Hello. My large print edition of Treasure Island is finally out. Here is the LINK if you know someone that wants a copy of this story and needs those letters a little bigger. My regular edition of the book uses a 12 point font. This large print edition uses the same font, but 16 point […]
This past week my 2nd edition of Treasure Island finally reached the 1st page in the search results and sales took off. So celebrating with a picture of a hummingbird that reminds me of my grandmother’s house.
Today I tried to publish a Japanese version of Treasure Island using KDP’s new beta program for publishing print on demand books. They have 33 languages you can choose as the book’s primary language. Japanese isn’t one of them. But if you want to publish a book in Manx or Eastern Frisian, try KDP!
I Re-released the Treasure Island book as a test. Since Amazon’s “customer service” people refuse to answer questions, I have to conduct tests on my own. Last time, when I released the book I clicked to port it over to KDI. Part of the process was answering the question “Is the content of your book […]
Amazon’s message to me: “Our Content Team thoroughly reviewed your content and confirmed that your edition of “Treasure Island” is not distinct enough to be separated from the other public domain editions of “Treasure Island” on Amazon. For this reason, we will uphold their decision to keep them linked. Additionally, we are unable to provide […]
Today’s update:* With the inauguration of the new president in America, I decided to make a book with all of the inaugural addresses and speeches made by all U. S. presidents. It’s almost finished. It should be up on Amazon’s site in less than a week.* Sales for my edition of Treasure Island continue to […]
Looks like Amazon finally unlinked my Treasure Island book from the pile. Until now, it was impossible to find it. Hopefully now people will see it and buy a copy. The image below has a link to take you to the CreateSpace eStore if you are interested in buying a copy. CreateSpace Store Link
The first HWC book published is Treasure Island. It was published last month in mid-December. I mixed together over 140 illustrations by three artists, Louis Rhead, Walter Paget, and George Roux. I spent weeks cleaning up the illustrations. Annotations from several editions were added in and then I wrote a further 300 or so for […]