What did you blog about today?

Andrew Lambert said:
I have a couple of friends who are happy to cast an eye on the first two-thirds of my book but want to read it on their Kindles. I'm writing it in Scrivener and want to know if there's an idiot proof way of sending to them?
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If this is something you might be doing several times, then it might be worth downloading and installing Amazon's kindlegen software (KindleGen). It's straightforward to install and with it you can export your scrivener manuscript direct to kindle .mobi format then email it to your friends.
Or, as @Cathbad suggests, there's the PDF option.:)
 
Boneman said:
Great blog, Jo. Funny, now you say it, the title could have been more scifi related, why did we not see it? As you're self-publishing, is it worth waiting a while and than re-issuing it as 'Belfast and Aliens'? With a small disclaimer saying 'formerly known as Inish Carraig? Or is that frowned upon, people would complaint they bought it, thinking it was a new book?

The sequel, though...
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I'm kind of between a rock and a hard place - the title is also part of the word of mouth. I could add a subtitle eg Aliens vs Belfast but need it on the cover, too, under Amazon rules so would have to ask @Gary Compton how awkward that is to do.

The sequel currently has the working title of 'Culchies in spas'. I might need to reconsider that! :D
 
C'mon now, its clearly a story about the culchies going to the SPAR in Culleybackey...

I reckon you should go with Culchies across the Cosmos, but I'm a sucker for some assonance.
 
Is it wrong that I was excited the first time I went to Belfast and saw a SPAR because I hadn't seen one in London since I was 7?

Anyway, good article Jo, but for some reason I can't see the cover on the blog article.
 
Gonk the Insane said:
If this is something you might be doing several times, then it might be worth downloading and installing Amazon's kindlegen software (KindleGen). It's straightforward to install and with it you can export your scrivener manuscript direct to kindle .mobi format then email it to your friends.
Or, as @Cathbad suggests, there's the PDF option.:)
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Cool. Thanks, Gonk.
Will try it now.
 
Don't normally do Tuesday blogs, but the surprise news in politics made me think of a few historical attempts to get supreme power, which had varying degrees of success: Thaddeus the Sixth: Grasping Power
 
Thanks, Juliana.

Got an idea for another one loosely inspired by modern British politics, assuming I didn't write something very similar in the past (entirely possible I did).
 
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