Just signed up with an outlet called Smashwords, it lets you upload your book and they distribute to other E readers. I have stuck with it, and am nearly there, but I have never known such a frustrating process. You would think that what you see on a page and what you can read perfectly clear on a page is what would come across when you upload it. Jesus christ I have nearly ditched the smashwords site because of issue ofter issue, formatting is wrong, spacing and indents are all wrong, copyright wording, and it presents a problem when you have spent about fifteen minutes uploading a new and adjusted version. On kindle it was fine, worked first time and looks great. Gradually I have sorted each issue bar one. Apparently one of the formats automatically spots any page that begins with the word 'Chapter' and makes a contents link for you. Great stuff, except that it cannot see my chapter 3 page heading, which is set out in exactly the same way as chapters 1,2,-, 4 all the way to 16, when you download and read it, the chapter is there, ust no link in the contents table. An email has been sent but I have wasted nearly a week of evenings trying to sort this out. It is available on smashwords.com through a limited number of their publishers, but sorting this problem will put my book into their premium catalog, and will expose it to more of their outlets. FFS!!!
I have also revamped my paperback interior for Renatus, I clicked on the large print option for the original version and although it looks great, it was a bit boxy to me. I downsized the font and it has transformed it. Renatus in paperback is now available again on the amazon sites as is the kindle version. I have also uploaded it to a site called feedaread.com, they deal in paperbacks only and I'm currently in a days long queue waiting for them to convert and accept my files. When they do I can move on and finish the cover and get it all proofed( I hope)... Nite all.
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