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Mrs Calcott's Army

Mrs BearMrs Bear
edited February 2017 in Writing
The novel is now available on CreateSpace e-store (whatever that is) and will be on Amazon in 3-5 working days as a paperback.
I'm in the middle of having it uploaded from CS to KDP and it's taking forever. Anyone know if this is normal? 'Just a moment' it says, but the circle of doom goes round and round. How long should I wait?

Comments

  • PaigeElizabethTurnerPaigeElizabethTurner
    Can't help you with the loading time, but sincere congrats on completion and 'getting your work out'. It is a great personal accomplishment that many of us share!!
  • Phots MollPhots Moll
    I've heard of several people having trouble with the 'publish on kindle' option of Ctreatespace. That's both getting it to work and with the finished result. I prefer to do it myself directly.

    The e-store is where you can buy copies yourself, if you want to. The price will be in dollars and delivery charges are added, plus there may be taxes to pay upon delivery.
  • Phots MollPhots Moll
    It's on Amazon for real now - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/154235627X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486031215&sr=1-1&keywords=Mrs+Calcott's+Army

    Shows as out of stock at the moment, but that should soon sort itself out.
  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    It takes only a minute or two to upload for Kindle. I always use a new file; I never go for the convert because it won't remove the blank pages etc. Best to spend five minutes on a new version and upload that.

    Congratulations!
  • heatherheather
    Well done Mrs B!
  • LizLiz
    Go in on another tab and see if it's there already - sometimes it's just your browser getting stuck and it has happened already.
  • CarolCarol
    edited February 2017
    Well done Mrs Bear.

    It's now showing as available to order.
  • PaigeElizabethTurnerPaigeElizabethTurner
    452 pages? That IS a top effort, Mrs B!!
  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    And it's a big size. How many words is it?
  • Tiny NellTiny Nell
    Oh, well done, Mrs Bear! I haven't seen it yet as the circle is still going around, but I will have a look when it lets me in.
  • Mrs BearMrs Bear
    Sounds like I'll be better off uploading a copy myself, as it's still not showing, several hours later. I did email them, so will wait until I hear back, but in the meantime I'll prepare the kindle-ready version myself.

    It's just under 142k words, Helen.

    Oh, my word - it's in stock! Good grief - I've written a book!
  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    Congratulations!
  • Lou TreleavenLou Treleaven
    Congratulations on the birth of a bouncing baby book!
  • Mrs BearMrs Bear
    Thank you, everyone!
  • LizyLizy
    Congratulations, Mrs Bear! What a splendid title - I'd buy it in a shop just on the title.
  • Tiny NellTiny Nell
    Ooh, I can see it now.

    Great cover! Is that all one's own work, Mrs Author?

    A fabulous job. Well done!
  • LizyLizy
    edited February 2017
    I#ve ordered it - and one of TN's. It's great to be able to read again :)
  • Mrs BearMrs Bear
    Ooh, I can see it now.

    Great cover! Is that all one's own work, Mrs Author?

    A fabulous job. Well done!
    No, not my artwork - Magic Owl Design did it for me, though I provided the various images.

    Lizy, thank you so much! I hope you enjoy it. No Dukes, no sex, just people learning to trust and to love and to get on with life in extraordinary circumstances...but that's all I'm saying!

  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    It's in my 'basket' but I need another to take me to the free postage level.
  • PaigeElizabethTurnerPaigeElizabethTurner
    It's in my 'basket' but I need another to take me to the free postage level.
    Beyond all Doubt will do it!!

    :D
  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    Downloaded when it was free... although I must admit I don't understand why you did that so soon after publishing.
  • PaigeElizabethTurnerPaigeElizabethTurner
    Notable comment, and well received. I thought that scheduling it with the Christmas holidays was a good time for maximum exposure. Also testing the waters with Matador. I am sure I will devise better for my forthcoming Whisper of Death.
  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    Better to have it on offer just before your next one comes out.
  • ana sana s
    Looks good, Mrs Bear. Are you able to edit the formatting of the sample and description? One runs into the other.
  • Mrs BearMrs Bear
    No, it seems to want to be like that, Ana. I had it all set out as in the book, with a space between that and the description, and that's how it came out. Annoying.

    The Kindle version should be available within 72 hours. I had a useless email from CS saying it was KDP's problem, after KDP had said it was CS's problem. So I just did it myself. That meant I had the chance to look through it as it would appear on a Kindle, which was fun.
  • Mrs BearMrs Bear
    The Kindle edition is now live! That was fast!
  • LizLiz
    Have bought. I wonder if I was first?
  • LizyLizy
    My paperback copy arrived this morning from Amazon - I ordered it on Thursday.
    Was I first?
  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    edited February 2017
    No, it seems to want to be like that, Ana. I had it all set out as in the book, with a space between that and the description, and that's how it came out. Annoying.
    It's still very long for a description. You don't want to put anyone off downloading the sample.They're more likely to convert into buying it if they've already taken that step. It reads like an excerpt and not a description.

    If you put #dorsethour and #wimborne in your tweets you could get some local interest.
  • Mrs BearMrs Bear
    It appears properly on the Amazon version.
    I'd add those to my tweets, BB.
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