Technical Notes

On the first day of my launch promotion, The Millennial Sword was downloaded 369 times. If the numbers continue at this rate, I’ll get over a thousand downloads before the free period ends on Friday. If even half of those people (500) actually read it—and half of those (250) like it—and half of the ones who like it (125) tell their friends…then I will consider the promotion a great success.

Most of what I’ve read about indie publishing suggests that books with 15 or more Amazon reviews get a lot more traffic. I think this has to do with Amazon’s search algorithms and the way that they promote material on their site. But I have to remind myself not to be impatient for Amazon reviews: people need time to actually read the thing, after all!

A couple of technical notes: some people in the UK had trouble getting the download. The link for our cousins across the pond is: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Millennial-Sword-ebook/dp/B009JW9K4M/. That should let you grab the book without any problems.

ALSO, while the Nook version of the book won’t be out for a few months, I wanted to let Nook owners know that there are free programs that can convert between e-book formats. Calibre seems to be one of the most popular. I would expect the formatting might not be perfect after an automated conversion, but if folks with the various non-Kindle e-readers want to grab the novel while it’s free, Calibre might be a good option for you.

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4 Responses to “Technical Notes”

Amy K Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 9:36 am
Super congrats!!! You mentioned Amazon & Nook, but I use a Cruz reader (android, and more like a tablet pc). We purchase through Kobo. Any chance we’ll see it there soon? Otherwise, because it’s a great promo, I like supporting my friends, and I’m currently in between reads, I’m considering the PC download…

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shannon Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 9:54 am
Amazon’s Kindle for Android app supports Android tabloids! You shouldn’t even have to worry about converting the file format:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_and_ln_ar?docId=165849822

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Amy K Says:
October 3rd, 2012 at 10:20 am
Thank you! I’ll check it out latter, or more likely Mark will. I have a hard enough time syncing my Cruz with Kobo, but I will try. It much easier to snuggle up with my mini pc/book sized tablet than my laptop!

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