Jane’s Groundties is up on Amazon Kindle. We are doing this so we can let more people know that Closed Circle exists, —not to mention make a little money in the process; and she needs some good reviews to help her stand out.
Please, please, if you support her book, this is the time to make a big difference. A string of readers behind her will make an impact, and you can do it. Just go to Amazon, Kindle, and search for fancher. The search choices also help bring her up in the search engine.
Added my review to .com and .co.uk: there are 18 reviews up on .com, and only 2 on .co.uk. Come on, BlueCatShip, E.Johnson, and the rest, there are much better reviews than mine already on .com, won’t you please copy them to .co.uk to help generate more interest there as well?
OK, I just copied mine over to Amazon.co.uk. It is supposed to appear in ~48 hours.
Not only did I post my review on LibraryThing & my Facebook page, I sent a Facebook note to my FB friends who I thought might enjoy GroundTies — especially those whom I thought might not hear about the book unless I told them about it.
Electronic Word of mouth — because here, we are preaching to the choir, lol!!
When I get home tomorrow, I’ll re-post my riposte at .co.uk and .fr if possible. Darn mobile interface isn’t letting me copy/paste my review.
I submitted a review to Amazon.co.uk a199nd Amazon.fr. Tomorrow (I hope) I should have the chance to check my French dictionary and idiom references to make an informed and non-rusty uinto French. I didn’t quite trust myself enough to post it on the fly. — On the French site, they don’t have a Kindle store or search, so I posted for the 1991 pb edition. I intend to post a few reviews for CJ’s books this weekend. 😉
OK, I’m lost.
I’ve read and greatly enjoyed “Groundties” from Amazon, and I’ve bought the full download of the other two books in the series from Closed Circle.
Now, which files do I send to my Kindle’s email address?
This is what Amazon do so well: They make the user interface between purchase and enjoyment of the product so simple and easy. Buy it and it’s there on the machine.
You don’t need to send files to your email address (which is “paying IIRC), but you can follow the following indications
(borrowed from Webscriptions) :
1) Unzip the fil you received from CC, and get out the “.prc” file … (which is in the Mobi format, readable by the Kindle)
2) Connect the Kindle reader to your computer using the USB cable supplied with the Kindle. The Kindle device will appear as a new drive attached to your computer.
3) Copy the Ebook file into the Documents directory on the Kindle.
4) Disconnect the USB cable. The new Ebook should appear in the Kindle’s directory.
Thanks! So it’s just the .prc file. Gotcha.
BTW email-to-Kindle is free unless you use Whispernet/3G to access it, which I don’t. (I have a wireless-only model.)
I don’t have a USB cable for it here at work, you see… 😉
Thanks Steve, I’ll know now. I own a ereader, but no Kindle, so don’t know it as well as my own 🙂
@Shadow007: No problem.
I reiterate though: The user experience is *key*. Even the free story site at StoriesOnLine.net allows me to access the site through my Kindle and download directly into it in Kindle format, no ‘extra’ steps involved. It’s that kind of ease-of-use (and superb over-the-top marketing) that has made Apple and Amazon what they are, like it or not. In my opinion Closed Circle needs to approximate that. Is it close enough at the moment? [rocks hand back-and-forth] Maybe. I guess time will tell.
What we have is us. At least if you get stuck with our balky download, we will personally get you a file that works. 😉 We’re nowhere near Amazon’s software capability, alas.
Oh, *I’m* happy, now I know how to deal with the files. I’m thinking more of how you get non-tech people to access your work, CJ: the fewer, lower barriers the very much better. 🙂
One thing Closed Circle has that Amazon and all the others haven’t is the content. That, and the knowledge that we(I!) support the creators of that content directly. I’m just trying to think of (and point towards) ways that could be made easier for us!
just had an email from my London Club (yes, I am a member of the Chelsea Arts Club :D) no Kindles allowed! it is an electronics free zone, and they have included Kindles in this, as they wouldn’t be able to differentiate between reading on an iphone or an ipad from a Kindle…. you are only allowed to use your mobile phone there in the telephone booth!
Heh. Sit in the foyer with a laptop and mobile printer and a ream of A4… 😉
pencil and notebook (the paper sort). it’s supposed to be a refuge from the modern world ….. billiards and newspapers, a nice garden and a great restaurant … about 14 bedrooms .. nice place, but you have to turn off your phone on entry.
Just remembered to buy it, I’ll read it this weekend and post a review. Damn, that Amazon store is dangerous. Got out this time after only buying three books 🙂
Wayne