Now that my latest novella Cataclysm has finally left home, I have the time to do something I’ve wanted to do for the last two years.
What is it I hear you cry? Since I first published Glob’s tales back in 2012, I’ve never been happy with the end product, especially from a formatting point of view. So from now until its done, whenever that may be, I will be in full format mode along with sentence reconstruction mode where required.
I owe it not only to you the readers, but also to Glob, his brothers, Bejuss and all the good folk of Goblindom. Here’s hoping that when I resubmit the MS to Kindle Direct Publishing, that they (Amazon) will have come up with an automatic system to update all copies of not only Glob’s tales, but also all other revamped eBooks already out there on Kindles and all Kindle computer and smart phone apps. Thinking about it though, a chance would be a fine thing. When has Amazon ever used commonsense by offering anything like that in the past?
You never know, once I’ve fully reacquainted myself with Goblindom I may even feel inclined to write the prequel that The Story Reading Ape has been pleading with me to produce for many months…
The Revamped Goblindom Map
I’ll keep you up to date via future progress reports.
PS – just sent this to Amazon. Click on it to read 🙂
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An I’m STILL a little pleader Jack 😀 😀 😀
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Thanks for the Pingback 🙂
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Excellent message to Amazon Jack – I wonder how readers can support that message? 😀
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Why not make your thoughts on the subject known in a blog post Chris. I’ll back you as will practically every other writer across the planet.
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Let me think how best to tackle it Jack – from the aspect of getting the message spread as far as possible including to Amazon will be the real trick 😀
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Roger that. It’s something that needs fixing. At the moment Amazon do not do it, even though they constantly remind all of their contributing writers about errors that need fixing, which, under the circumstances is a pointless exercise on our part. 🙂
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Whether or not Amazon reply is in the lap of the gods. 🙂
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Recieved this reply from KDP:
Hello Jack,
Thank you for contacting Kindle Direct Publishing.
I understand your concern regarding the automatic updates to books.
At this time, customers who have purchased a Kindle book cannot automatically download the revised content.
Our technical team is aware of this issue and working to automate this process.
Publisher feedback serves an important role in helping us to improve our platform and provide better service.
Thanks for taking time to offer us your thoughts.
Have a nice day!
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Cop out or what?
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Maybe not so much a cop out as a software programming issue Jack – with my own limited experience in programming, it’s quite a big ask (but not impossible). 🙂
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Trust me Chris, when it comes to the acne covered nerds working for KDP, it is a cop out. I know, I incessantly complained about how some eBooks are plagued with gaps between and within words until I turned blue in the face, all to no avail…
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Stunning map!
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Thanks Nicholas. I’ll pass on your comment to its artist, when next I see him 🙂
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