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General discussionMy book is finally out(108 posts)(108 posts)
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Posted July 15, 2014
Congrats! :)
Posted July 15, 2014
Congratulations Punished_Snake! If I spoke Italian, it would already be on my kindle. :)
Posted July 15, 2014
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Punished_Snake: snip
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GreenDigitalWolf: Can you tell me what the books is about, please? I read a translated synopsis and I'm not really sure about it.
A man one day discover that he lost its marbles, so it starts a journey to recover those. He will encounter other characters and reach several bizzare situations, like an underground city populated by dead people.
I don't say too much because I would spoiler it.
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Punished_Snake: I will consider it, for now I have an exclusive with Amazon for three months, and I want to check how the book goes here in Italy :)

Also, if someone wants pirate it, well, I'm sad, but I won't put DRM on this because they only damage users, if someone wants pirate it, he can easily avoid DRM protection, so is basically useless. And...if you buy a book or a game, even in digital form, is yours. With DRM isn't.
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hedwards: Right, I'm really suggesting that piracy is a good thing, just that materials that aren't pirated are much more likely to go unnoticed.

Anyways, next time you write a book, you really shouldn't fall for Amazon's exclusivity deal, it's generally only a good deal for Amazon. I think Smashwords had an article on that a while back, or maybe it was in their free book on publishing. Anyways, it turns out that it's not a very good deal for most authors, even newer ones.
It's only a three months exclusive, you receive much less money from each copy sold, but you can promote your book for some days after three months, can't remember well.
Post edited July 15, 2014 by Punished_Snake
Posted July 15, 2014
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GreenDigitalWolf: Can you tell me what the books is about, please? I read a translated synopsis and I'm not really sure about it.
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Punished_Snake: A man one day discover that he lost its marbles, so it starts a journey to recover those. He will encounter other characters and reach several bizzare situations, like an underground city populated by dead people.
I don't say too much because I would spoiler it.
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hedwards: Right, I'm really suggesting that piracy is a good thing, just that materials that aren't pirated are much more likely to go unnoticed.

Anyways, next time you write a book, you really shouldn't fall for Amazon's exclusivity deal, it's generally only a good deal for Amazon. I think Smashwords had an article on that a while back, or maybe it was in their free book on publishing. Anyways, it turns out that it's not a very good deal for most authors, even newer ones.
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Punished_Snake: It's only a three months exclusive, you receive much less money from each copy sold, but you can promote your book for some days after three months, can't remember well.
I did the exclusivity deal myself. I've yet to get on Smashwords (been busy, but will definitely get to it soon). Back in the day, it was a huge success for me. Since I was only on Amazon at the time anyway (and Lulu -- but no sales there), it didn't cost me anything. And after I promoted the book (The Darkest Wand made it to the top 25 free fantasy novels in 5 days of it being a freebie), the sales started pouring in.

Not so anymore. It may be the age of my books, but if I put up a freebie, most people don't even get the freebie. The Darkest Wand was taken a few thousand times for free. The last time I did it, maybe 15 copies.

I don't know if it's the flood of crap on Amazon, more competition or something altogether different, but the exclusivity/70% deal no longer works for me. I took The Darkest Wand off its exclusivity and was awarded a spot on Groupee's Community Bundle and it netted me a quick $100. I've pulled the others off so that I can use them to promote my (hopefully) upcoming manga.

To each their own, certainly. And maybe it's a good place to start for a few months or a year. But I'd recommend broadening your reach.

All of that said, we're writers, not marketers. And Indie writers have to be writers and marketers. It's a pain in the butt, but it is what it is. So I understand completely if you want to take a deep breath, enjoy your accomplishment, and then get your bearings.

Again: Congratulations!
Posted July 15, 2014
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GreenDigitalWolf: Can you tell me what the books is about, please? I read a translated synopsis and I'm not really sure about it.
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Punished_Snake: A man one day discover that he lost its marbles, so it starts a journey to recover those. He will encounter other characters and reach several bizzare situations, like an underground city populated by dead people.
I don't say too much because I would spoiler it.
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hedwards: Right, I'm really suggesting that piracy is a good thing, just that materials that aren't pirated are much more likely to go unnoticed.

Anyways, next time you write a book, you really shouldn't fall for Amazon's exclusivity deal, it's generally only a good deal for Amazon. I think Smashwords had an article on that a while back, or maybe it was in their free book on publishing. Anyways, it turns out that it's not a very good deal for most authors, even newer ones.
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Punished_Snake: It's only a three months exclusive, you receive much less money from each copy sold, but you can promote your book for some days after three months, can't remember well.
I t sounds interesting! I already want to find out what happens next.

I hope that your book does excellent, best of luck to you!
Post edited July 15, 2014 by GreenDigitalWolf
Posted July 15, 2014
Congratulations, you can be proud of
I like reading books - a lot, sometimes thought writing one would be great but never came up with it.
Hope everything turns best for you.

The famous Andreas Eschbach (gives also tips for writing) have said :
There is a saying one can only write when inspired - the contrary is true
you only get inspiration when you really start to write.
Posted July 15, 2014
That's awesome! Nice work, man. If it ever gets Englishified, I'll get it and read it.
Posted July 15, 2014
Congratulations, Punished_ Snake!
Posted July 16, 2014
Keep us updated! Let us know if you have any buyers! :)
Hope all goes more than well!

- Tim
Posted July 16, 2014
Two buyers until now :D
Posted July 16, 2014
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Punished_Snake: Two buyers until now :D
I will pray for many more to come :)
Posted July 16, 2014
Congratulations! I wish you all the best, this is very inspirational.

Now, I just need to get on to writing that movie script...
Posted July 16, 2014
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Punished_Snake: Two buyers until now :D
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TimTom92: I will pray for many more to come :)
Thanks :)

By the way I rolled out an update, containing major annotations on the story.
Posted July 22, 2014
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I've sold another copy :D

Seriously, now I'm working for a big contest created by italian television: the winner will get his book published and there's an option to create a TV serial or a movie based on the book, so I'm writing a new book for this.

I written ten pages but I need to start from the beginning, I don't like what I've done so much :S
Posted July 22, 2014
Your book was the hardest to read book I've ever read in Italian. It could also be because I've learned Italian alone.
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