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message 1: by Jo (new)

Jo Harrison (joharris0n) | 29 comments Mod
I thought we could all share our own eBooks (or paperbacks) here... still writing mine in my head, but hopefully one day! :)


message 2: by Karen (new)

Karen Einsel (kkrafts) | 2 comments Hi Jo
I'll share one that I have a short story in, and all proceeds from the book go to help cancer research.
http://www.amazon.com/Festive-Feast-S... It is just $1.50 for the ebook right now and there will be another short story collection coming out before Valentine's


message 3: by Graeme (new)

Graeme Ing (graemeing) | 5 comments Hi Jo, thanks for the invite.
I have a YA Fantasy out in all formats, titled Ocean of Dust.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...
http://www.graemeing.com/books

Currently writing another fantasy.


message 4: by Karen (new)

Karen Einsel (kkrafts) | 2 comments Graeme wrote: "Hi Jo, thanks for the invite.
I have a YA Fantasy out in all formats, titled Ocean of Dust.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...
http://www.graemeing.com/books

Currently writi..."

Love the cover! I tweeted it out to my followers.


message 5: by Graeme (new)

Graeme Ing (graemeing) | 5 comments Thank you so much :)


message 6: by Kurt (new)

Kurt Chambers | 1 comments Thank you so much for the invite :) Much appreciated!

Good luck with the book, Jo :) Keep at it, girl.

I write middle grade fantasy.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006TI8JLY

I have to confess, my wonderful friends did all my formatting for me, so I don't know too much about it myself. I would love to learn.

Kurt.


message 7: by Jo (new)

Jo Harrison (joharris0n) | 29 comments Mod
Thanks for adding your books guys, I'll go check all of them out! :)


message 8: by Mary (new)

Mary Johnson (mommyloves) | 2 comments Thank you for the invite to the group, Jo - just finishing a format of a client's eBook, and this group is timely indeed!
Here's my first book done:
eBook ~ Say Bump and Take a Left http://www.amazon.com/Left-Birthed-Bu...

POD ~ Say Bump and Take a Left http://www.amazon.com/Say-Bump-Take-L...

Here's to Self Publishing!Mary Kathryn Johnson


message 9: by Kim (new)

Kim (kimgm) | 2 comments Thanks for the invite, Jo. This will be a great way for us to share our experiences with formatting. :)

I've written two ebooks. One is a collection of three stories, which I also published as a POD version. The other is an e-single since it's just one story. Here are links to them:

The Melanie Chronicles ebook: http://www.ebookit.com/books/00000015...

POD: http://www.amazon.com/The-Melanie-Chr...

Kindle-only "Linger: a short story": http://www.amazon.com/Linger-a-short-...


message 10: by Jo (new)

Jo Harrison (joharris0n) | 29 comments Mod
As I don't yet have my own book to share, I thought I would share my late Grandfather's book instead... he wrote it in 1995 and it's about his time as a prisoner of war in WWII.

Sojourn in Silesia 1940 - 1945 by Arthur Evans


message 11: by Lewis (new)

Lewis Weinstein (lewweinstein) | 2 comments I have 4 published books, all currently on Kindle and paper using Create Space. (One was also published in the traditional way in the U.S. and in Spain.)

I did all of the formatting and cover design myself and I would be happy to share that experience with this group, as well as learn from the experiences of others.

The Heretic
The Pope's Conspiracy
A Good Conviction
Case Closed


message 12: by JW (new)

JW Manus (JWManus) | 11 comments I just finished an ebook for Lawrence Block:

Keller on the Spot http://www.amazon.com/Keller-on-the-S...

Two of my own:

Dark Reflections http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Reflection...

Light Embraced http://www.amazon.com/Light-Embraced-...


message 13: by Susan (new)

Susan Anderson (susanrussoanderson) | 1 comments Hello everyone, I'm a mystery writer and just formatted two of my ebooks by myself and am working on the interior design using InDesign.

For the ebook formatting, I used the Kindle plugin for InDesign 5.0 and FINALLY got it to work the way I wanted it to. Drop caps were tricky.

You can "look inside" the ebooks I formatted here and let me know what you think, not about the writing, but about the formatting:

DEATH OF A SERPENT: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006V3XOKI
DEATH IN BAGHERIA: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00AKDVICQ

I have a third book but the ebook was formatted by a professional formatter. It's here, if you want to compare formatting (I don't know what tools he used):
NO MORE BROTHERS: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007ZRUX58


message 14: by Steve (last edited Jan 25, 2013 08:02AM) (new)

Steve  Bichard (frenchfan) | 1 comments Thanks for the invite Jo and for your formatting on Vantastic France, my first attempt at publishing a novel.

Vantastic France Vantastic France  by Steve Bichard


message 15: by Patricia (last edited Jan 26, 2013 10:24PM) (new)

Patricia Hemricourt | 1 comments I just published my book The Divided Island, an illustrated healing bedtime story for children in the midst of a divorce.
I formatted it with mobipocket and would love feedback.
It is currently only available on Amazon (including KDP select)and has a sample download available.
As I have never formatted a book before, any remarks on faults in the formatting is very welcome.


message 16: by Alan (new)

Alan Toner | 1 comments Jo, thanks for the invite to mention our books. As a self published Kindle author, here are all the books I have available so far on Amazon;

1. True Ghost Stories 1-4
2. Celebrity Hauntings
3. Horror Stories

And here is my Author Page: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Alan-Toner/e/...


message 17: by Mark (new)

Mark | 1 comments Hi, I'm glad I found this group, I have a few books on Kindle and in paperback available on Amazon.com, and am in the process of editing thirteen more.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...


message 18: by Larry (last edited Mar 24, 2013 01:05PM) (new)

Larry Garner (larryanimalgarner) | 2 comments My debut novel is available as a trade paperback as well as a Kindle. Other digital files are available from the author at http://larryanimalgarner.com

D*E*D Dead


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