D.J.’s Comments (group member since Nov 08, 2017)

D.J.’s comments from the Navigating Indieworld Discussing All Things Indie group.

Anyone heard of https://iAuthor.uk.com? The creator followed me on Medium so I looked at his website. You add your book for free and enter the links to buy it. You can add a free sample of your book, if you like. I haven't done that yet. You get to add your book to all relevant themes that apply to your book, or create a theme if a suitable one doesn't exist. I've added my book to loads and I haven't even scraped the surface of the list. You can put in your social media links and website links in. Nothing ventured-right?

ETA when I checked the latest books to be added it seemed the last one was published in February 2018. So current as of this year.

A modicum of common sense is often spoken. I’ll give you that.

Ah if only you could hear some of the conversations I have with clients on the subject lol.

Whoa, don't wish that on the planet. #Doomed

I need “sign up to my mailing list” things and other stuff I have yet to google.

Thank you. It’ll do. Graphics from Alexis are a huge help.

Those sales will pick up once your BookBub thing goes live. I can only dream of such achievements.

This is me:

First, create a website.
Second, days later: secure the bloody thing. Why aren't these things automatic? As far as I can tell https://djsworld.co.uk is now a secure site. I hope. Who knows, it says it is.

Book files for Amazon updated AGAIN! I don't even know if I needed to do that.

If I knew things, I'd be deadly!

Happy birthday.

A sale is a sale. Well done Justin.

Somehow thought you might. Well done.

Ooh, well done.

Um congratulations on trying another one? There ought to be something to say other than better luck next time!

Clapped that. This is my latest. I'm an Englishwoman and I WILL complain about the weather.

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I haven’t checked mine which went direct to KDP. It just specified chapter one was on an odd page. My daughter is reading The Great Gatsby at the moment. It has chapter one on an odd page as you would expect. However, not only do most of the chapters afterwards start on even numbered pages, the chapters start halfway down the even numbered page without even a page break. I have seen that before in trad books. I prefer a new page for a chapter myself.

I didn’t realise that. I just knew that all chapter ones start on an odd page for whatever hundreds of years old rule!

That’s it. What is the reason for starting chapter one on an odd numbered page? I know every book I’ve ever read is like that but where did the rule come from? Did someone just decide that’s how it was going to be years ago?

In word I think you need to specify a new section. But I can’t remember how to do it without doing it. I hate that job.

That’s fair enough. If you already have a cover it’s better to find someone who is happy to work with it.

I used OliviaProDesign for mine. She’s very good.

But it seems to be almost expected.