My apologies that it has been nearly a month since I posted an update on my latest novel, “Prior to Now.” The technological setbacks have snowballed, and though the e-version is available (despite its imperfections), the print version is still a nightmare.
I’ve lost track of how many
versions of it I have uploaded to Amazon and after hours of reviewing each, have
still found formatting errors. I don’t remember having any of these problems
with the last book, “The Truth Beyond the River.” I think it took two run-throughs
for me to be satisfied with it.
Anyway, with any amount of
luck, I’ll get the latest copy approved by today or tomorrow and make it available
for purchase.
In the meantime, here’s
another excerpt. It’s short, but I share it to remind myself – to remind us all
– that we really don’t have that much to complain about.
Emma dressed the
injuries of field hands whose backs were covered with fresh wounds on top of
jagged scars. She comforted crying babies when their mothers drifted off to
sleep, too exhausted to hold them after their exodus. The men and women had
marched through woods and fields for several nights in a row, hiding during the
day in dried-up river beds or abandoned sheds or in the mire under the feet of
lowing cattle in barns.
Click on this link to download
the e-book, or maybe, by the time you read this, the print version will be
there as well. Chris
Doesn't it frustrate - have been helping a friend self publish her poetry collection and each proof copy something had happened - was tearing hair our in bucket fulls. All the best that problems are solved:)
ReplyDeleteThanks. Finally got it done and it's as good as it's going to get.
DeleteI think that Amazon changed the tool they used for their .mobi creator. I know that the plug-in I'd used to make Kindle books in Scrivener stopped making acceptable files sometime last summer (acceptable to Amazon at least).
ReplyDeleteWe all need to remember that some have it worse.... Some have it better too, and we should remember that if only to know there are good things to look forward too. And that as long as there is life there is a chance for change and something better
Yes, all these publishing problems are minor when I look at the big picture. I am so blessed to be able to this at all.
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