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Comment on I Have a Kobo! Send me links to buy your books!!!! by Justus R Stone

Justus R Stone — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:56:31 +0000

I’m pretty happy with my Kobo so far. Though the limited selection of Kobo’s site is a bit of a pain. I don’t know. Maybe when my Kobo dies I’ll look at a Kindle.

Comment on I Have a Kobo! Send me links to buy your books!!!! by Bruce

Bruce — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:32:46 +0000

I had a first-gen Kobo and ended up ditching it for a second-gen Kindle. I have the best of both worlds. For Canadian books that I can’t buy at Amazon.com, I buy them from Kobo and then convert them to the Kindle format and transfer to my Kindle. It’s not trivial to do this however: you have to unencrypt the Kobo epub version (Adobe Digital Editions) using Python scripts available online, and then use the Calibre ebook management software to convert them to mobi format which you can then transfer to Kindle via USB. I did this with all the ebooks I had previously purchased for Kobo, and recently did it again as I had an Indigo gift card that otherwise I couldn’t use (I don’t buy paper books much anymore).

Comment on Becoming a Publisher by Justus R Stone

Justus R Stone — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:09:10 +0000

That was my thinking. Start slow, see how fast and how big it builds. Having no employees and no immediate costs, I couldn’t see the benefit of incorporating right out of the gate.

And there is something really gratifying about working for yourself and seeing your own company grow and succeed as opposed to being a slave to someone else’s success.

Comment on Becoming a Publisher by KG Garyson

KG Garyson — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:33:09 +0000

I have also decided to start my own company (Sinistre Prose, LLC). I figured I could start my own rather than trying to attract the attention of a company owned by someone else. I will probably begin as an LLC until I can afford to fully incorporate.

Comment on Becoming a Publisher by Justus R Stone

Justus R Stone — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:29:47 +0000

Thank you very much for your comment, glad to know it’s proving helpful, especially to a fellow Canuck! How’s your own writing going?

Comment on Becoming a Publisher by Lynn Palermo

Lynn Palermo — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:02:10 +0000

Thanks for this post, it has come at a great time for me. I also live in Ontario, Canada and working my way through the self-publishing world. Your Canadian perspective is valued. Great idea sharing your self-publishing journey, I have thought of doing the same. Looking forward to following your journey.

Comment on Going it Alone or Call me “Indie” by » Becoming a Publisher Justus R Stone

» Becoming a Publisher Justus R Stone — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:07:43 +0000

[...] my post on my decision to go indie, I mentioned that I had also decided to create a publishing company, Red Bucket [...]

Comment on Going it Alone or Call me “Indie” by Justus R Stone

Justus R Stone — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:41:09 +0000

Thanks Annie. It’s exciting and scary all at the same time. But yes, having a community of writers available via Twitter, Facebook & others makes it far easier. Funny things is, when I embraced this decision, I became far more excited and my writing seemed like something real and viable as opposed to some secret on my hard drive.

I’d love to hear about your experiences. Everyone’s stories about their publishing, whether traditional or self, teaches some lesson.

Comment on Going it Alone or Call me “Indie” by Annie

Annie — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:36:40 +0000

I look forward to reading about your experience. I should probably go back and blog about my first time around, remember all those steps it took and all those lessons I learned.

I think it’s better to “go it alone” in community, even in an online community. Sounds like fun!

Comment on The First Draft is Done – Some Things I’ve Learned by K.D.

K.D. — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:45:09 +0000

Congratulations! I should just get Scrivener for all the good I’ve heard about but something stops me, maybe I’m just scared to spend any money on anything for any reason And yes, I too love Twitter now. YAY #amwriting.