Author Topic: Loremaster Legacy (Read 27230 times)

brandivil · « **Reply #140 on:** October 27, 2018, 05:00:28 AM »

I think this really works, following many separate characters, if you want to reveal the impact of a large scale catastrophe to all denizens in their various walks of life.

A great example of this was in Peter F Hamilton's book, The Reality Dysfunction... He spends the first 100 or so pages leaping from one character to the next in an intergalactic setting. He then was able to vividly share the impact to their lives and personal story of one intergalactic catastrophe.

Ps: it did make for tough reading at the start, as you wondered where on earth the author was going to go with all these various disconnected life stories...

Terry K. Amthor · « **Reply #141 on:** December 07, 2018, 04:34:48 PM »

I'll be honest, sales were a bit disappointing for the novel. It did reach Silver on DrivethruFiction https://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/117364/The-Loremaster-Legacy?term=amthor&test_epoch=0 but that is not huge numbers.

But since I am doing this completely independently from ICE, I am thinking that maybe I should do a kickstarter or gofundme for the next book(s) to see how much real interest there is (and if there is, to inspire me to get moving on the sequel(s). Either that or some some definite commitments here that you'll purchase online or a book (I am also curious about what format you want; the tablet tech has come a long way in a few years...)

Or maybe I should ask ICE if they want to take this under their wing... and include some character stats?

What do you think?

jdale · « **Reply #142 on:** December 07, 2018, 05:31:30 PM »

Kickstarter is fun and can help, but if you want it to be successful it needs to be driven by some kind of publicity, e.g. social media, and preferably drawing from multiple interest groups. This board is one source but the readership here isn't that big. It would be better if you have somewhere else to draw from as well.

Character stats could be an easy stretch goal. You might also be able to make or commission character art as a stretch goal, which could serve a double purpose as cover art etc for Shadow World products in the future. Signed bookplates aren't too bad either, I would do that as an add-on or premium rather than a free stretch goal.

Terry K. Amthor · « **Reply #143 on:** December 07, 2018, 05:41:10 PM »

I just ran the reports for the original book, and it was not as bad as I thought. I need to think about it. Maybe I should get onto the second book...

How many people want the digital format other than PDF?

Nightblade42 · « **Reply #144 on:** December 07, 2018, 08:27:38 PM »

PDF is probably the most universal of formats. Though, I do like epub (as my perferred reader Freada reads epub or PDF. With most publishing software now-a-days you can export to multiple formats. I know with Word Perfect (my preferred Word Processor/Desktop Publisher) it will export to epub or PDF.

But PDF is definately the most universal.

Nightblade ->--

Peter R · « **Reply #145 on:** December 08, 2018, 01:56:10 AM »

Quote from: Terry K. Amthor on December 07, 2018, 05:41:10 PM

I just ran the reports for the original book, and it was not as bad as I thought. I need to think about it. Maybe I should get onto the second book...

How many people want the digital format other than PDF?

I would prefer kindle over pdf.

Dr Jim · « **Reply #146 on:** December 08, 2018, 04:01:12 AM »

Epub or mobi would be my preference

James

Terry K. Amthor · « **Reply #147 on:** December 08, 2018, 06:08:26 AM »

Quote from: Dr Jim on December 08, 2018, 04:01:12 AM

Epub or mobi would be my preference

James

I just remember having a difficult time getting it into the other digital formats besides PDF, and a couple people told me that there was some missing text.

Peter R · « **Reply #148 on:** December 08, 2018, 07:12:54 AM »

I bought the first book on Amazon and the kindle version seemed perfect to me.

Terry K. Amthor · « **Reply #149 on:** December 08, 2018, 07:18:24 AM »

Quote from: Peter R on December 08, 2018, 07:12:54 AM

I bought the first book on Amazon and the kindle version seemed perfect to me.

Well that's good to know! I exported it from Adobe InDesign, which had specific options for the formats. I wasn't going to try messing with MS Word, which I just use to compose text. Next week I'll have another look at the text and see how far along it is. I know it has been a long wait. I have so many SW irons in the fire...

kmanktelow · « **Reply #150 on:** December 08, 2018, 02:44:26 PM »

Kindle for me - Calibre is able to convert multiple formats with ease and has presets for most common formats.
Kevin.

Voriig Kye · « **Reply #151 on:** December 09, 2018, 05:17:09 AM »

I do my fiction reading in epub, I don't recall having any issues with the first book.

Terry K. Amthor · « **Reply #152 on:** December 09, 2018, 09:12:12 AM »

I am glad to hear that none of you had issues with the epub formats. Did anyone here buy the hardcopy? I happen to have bout a few copies intending to bring to Gencon but my health did not allow it. I'd be happy to sign and sell for a modest fee (as in the list price plus shipping).

Meanwhile, I will revisit my MS for the second book, and see how far along it is.

Peter R · « **Reply #153 on:** December 09, 2018, 09:32:26 AM »

I don't buy hard copy books anymore.

egdcltd · « **Reply #154 on:** December 10, 2018, 03:49:46 AM »

I still prefer hardcopies. For one thing, I find them easier to read, for another I feel that ebooks by "big name" authors price themselves out of the market. Such as paperback £8, Kindle £7, second hand or remaindered book, under £3. Guess which one I prefer.

brandivil · « **Reply #155 on:** December 10, 2018, 12:28:08 PM »

Quote from: Terry K. Amthor on December 09, 2018, 09:12:12 AM

I am glad to hear that none of you had issues with the epub formats. Did anyone here buy the hardcopy? I happen to have bout a few copies intending to bring to Gencon but my health did not allow it. I'd be happy to sign and sell for a modest fee (as in the list price plus shipping).

Meanwhile, I will revisit my MS for the second book, and see how far along it is.

I bought the hard copy, it is still my preferred method of reading a good book.

RandalThor · « **Reply #156 on:** December 10, 2018, 02:26:14 PM »

I have a hardcopy, as well, though lately I have been doing more reading on my kindle. I still prefer hardcopies, especially for game books, but I am OK with electronic copies now too.

Terry K. Amthor · « **Reply #157 on:** December 12, 2018, 07:31:55 AM »

Thanks for all the feedback. I do like my large size trade paperback. Anyone want a copy?

tbigness · « **Reply #158 on:** December 12, 2018, 06:34:25 PM »

Hard Copy is the way to go for me.

Rhinelander2 · « **Reply #159 on:** December 14, 2018, 01:58:42 AM »

I prefer epub format, but pdf would be o.k., Calibre would do the rest.

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Author Topic: Loremaster Legacy (Read 27230 times)