Theodore’s Comments (group member since Apr 01, 2017)

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

D.J. wrote: "Email just in: "The KDP Select Global Fund for November is $23.6 million" Splendid. Of which I will receive exactly 0. Thrilled for everyone else. Grudgingly..."

LOL Oh, gosh, D.J., I guess the Good Lord's plans did not include making either of us rich.

Beginning December 30th, and continuing through January 27th, I will be cancelling the KDP contracts for 12 eBooks and placing them on both B&N and Kobo.

Becky wrote: "Revisiting this post as I was just told that my library wasn't purchasing any more books for the year as their budget was done--I guess it's late in the year, indeed--

--when you tell people to re..."
Our local library has a form that people must complete when they request a book. You might want to pick up a few of those for your friends and save them the trouble. That way, they can complete the form before taking it in (or before you deliver it for them, if that's even prudent).

If you are tracking your copyright applications to the US Copyright Office, know that it now is taking at least a month from the time they complete reviewing your applications until you receive your certificates in the US mail.

Carole wrote: "Wishing everybody a Happy Channuka!!"

And the same to you and your family, Carole.

Carmel wrote: "Very cool!"

Thanks, Carmel. Much appreciated.

Carole wrote: "Congrats Ted!!"

Thanks. The woman who did the narration did a terrific job.

Rhonda wrote: "My cover won the bronze! Thanks for voting!

https://authorsdb.com/2018-cover-cont..."

That's terrific...it's a super cover, Rhonda.

Sam (Rescue Dog Mom, Writer, Hugger) wrote: "Wonderful, Ted! I must add this to my reading list. Hugs!!"

Thanks, Sam. Chauncey's always a hoot.

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

Aren't photo prompts the greatest?

PS Snowing hard, here, near where Washington crossed the Delaware. T

Carole wrote: "Hi guys,

It's Brittney, here! Just writing from Carole's GoodReads because we're already logged in on here.

So what I've been finding for errors when we transferred our information from CreateSp..."

Thanks, Brit!!!

Carole wrote: "I want to thank you, Ted. I didn't know what happened to our books. We went from triple digits in paperbacks every month to a minimal amount when we changed over to KDP.

Brit has been busy updatin..."

Super!

None of mine has been converted to KDP at this point. Once they start moving them over, I'll have to take stock and see where the problems lie. It should be interesting.

Good that Brit got things back on track. If she has a minute, perhaps she could summarize here the major errors she found. It would, I'm sure, be a good roadmap for the rest of us.

Thanks.

More problems converting from CS to KDP:

https://www.indiesunlimited.com/2018/...

Amazon has hurt itself and its authors; revenues certainly must have taken a hit on the book side and will continue to do so as long as authors don’t fix the problems Amazon created with this move from CS to KDP. Remarkable for a firm like Amazon to not have thought this through better.

Carole wrote: "You can write them and complain. I got them to reinstate MY reviews but not the ones other people have given our books. It feels like they are not allowing new reviews to publish either. I sent out..."

Speaking of reviews, here's a blog piece I posted yesterday (I posted this elsewhere on the board, but it's relevant here as well):

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

Carole wrote: "OMG thanks, Ted. This explains why my sales tanked after the migration! My paperback sales were halved. It all makes sense- I'll have to make sure Brit checks all that information."

Scares the hell outta me...I have not delved into the migration thing to this point...been waiting for them to do it, and then, intended to move in and clean up the mess.

BTW, good thing we voted at 7 am this morning. It's starting to rain...big storms expected to move in shortly with that front moving across the East Coast. Good that it's moving fast, but the winds are going to do a lot of damage I'm afraid, especially with the trees still leafed out.

Interesting article on CS to KDP transition:

https://www.indiesunlimited.com/2018/...

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Dale wrote: "Is Ms. Rusch an indie author now? Last I heard, she was a traditionally published author. She'd be knowledgeable in that end of the business and she's right to advise caution, but some of what she'..."

Good info, Dale.

Carmel wrote: "Thanks, Ted! Reaffirms all my decision making. Appreciate the share."

Roger, that.

Sam, Marie...good reasons NOT to seek an agent. Keep the IP for yourself.

Saw this on Indies Unlimited this morning:

https://kriswrites.com/2018/10/24/bus...