Inish Carraig - incoming!

[Jo Zebedee]

I am finally in the position to confirm that Inish Carraig will be released soon. (Hopefully early July.)

I have a copy edit to get by Sam Primeau and the lovely Gary is producing a cover for me. In the meantime I'll pick all the spers' brains!

The tagline:

In post-alien invasion Belfast humanity has been defeated. Pity no one told the locals.

 

[Brian G Turner]

Looking forward to seeing this one.

 

[Perpetual Man]

Sounds like fun... is it series or amusing?

 

[Jo Zebedee]

It's serious, Perp, but with a dash of Norn Irish black humour. Not as dark as Abendau, although it has its moments.

 

[AnyaKimlin]

I like the tagline.

 

[millymollymo]

On a roll, aren't you Jo.

 

[Ray McCarthy]

I'm sure the Galactic Council will ban it as subversive. Lots of publicity! More Sales!

 

[Jo Zebedee]

On a roll, aren't you Jo.

Trying to be. I might just be in a spin.

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Cool beans, can't wait!

 

[ratsy]

Are you doing e-book only? Cool news though Jo, I am looking forward to it

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Are you doing e-book only? Cool news though Jo, I am looking forward to it

That's the sort of thing I just need to think about. Ideally, I'd like to do a small print run because I'm at a con in Belfast in Sept which should sell a few, but it depends on cost. If not, I'll look into print on demand.

Any recs for print on demand services? And how do I set it up - through Amazon or separately?

 

[HareBrain]

Ideally, I'd like to do a small print run because I'm at a con in Belfast in Sept which should sell a few, but it depends on cost. If not, I'll look into print on demand.

My understanding is that "a small print run" translates to POD anyway -- you just buy the copies for yourself (at a discount).

 

[Gary Compton]

HB is right. Whichever provider you set it up with as POD, you can also buy copies. I think Lulu might be you best bet as I was jumping through hoops to get an account at LS. Also bear in mind postage. Createspace is US, not sure on Lulu though!

 

[Jo Zebedee]

HB is right. Whichever provider you set it up with as POD, you can also buy copies. I think Lulu might be you best bet as I was jumping through hoops to get an account at LS. Also bear in mind postage. Createspace is US, not sure on Lulu though!

I have put up a help me thread! And removed my tabs.

 

[ratsy]

hahah, I've been formatting anything new with no tabs, just the first line indent and have to manually remove the first line of each chapter formatting so it doesn't indent. 'There has to be a better way!!'

 

[Gary Compton]

There is dont use tabs!

 

[Gary Compton]

In Word the easiest way is use the ruler. Highlight all text (ctr A) and then set the indent with the ruler. Other ways is to do it in paragraph.

 

[ratsy]

Yes I use the paragraph feature. I was just meaning the first line of the new scene or chapter that I don't want to indent, I have to manually remove formatting to have it not indent. I figured there must be a less manual way.

Sorry for a derail Jo, but you started it

 

[Gary Compton]

No I didn't!

 

[Ray McCarthy]

My son is on Amazon, Smashwords and has done paperback & hardbacks (small print run IS simply discounted POD).

He claims to be selling a few a day ...

Making eBooks from Word needs a different set of format rules to PDF, Publisher submission, etc. There are a few tricks too.