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Sandscript
Diary of a KSP - Kindle Self Publisher.
My latest novel is floating in the ether, like all Kindle books you might say, but my book is in Kindle Limbo, still in draft.
After downloading, the author can read it on the computer screen as it will appear on any e-book reader. If there are any mistakes to correct then the writer must return to the original document. No problem, because you may download again and again...when you are sure the book is ready, then press publish!
I am proof reading for the fourth time, still amazed how commas disappear, speech marks drop off the end of sentences and 'there' and 'their' have swapped themselves round during the night. A traditional proof reader would spot mistakes, but they could not make changes to phrases, improvements to wording as the author can.
We owe it to ourselves and readers to make the manuscript as perfect as possible and perfect is impossible I'm sure. With the variety of e-readers the author has no idea whether his novel will be read minutely on a phone or in giant letters on an Ipad by someone with bad eyesight - all mistakes glaringly obvious!
My latest novel is floating in the ether, like all Kindle books you might say, but my book is in Kindle Limbo, still in draft.
After downloading, the author can read it on the computer screen as it will appear on any e-book reader. If there are any mistakes to correct then the writer must return to the original document. No problem, because you may download again and again...when you are sure the book is ready, then press publish!
I am proof reading for the fourth time, still amazed how commas disappear, speech marks drop off the end of sentences and 'there' and 'their' have swapped themselves round during the night. A traditional proof reader would spot mistakes, but they could not make changes to phrases, improvements to wording as the author can.
We owe it to ourselves and readers to make the manuscript as perfect as possible and perfect is impossible I'm sure. With the variety of e-readers the author has no idea whether his novel will be read minutely on a phone or in giant letters on an Ipad by someone with bad eyesight - all mistakes glaringly obvious!
Sandscript
I like to write first drafts with pen and paper; at home, in busy cafes, in the garden, at our beach hut... even sitting in a sea front car park waiting for the rain to stop I get my note book out. We
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