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    <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:40:31 +0000</pubDate>


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        <title>Re: Batch upload?</title>
        <link>http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=19096&amp;tstart=0#19096</link>

        

        

            <description><![CDATA[Considering all the possible complications that can occur when uploading one book, I can't imagine what uploading a batch would be like.

There may be some way but I've never heard of it.]]></description>

        

        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:11:43 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Feb 9, 2010</jf:date>
        <jf:author>hostaholic</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Making a book cover.</title>
        <link>http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=19031&amp;tstart=0#19031</link>

        

        

            <description><![CDATA[My idea of a book cover may be much more simplistic than most.  

First, I don't believe the cover has to have been created by a professional to be eye catching. I use current photographs when I can, and being digital, they reproduce sharp and clear.  I use a simple Hallmark program where I have a choice of fonts, borders, etc.  I design my cover, print it on good quality photo paper, then scan it to my computer.  From there I go to Firefox and upload it.  They have all turned out to be nice and sharp on Amazon and I've actually had several compliments about some of them on the discussion boards.

As I said, I realize this simple process may not be appropriate for everyone but it works for me.  And it's a good thing, because I don't have the technical skills to do anything else!

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        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:27:22 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Feb 7, 2010</jf:date>
        <jf:author>hostaholic</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Beginner's Question about Articles</title>
        <link>http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=18989&amp;tstart=0#18989</link>

        

        

            <description><![CDATA[You would list the length by words.  

I think $0.99 is the least you can price anything.]]></description>

        

        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:14:34 +0000</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:14:34 +0000</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Feb 6, 2010</jf:date>
        <jf:author>hostaholic</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: adding description</title>
        <link>http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=18988&amp;tstart=0#18988</link>

        

        

            <description><![CDATA[You're right.  You will have to wait until your novel goes live and then add your description, save, and republish.  Unfortunately, a description alone seems to take longer than any other part of the process so prepare to have patience.]]></description>

        

        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:12:34 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Feb 6, 2010</jf:date>
        <jf:author>hostaholic</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: Kindle book cover missing when I published.  HELP!!</title>
        <link>http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=18913&amp;tstart=0#18913</link>

        

        

            <description><![CDATA[Echoing Cub again.  I upload my cover image separately and always use Firefox.  No problems in a long time.

I have observed that it takes longer for the Product Description to appear than any other part of the uploading process.]]></description>

        

        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:49:15 +0000</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:49:15 +0000</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Feb 4, 2010</jf:date>
        <jf:author>hostaholic</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>0</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>Re: The new pricing model</title>
        <link>http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=18890&amp;tstart=0#18890</link>

        

        

            <description><![CDATA[I don't consider myself a [i]Kindle Baron[/i] by any means but where you are making "3-6 sales of several titles each month," I am averaging 22 sales of each of my five $2.99 books each month.

Every author/publisher has to make up his own mind about how to determine prices based on self-evaluation.]]></description>

        

        <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:06:52 +0000</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:06:52 +0000</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Feb 3, 2010</jf:date>
        <jf:author>hostaholic</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: The new pricing model</title>
        <link>http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=18872&amp;tstart=0#18872</link>

        

        

            <description><![CDATA[Of course I can't be certain.  But I do think $5.99 might have been too much for some Kindlers to take a chance on an unknown author.  

At some future date, I may consider raising the price again but not until I feel pretty certain that my sales won't drop.  And I don't know how I'd determine that!

I expect, as you said, now that Mac. has beaten Amz. over the head, it's possible publishers may smell blood and try to see just how far they can go.]]></description>

        

        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:51:19 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Feb 2, 2010</jf:date>
        <jf:author>hostaholic</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>6</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>Re: The new pricing model</title>
        <link>http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=18854&amp;tstart=0#18854</link>

        

        

            <description><![CDATA[Just to clarify "good for epublishers," what I mean are independent publishers like most of us.]]></description>

        

        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:59:02 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Feb 2, 2010</jf:date>
        <jf:author>hostaholic</jf:author>
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        <title>Re: The new pricing model</title>
        <link>http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=18851&amp;tstart=0#18851</link>

        

        

            <description><![CDATA[I started out with my murder mysteries priced at $5.99 and my sales were okay, increasing every month but not substantially.

When I lowered them to $2.99, my sales increased so quickly that I have left them at that price.  They have continued to increase each month so I will leave them at $2.99 because of the 70% royalty. 

However, if my sales rise [i]dramatically[/i] when the price of books from mainstream publishers goes up, then I will certainly consider increasing them by at least one dollar.

I have two other titles priced at $1.79 and $0.99 that I will not hesitate to raise to $2.99 before June.  I have a Christmas short story that I will leave as is at $0.99 unless, as Cub says, I can combine, lengthen or otherwise alter to justify pricing it $2.99.

I do think this royalty change along with the ability of publishers to set their own prices may be good for epublishers.  I'll certainly have to think twice (or more) before I download my favorite mainstream-published MM author on my Kindle if I can buy the the hard copy for close to the same price.  After reading the hard copy, I can pass it along to our local Friends of the Library book store and get a tax break.  Can't do that if it's on my Kindle.

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        <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:13:30 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Feb 2, 2010</jf:date>
        <jf:author>hostaholic</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>9</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>Re: ANYONE NOTICE A DRAMATIC DROP IN SALES LATELY?</title>
        <link>http://forums.digitaltextplatform.com/dtpforums/thread.jspa?messageID=18790&amp;tstart=0#18790</link>

        

        

            <description><![CDATA[Same as some other posters.  Best month yet.  Sold 176 units.  My five books are priced $2.99, two others at a little less.  And, I'm happy to say, only one return.]]></description>

        

        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:33:27 +0000</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Feb 1, 2010</jf:date>
        <jf:author>hostaholic</jf:author>
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