I’ve been on the Wordclay site today. Wordclay is the print publisher (for self-publishers) that is affiliated with Smashwords, the eBook publisher I’m using. Wordclay isn’t nearly as writer-friendly as Smashwords, unfortunately.
I tried to upload my manuscript, but it got stuck and I’ve emailed them for help.
Formatting for print is different than formatting for eBooks. For an eBook, [...]
March, 2010
Going to Print – The Process, Future and Economics of Self Publishing
The Self-Publishing Dilemma
Or, should I say,
My Self-Publishing Dilemma
Publishing my own book on eBooks is one thing, but publishing it in print is another. So many people have told me that they’d like to read my book, but they can’t stand reading on a screen, that I kind of want to have a tangible book to sell them.
My [...]
Smashwords – a Thoroughly Pleasant Publishing Experience
I just sent my book to an eBook distributor called Smashwords (www.smashwords.com). It was easy to follow the instructions and work with their style guide. My book is in their premium category (accomplished by formatting it according to guidelines) and will go on Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and Sony. They also publish to Amazon, but [...]
The Yenta on American Health Care
March 22, 2012
Last night it passed, and Americans will enter an era where all are entitled to health care. It will now be a right, rather than a privilege.
But a lot of people didn’t want it.
Thirty-four Democrats voted against the bill, but not one Republican voted for it.
Yesterday’s House of Representative debates before the vote [...]
Culture Shock – a running commentary
It’s been six months since my last trip to Seattle. New buildings have sprung up – mostly apartment buildings. Businesses have closed. Highways are being widened. Politicians seem depressed.
I’m staying in a wonderful unoccupied-by-owners apartment in a nice area. It’s on Mercer Island, a wealthy community just east of Seattle proper. In the apartment, the flat screen TV [...]
I Am A Criminal. Officially.
Don’t read this. It’s boring. I just had to get it out.
On Monday I left early for an appointment. I took local streets because it was rush hour, which in Seattle is a nightmare. As I was tooling innocently through the south end of town, a patrol car pulled me over. I obediently drove into [...]
Seattle domestic scenes
KIKO
Right now I’m staying at Kiko’s house. She has graciously allowed me to stay here and is unfailingly polite and pleasant. Affectionate even, and we’ve just met.
However, sometimes it’s hard to communicate with Ms. Kiko. Here’s what she does when I call her.
BRRRRRR
This is the back of my car in the morning. March 7 2010
Oscar [...]
Yentas visit The Bodies exhibit, Seattle
Shocking. Unbelievable. Riveting. Produces strong mixed feelings. These are my reactions to Bodies. My other feeling was regret that I’d just had a wonderful lunch of ramen soup with pork floating in it.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Bodies phenomen, it is a Chinese entertainment enterprise that’s basically a bunch of dead bodies [...]
Restaurant Review: Caspar’s Southern Cuisine, Seattle
Judy and I turned into the north Seattle strip mall to have lunch at the Old Korean Village restaurant. Vegetables, rice noodles, fish, very healthy. We cruised around and parked – and then we saw it. Caspar’s. It was new, just opened last month. We immediately gave up our saintly food goals and wheeled around [...]