My book is selling

FewFew · 25-06-2011 12:42AM

Finally have the book in my hands! Yus!

EileenG · 25-06-2011 01:39AM

Now I'm getting nervous about how you will find it.

FewFew · 25-06-2011 01:53AM

EileenG wrote: »

Now I'm getting nervous about how you will find it.

I'm delaying my Song of Ice and Fire injection, so you can see I have high hopes

Livvie · 28-06-2011 11:21PM

EileenG wrote: »

I've just heard that my book, Don't Feed the Fairies, is in the top 2% of Amazon sales.

People I haven't been nagging have been buying it.

Mind you, I have no idea how they calculate these things, but I'm not going to argue.

I'm getting reviews as well. www.tinyurl.com/eileengormley

Just bought it on Kindle.

Debut novel? Congratulations. Looking forward to reading it.

EileenG · 28-06-2011 11:43PM

Thank you. I'd love to hear what you think.

Livvie · 28-06-2011 11:47PM

EileenG wrote: »

Thank you. I'd love to hear what you think.

Will make sure I give you feedback.

Trying to edit a novel (cutting out 100k words!) atm, so not a lot of time for reading until end of August, so if you don't hear anything, it will be because I haven't been able to get stuck in!

Love the sound of it from the reviews I just read though.

EileenG · 29-06-2011 12:07AM

Cutting out 100k words??? I'm staggered. How long is your novel?

Kinski · 29-06-2011 12:49AM

EileenG wrote: »

Cutting out 100k words??? I'm staggered. How long is your novel?

Maybe she just meant 100 words beginning with k. At last, the novel that does for k what this one did for e!

Livvie · 29-06-2011 08:11AM

EileenG wrote: »

Cutting out 100k words??? I'm staggered. How long is your novel?

It was 240k - naivete and enthusiasm just kept it going. Then we (I have a co-author) were told that no publisher would consider a book that long from an unpublished writer. It's been quite heartbreaking really, bits we liked being cut. Like drowning puppies...

The good news is that the professional who read the first half, which was 120k words or so, did say it was of a publishable standard, so fingers crossed.

Kinski wrote: »

Maybe she just meant 100 words beginning with k.

pickarooney · 29-06-2011 08:22AM

Kinski wrote: »

Maybe she just meant 100 words beginning with k. At last, the novel that does for k what this one did for e!

This one does for K what this one did for E

Livvie, if it's any consolation I also had to dump 100k words from a 230k novel and once you've dumped the first 10k the rest gets easier.
I might make a 'schmuck book' of short stories with all the excised characters and plots.

Eileen, I finally got time to finish your book last night (first book I've read start to finish in 2011 by my reckoning!). How/where do you want feedback?

FewFew · 29-06-2011 10:23AM

Speaking of how/where to give feeback, is there anyway to export notes from one Kindle to another. Since there are no page numbers I wonder if my note making will be uber awkward to transport.

pickarooney · 29-06-2011 10:40AM

Go to https://kindle.amazon.com and login.
Click on Your Books and tick the boxes to make reading status and notes public.

I'm not exactly sure how other people can read your notes. See if you can find mine maybe?
I'll hide them again in a bit if you can view as I don't want everyone to see them, just the author.

You can just copy/paste from your list of notes without sharing them publicly I suppose.

EileenG · 29-06-2011 05:56PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Eileen, I finally got time to finish your book last night (first book I've read start to finish in 2011 by my reckoning!). How/where do you want feedback?

If it's good, post to Amazon (.com or .co.uk) and if it's bad, tell me.

Livvie · 29-06-2011 09:55PM

pickarooney wrote: »

This one does for K what this one did for E

Livvie, if it's any consolation I also had to dump 100k words from a 230k novel and once you've dumped the first 10k the rest gets easier.
I might make a 'schmuck book' of short stories with all the excised characters and plots.

Well if it doesn't get picked up, we could try the Kindle option and keep it at 240k.

Are you published, Pickarooney?

Monkeybonkers · 29-06-2011 10:14PM

Well done Eileen, a great achievement. Congratulations

EileenG · 30-06-2011 01:00AM

Thank you. I've just discovered that I'm number one on Amazon - in Interspecies Romance. Okay, it's not exactly a huge category, but it's nice to be able to say I'm number one in something!

FewFew · 30-06-2011 01:05AM

EileenG wrote: »

Thank you. I've just discovered that I'm number one on Amazon - in Interspecies Romance. Okay, it's not exactly a huge category, but it's nice to be able to say I'm number one in something!

Oh my god! Is there romance in it?! I haven't got to that bit yet, and I thought I was nearly through!

Wow, what else is in that category? I'm kinda scared.

EileenG · 30-06-2011 01:29AM

Actually, that's a scary category, there are fembots and things.

FewFew · 30-06-2011 02:15PM

EileenG wrote: »

Actually, that's a scary category, there are fembots and things.

As I'd imagine... weeeeeeird

Livvie · 30-06-2011 06:09PM

EileenG wrote: »

Thank you. I'd love to hear what you think.

Loving it so far!

Great characters, and it's very visual - I feel like I'm watching a sci-fi movie.

pickarooney · 30-06-2011 09:28PM

Is it OK to use your existing DFTF thread in Write Club for feedback?

EileenG · 30-06-2011 11:27PM

Fewcifur wrote: »

Oh my god! Is there romance in it?! I haven't got to that bit yet, and I thought I was nearly through!

How could you have missed it? She goes round snogging every guy she meets.

EileenG · 30-06-2011 11:28PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Is it OK to use your existing DFTF thread in Write Club for feedback?

Yes, as long as it's the old one. For some reason, unless my thread is active, I can't get into Write Club.

pickarooney · 01-07-2011 08:36AM

EileenG wrote: »

Yes, as long as it's the old one. For some reason, unless my thread is active, I can't get into Write Club.

I don't follow... if you click the link under my avatar does it not bring you to Write Club? Sounds like you might have bookmarked the wrong page?

EileenG · 01-07-2011 12:32PM

Ahhh! Feel free to wallop me upside the head. I never thought of that!

kickarykee · 01-07-2011 07:15PM

Wow, congrats!

I'm really happy for you!!
It's the dream of every writer

EileenG · 01-07-2011 11:52PM

Well, I spent about three quarters of an hour being delighted and thrilled and accosting strangers to tell them. Now I'm worried that people won't buy it or they will buy and hate it and want their money back.

CD. · 02-07-2011 12:22AM

I read the sample and it was really good, ended at a good moment too, I just have to get my sister to let me use her credit card. Amazon won't accept laser and i don't have a credit card, thank god, because i know i am too irresponsible, my reaction would be along the lines of FREE MONEY YEAH! and then at the end of the month: so...just how do i go about declaring bankrupcy?

Anway, as soon as i get it and read it (may take a week or too, have a few books to read) I will leave a review on amazon (or i can PM it to you if you prefer)

EileenG · 02-07-2011 12:36AM

Well, I'd love to know it, but I can't post your review to Amazon, only you can do that.

As far as I know, you can use those pre-paid credit cards for things like Amazon. I got my daughter one with €50 on it for a birthday present so she could buy stuff on-line.

CD. · 02-07-2011 10:37AM

I got one for my birthday from my sister a few years ago, the 3V card, it was great but I can't find it.
The system I have with my sister works out great, mainly because I don't buy things that often needing a credit card, but when it is needed, it usually isn't much.

Anyway, off to buy it now!

My book is selling

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