Following in the footsteps of fellow indie writer Ken McConnell, I’ve decided to self-publish a book. Not my novel, but one of my novellas. I’ve formatted the text to 5 1/2″ x 7″, because I do so love a compact little book I can fit in my pocket. This might be too big for a pocket, but it’s the smallest default size they had, and it still comes in at around 150 pages. I’ll be using Amazon’s CreateSpace machine, which will make the novella available to Kindle readers as well as on the website.
For my initial experience with this, I can tell you that it’s quite a pain, and I can see why writers prefer to have publishers handle everything. Getting everything just right requires a lot more patience than I have. Still, I hope it’s a good product and worth the cost of purchase.
So anyway, the good news is that right now, exclusive to Unabashed readers, you can read it for free! I’ve uploaded it to my Scribd account, in the hopes that I might get a little feedback. Feel free to comment here or there, and if you do comment I may just send you a copy for free once it’s published! (Unless, you know, there are like a million comments. Or a hundred. I can handle ten. Or twenty. I won’t get my hopes up.)
A Free Novella
Following in the footsteps of fellow indie writer Ken McConnell, I’ve decided to self-publish a book. Not my novel, but one of my novellas. I’ve formatted the text to 5 1/2″ x 7″, because I do so love a compact little book I can fit in my pocket. This might be too big for a pocket, but it’s the smallest default size they had, and it still comes in at around 150 pages. I’ll be using Amazon’s CreateSpace machine, which will make the novella available to Kindle readers as well as on the website.
For my initial experience with this, I can tell you that it’s quite a pain, and I can see why writers prefer to have publishers handle everything. Getting everything just right requires a lot more patience than I have. Still, I hope it’s a good product and worth the cost of purchase.
So anyway, the good news is that right now, exclusive to Unabashed readers, you can read it for free! I’ve uploaded it to my Scribd account, in the hopes that I might get a little feedback. Feel free to comment here or there, and if you do comment I may just send you a copy for free once it’s published! (Unless, you know, there are like a million comments. Or a hundred. I can handle ten. Or twenty. I won’t get my hopes up.)
Happy reading: Hostile Takeover [A Dark Comedy]
Here’s what the book cover will look like:
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