[Writer Post] Amazon, Uploads, and Industry News

Oh, hey! It’s Wednesday. It’s blog post day. I almost forgot, but I didn’t. So, in the last week…

I think I’m going to love my new Day Job (which is a first in a long time) – so many things to learn and do and… but I misunderstood the number of hours. So I need to get off my behind and get the chapbooks up on Amazon. I don’t need to make up a lot of money, but I do need some alternate income streams.

The thing is… I know how to convert to .epub through Scrivener and can double check the formatting in Calibre or other programs to make sure the glitches are left to a minimum. I don’t know how to do that (at least the double checking) for Amazon formats. And though I know there are websites out there, when I’m dealing with figuring out tech – I do better with demonstrations.

I know there are many gurus out there who do this on a nearly daily basis. If someone local to DFW wants to help me out by SHOWING ME (thank you, Missouri heritage) how to make this happen, I can make you cookies or dinner or something… And, yes, this is going to spur me to write more and more frequently. Some will go to traditional publishers, some will go this digital route.

In fact, I need to be working on a short story even now…it’s pitched, it’s promised, it’s at least half done, but in the job transition, I’ve stumbled on it. I need to start the typing of the hard copy so I can get it back in my head and where I was going to go with it in order to GET ON WITH IT.

Industry News:

Amazon and Hachette resolved their differences. I don’t know the terms of the deal or if this is good thing or bad – but it’s over. We’ll see what the fall out is over time. Hopefully the authors who were caught in the middle will be able to go back to work writing now. In an ideal world, the authors won’t be held responsible for the drop in sales from corporate pissing contests, but we don’t live in an ideal world. I wish those authors all the best.

And now it’s time to get back to work.

Tags: Amazon, authors, digital uploads. Kindle, Hatchette, Help Needed, Writing