Book thread. It looks like a really good book! I loved that the author came over to KB because so many people went to smashbooks from here to download it.
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« Reply #144 on: February 17, 2009, 02:04:22 PM » |
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WOO HOO!! Thanks, Gertie. I adore the Father Brown stories. Now if they'd Kindlize the Rumpole of the Bailey series I'd be a totally happy camper. Until I thought of something else... Four of the Rumpole series are kindleized. The only one I read, which was the dtv, was Rumpole and the Reign of Terror. My first introduction to She Who Must Be Obeyed.  |
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« Reply #145 on: February 17, 2009, 02:06:40 PM » |
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Hurray, I just got the Beatrix Potter! I love that it's illustrated. Haven't looked at it yet, but I know my granddaughter will love it. |
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« Reply #146 on: February 17, 2009, 02:21:22 PM » |
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Oh man! Now I remember why I stopped visiting this thread....Click, click, click..
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« Reply #147 on: February 17, 2009, 10:28:01 PM » |
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Oh man! Now I remember why I stopped visiting this thread....Click, click, click..
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« Reply #148 on: February 18, 2009, 04:36:21 AM » |
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Four of the Rumpole series are kindleized. The only one I read, which was the dtv, was Rumpole and the Reign of Terror. My first introduction to She Who Must Be Obeyed. YIKES! I looked but did not click. LOVE Rumpole, but not at $10 a book. Sheesh! I'll keep an eye on them to see if the price goes down... Thanks Gertie!  I have a coffee cup that says She Who Must Be Obeyed. My hubby keeps hiding it, but I told him that just because he can't see it doesn't mean it's not TRUE! |
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« Reply #149 on: February 18, 2009, 07:05:11 AM » |
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Hi. I don't have a kindle yet, but will soon! I have a question about the MobileReference collections. With a single book, you can see if you've read it, or how much of it you've read, with the little dots under the book's name on the home page. But with these collections of books in one, is there any way to keep track of which one's you've read and which you haven't? The only thing I can think of is to just force yourself to read it all in order...
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