E book publishing first novel

tripper1963 · 16-09-2012 06:41PM #1

Hi there
just wondered has anyone had recent experiences or advice in regard to self publishing an e book for kindle. I have finished my first novel after experience in writing for television and stage and radio. I've written a comedy about men in Dublin who become pregnant by accident and i would appreciate any advice you may have.

bigsmokewriting · 17-09-2012 04:57PM

Get someone else to read it over for typos etc - it's a small thing but it's amazing how many can sneak in and how hard it is to spot them yourself!

And good luck!

tripper1963 · 17-09-2012 05:27PM

Thanks for that i already did amazing what turns up with a fresh set of eyes thanks

Gryphonboy · 20-09-2012 04:06PM

I recently self-published a short story through fastpencil.com. It's available now on the fastpencil marketplace with wider distribution on amazon and Barnes&Noble coming in the next week or so.
I really like the service they offer. They have a great webtool for formatting and editing the novel. Handily for me they have a clever system that lets you import a blog (I wrote my story in blog format) which you can then edit into a finished manuscript.

tripper1963 · 20-09-2012 05:04PM

Thank you Gryphonboy I will check that out and have a look was it very difficult setting about starting your blog?

Gryphonboy · 21-09-2012 10:49AM

You're welcome

Starting a blog is the easiest thing in the world. Actually following through and creating something that people will follow is another story. I use wordpress because I like the templates they offer.

If you are interested you can check it out @ Psyche!

pickarooney · 21-09-2012 10:51AM

Gryphonboy wrote: »

You're welcome

Starting a blog is the easiest thing in the world. Actually following through and creating something that people will follow is another story. I use wordpress because I like the templates they offer.

If you are interested you can check it out @ http://gryphonboy.wordpress.com

I know you know you're not supposed to be posting blog links. Please don't do it again outside the relevant thread.

Gryphonboy · 21-09-2012 10:57AM

Apologies. I have edited out the offending article.

pavb2 · 22-09-2012 09:57PM

Hope it's OK to post this link, I found all the info I needed here on Kindle D.P. read through a lot of the older stuff as lately things have been a bit acrimonious.

Not moderated as well as boards if at all

http://forums.kindledirectpublishing.com/kdpforums/forumindex.jspa

tripper1963 · 22-09-2012 11:38PM

thanks pavb2 that looks interesting and very helpful

pavb2 · 22-09-2012 11:55PM

You're welcome 'Voice of the Author' section is useful as is the search option if you put in 'newbie'

I think an e publishing forum would be good on here, maybe there's enough info out there but it's nice to have a community of like minded people

E book publishing first novel

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