Monthly Archives: August 2010

Smashwords formatting update

In reference to the frustrations I voiced in a recent post, I just spent the last several hours removing trailing spaces from all the paragraphs of all 23 of my eBooks, and adding extra line-breaks where I’ve already got page … Continue reading

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Discount percentages

When I make paperback versions of my books available, I do so through Lightning Source, which makes them available to booksellers everywhere. You can walk into just about any bookseller in the US and order any of my books … … Continue reading

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Getting fed up with Smashwords

First, the good: Smashwords exists. It allows independent authors to publish & sell their eBooks in a variety of formats, all without having to learn how to encode their own eBooks or build their own online store. Smashwords has also … Continue reading

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I’m a Tesla, not an Edison

The rivalry between Tesla and Edison has gained much attention in recent years, though I have personally been aware of Tesla’s work since I was a boy. I have done a fair amount of research on Tesla, and some on … Continue reading

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Next/new writing project

First: No, I haven’t painted anything recently. In fact, I’ve only painted one thing since the first week of February, and that was the cover of Time, emiT, and Time Again. I’ve put some effort into reading through part of … Continue reading

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