tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post1122606816793524630..comments2021-08-02T19:02:28.352+08:00Comments on Rosanne Dingli's Blog: How to Create a 'Read-in-One-Sitting' eBookRosanne Dinglihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297891545294681562noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-9648144761828341402010-11-07T20:19:56.565+08:002010-11-07T20:19:56.565+08:00What a good question, Hugo - the so-called 'ai...What a good question, Hugo - the so-called 'airplane novel' could very well be joined by the 'train ebook'. <br /><br />Yes - the difference is quite clear. I know a number of writers who could join me in writing a lot of 'train ebooks'. Perhaps there could be download docks at railway stations and undergrounds, where commuters could get their daily reading fix.Rosanne Dinglihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297891545294681562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-37503676746686979442010-11-07T19:31:00.787+08:002010-11-07T19:31:00.787+08:00Good idea, if we can tailor the writing to what th...Good idea, if we can tailor the writing to what the reader wants, that is not a bad thing. For example what kind of books do people like to read on a train, where you read something each day in approximately 1/2 hour chunks at the start and end of each working day. Would it be a novel, short stories, novellas? Is it different from the books people pick up when they go on a plane?Hugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15242151712735498199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-91683256611630654782010-11-07T17:09:57.772+08:002010-11-07T17:09:57.772+08:00Hello there, Stephen! Thank you for your lovely co...Hello there, Stephen! Thank you for your lovely comment: the publishing world is changing from month to month, and authors are forming relationships with their readers like never before. Cultivating a following is now as important as writing well and interestingly. We live in riveting times!Rosanne Dinglihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297891545294681562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-67333445051713329082010-11-07T16:49:35.349+08:002010-11-07T16:49:35.349+08:00Rosanne -- Thank you for your generosity in giving...Rosanne -- Thank you for your generosity in giving some highly stimulating information about this new world of digital publishing. I'm still making the transition from non-fiction to fiction and so my material is not yet ready, but you have given me clues as to the first steps to take towards the publishing stage.<br /><br />And judging from the initial chapter of The Gospel of St Luke it will be every bit as good as Death in Malta! You deserve every success.Stephen Crabbenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-60037133346479927622010-11-01T22:41:40.300+08:002010-11-01T22:41:40.300+08:00Matt - I used to write short all the time. I had i...Matt - I used to write short all the time. I had it down to a fine art, and managed to put together three great collections of published and awarded stories. It's hard, but it's addictive and habitual.<br /><br />But writing novels is just as hard. It took me a while to handle the change: the thought rhythms are just not the same. Now I think I can only write long.<br /><br />Writers like you are blessed with talent - you make it seem effortless.Rosanne Dinglihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297891545294681562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544416621891146956.post-81885099565986573362010-11-01T22:33:56.678+08:002010-11-01T22:33:56.678+08:00One further tip, having just done my first one. Do...One further tip, having just done my first one. Do Smashwords first. Their manual is very clear and concise. Once you create a file that can upload reliably to SW, change the copyright info and it appears to post cleanly to Amazon without redoing anything else... Now, if I could just write short. Every short story I've ever attempted turned into a 90k word novel. Except the one that went 170k...Matt Buchmanhttp://www.matthewlieberbuchman.comnoreply@blogger.com