My book is selling

FewFew

My reading of your book has been delayed by misplacing my stoopid ipod charger. Nightmare. Though it does mean I'm getting my GRR Martin prep nicely underway

Livvie

EileenG wrote: »

If you feel like doing a review, that would be a great line!

Will do that when Ive finished it then.

EileenG wrote: »

I wonder about twitter. People keep telling me that I should be twittering away about it, but I think most tweets are very boring, and I can't say I'd be tempted to check out a book someone had tweeted about. (I can't believe my spell checker is accepting those words).

Eileen, do try Twitter. It's a great place for meeting people, for talking about and promoting your work, and for generally having fun.

It can be boring, but it can also be incredibly funny, with links to some really good sites.

EileenG

I'm on Twitter, and have about a dozen followers, but most of the tweets I get seem to be so inane I wonder if anyone actually reads them. I'm @eileen_gormley

Desire.

EileenG wrote: »

I'm on Twitter, and have about a dozen followers, but most of the tweets I get seem to be so inane I wonder if anyone actually reads them. I'm @eileen_gormley

You've one more now.

Livvie

Desire. wrote: »

You've one more now.

And another.

Though I fear I may occasionally (under-estimate?) be guilty of inane tweets.

EileenG

Thank you! Now I have to think of interesting stuff to tweet, having complained about the boring ones.

pickarooney

Eileen, do you watch True Blood by any chance? Because...

EileenG

No. Should I?

I'm addicted to Dexter right now.

CD.

EileenG wrote: »

No. Should I?

I'm addicted to Dexter right now.

yes. yes a thousand times yes.

*cough* I mean....you might like it, not that I am a fan or anything. It is easy to get addicted, a lot of episodes end on a cliff hanger.

I can't wait for the next season of Dexter.

pickarooney

EileenG wrote: »

No. Should I?

The opening scene in Season 4 of True Blood had

fairies planning to harvest humans to the dismay of the feisty heroine

:eek:

Antilles

pickarooney wrote: »

The opening scene in Season 4 of True Blood had

fairies planning to harvest humans to the dismay of the feisty heroine

:eek:

That's pretty standard fae behaviour, no?

pickarooney

Antilles wrote: »

That's pretty standard fae behaviour, no?

Maybe, I'm not really au fae with that mythology.

CD.

There's the switched baby thing. Can't recall what they are called changelings I think, but never on that scale.

Though they do have habit of taking mortals where they should not stray.

Livvie

Really enjoying it, Eileen. Not getting on as quickly as I'd like as have to get mine finished by 15th August. Love your characters.

EileenG

Oh thank you. If anything strikes you as needing improving, let me know, I'm doing the final edits before it goes to the printer for the paperback, so now is the time to tell me.

Livvie

EileenG wrote: »

Oh thank you. If anything strikes you as needing improving, let me know, I'm doing the final edits before it goes to the printer for the paperback, so now is the time to tell me.

Oh, that's interesting.

Did the publishers e-publish it too, or did you do that yourself? I'm completely ignorant about how it all works.

EileenG

They did it, and are responsible for some of the wonky formatting. I've since been getting an education in how to present documents with the least chance of getting bollixed by the printer/formatter. Basic rule, write with as few non-printing characters as possible, and be really disciplined about italics, bold and all forms of punctuation.

Right now, I'm doing a trawl for Irish-isms (car park, land rover, pot holes, rubbish, etc) and I'm also trying to butch Steve up a little.

Antilles

EileenG wrote: »

They did it, and are responsible for some of the wonky formatting. I've since been getting an education in how to present documents with the least chance of getting bollixed by the printer/formatter. Basic rule, write with as few non-printing characters as possible, and be really disciplined about italics, bold and all forms of punctuation.

Right now, I'm doing a trawl for Irish-isms (car park, land rover, pot holes, rubbish, etc) and I'm also trying to butch Steve up a little.

How do edits work for the Kindle version? Do you resubmit it to Amazon and they distribute the new version to people who have the book?

EileenG

I submit it to my publisher and hassle them until they redo what's up on Amazon. I presume if you are self-publishing, you can alter it yourself whenever you want.

As far as I know, when a new version goes up, if you delete the one you've already downloaded to your reader and redownload from Amazon (this is free, no matter how often you do it), you get the updated version.

pog it

Hey! Saw the article about you in the Herald today! Have to say it put a wide grin on my face, really happy for you!

EileenG

Glad you saw it, I missed it completely!

majicalo

Mind you, I don't think anyone in Europe has a Nook![/QUOTE]

Except me

EileenG

You have one? What's it like? Is there a Nook ap?

Livvie

Eileen, I have to tell you again how much I'm enjoying your book. I loved the Romeo and Juliet part - it just conjured up such a wonderful image. And the characters are so diverse.

I actually love Raphael. You've captured that type of character beautifully. My other fav. is Asnem.

I'll do a review on Amazon when I've finished.

EileenG

Oh thank you. Rafael is sort of inspired by a person who is frequently seen on RTE.

audi a4 2008

well done to u eileeng,will b buying book weekend

EileenG

Yeh!

I have been listening to all the comments I got here, and used them to improve the paperback edits.

mari2222

great achievement - congrats!

pnkker

EileenG wrote: »

I've just heard that my book, Don't Feed the Fairies, is in the top 2% of Amazon sales.

People I haven't been nagging have been buying it.

Mind you, I have no idea how they calculate these things, but I'm not going to argue.

I'm getting reviews as well. www.tinyurl.com/eileengormley

good for you. How long did it take you to write the book ?

I am considering writing a book but I want to write something in the self help section.

EileenG

It will probably be easier to sell. There's a lot more non-fiction being published than fiction, and not nearly as many people writing it.

The first draft took me about three months to write, but it took another year of rewriting and editing etc before it was fit for purpose.

pnkker

EileenG wrote: »

It will probably be easier to sell. There's a lot more non-fiction being published than fiction, and not nearly as many people writing it.

The first draft took me about three months to write, but it took another year of rewriting and editing etc before it was fit for purpose.

Thank you for the tips. Also did you do something special for the promotion.

EileenG

I got a lot of publicity in the newspapers, (I actually has someone stop me and ask for my autograph) but I've discovered that's not useful unless you have a print book. For an e-book, you need publicity where people can click a link immediately.