Eldon’s Comments (group member since May 30, 2016)

Eldon’s comments from the Support for Indie Authors group.

Dawn wrote: "I am in the midst of writing my first novel and It is going to be a series but they can be read as a stand-alone. Each book is about another sister and possibly if things go well other people in th..."

A very interesting question. I'm afraid it probably doesn't have a definitive answer. It all depends on many factors.

Obviously if book 1 is a success it pays to get the next one out asap. But, another series always helps too. First in series books are much easier to promote. Then again, free first in series to onboard only works if you have other books in the series to sell.

It's ultimately up to you which way to go. My opinion, and experience, has been to see one series through before starting another. Hope it helps!

Great!! Thanks for the responses :)

Are there any members here well-versed in the licensing of fonts for ebooks? I have one font I wanted to use (for chapter and titles) where I have the license but as it turns out, it is an otf font and the Kindle only supports ttf fonts.

Anyone know if we are free to use the basic fonts that come packaged with MS Word (as they mostly seem to be ttf)?

Ian wrote: "What I try to do is start with some sort of problem scene. The setting of the scene allows some background info, and then as the problem is introduced more background can filter in. That way you ca..."

I just faced this very problem with my second serial book. How much is too much, right? Honestly though, I think Ian nailed it on the head. It just needs to hook the readers :)

Jeff wrote: "I caved and bought the Pro Writing Aid editor.... It's pretty good, though kinda hard to understand at times. It gets conflicting in some of the words."

I love Pro Writing Aid! A great investment 👍

Dwayne wrote: "If you need to know how to delete a whole thread, archive, close a thread down, etc. just let me know."

Will do!

Dwayne wrote: "Tickle that little button there.

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Can't see for looking lol :) Thanks Dwayne!

Dwayne wrote: "Eldon wrote: "I have flagged message 11 as spam."

As a moderator, you can delete these, too. I'm also reporting this person to Ann. She needs to be removed (Eliza, not Ann)."

Guess I need some training lol. No clue how to delete a message :)

I have flagged message 11 as spam.

William wrote: "I hope you've already solved your problem, but if not, it occurred to me that you could check Amazon for other Chilean indie-authors and contact them to see if they had the same problem, and, if so..."

That's a good tip William!!

Robert wrote: "I think we're getting a little off topic here."

I agree Robert. Let's try to stay on course. I have been paid for as little as 2 pages, so I don't think a 10 percent rule applies.

David wrote: "I wonder if they read the book during the free trial period of KU and Amazon didn't count the pages read until after the person paid for the subscription to KU (to prevent anyone from signing up, p..."

Sounds like a good possibility though, David

Peter wrote: "M.J. wrote: "I used Reedsy, to find my editor and then used it to format my title for ebook and paperback. It was great I highly recommend..."

M.J.
Where does the Reedsy Editor store the book docu..."

A good question for the security minded.

Rachel wrote: "I'm a member of Reedsy, but I can't figure out how to use the editor because my dashboard always takes me to the "hire a professional" portion of the site. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?"

I haven't tried to use the Editor yet, but the upsell is not very promising :(

Thanks for the feedback!! I'll maybe give it a try. Rowan, it's good to know the customization options are limited too :)

Good advice all around :)

Tomas wrote: "Since I'm currently in the beta stage, what I think I can say is: when betas say it's far too repetitive, then it's a problem.

It's a tough choice. Repeating one word is a problem, sounding like t..."

It is a delicate balance. Does anyone run statistical analysis on their manuscript? To determine how often a word is used per thousand?

Kind of a craft question here. In a 90k word novel how often should characters smile, or nod, or any other mannerism? At which point does it become repetitive?

Anyone here use the Reedsy Editor for formatting books? What does the final result look like?

Jim wrote: "I think the ringing silence confirms a paucity of CC users here.-)"

I think you're right ;)