Saturday 9 August 2014

Goole history book on Kindle

Now the excitement of opening our museum is over I have had time to complete a project which I began 3 months ago. After talking to my friend Ken Deacon who has made his books about airships  available on Kindle I wondered whether I could do the same.

I thought I would begin with my most recent book which was Goole a Pictorial History volume 4, published in 2011. It covers the period just before and including the Second World War and is readily available through my website and in local shops in its printed form.

I must admit it was not so easy as I thought, mainly because my book contains around 80 pictures with captions as well as text and it was hard to get the layout right as Kindle books are often mainly just text. However I persevered and although in my final version some pictures still persist in separating from their caption I do not think this detracts from the book. In fact the pictures seem to appear quite well.

I was amazed at how fast the final process actually was. I uploaded a Word document last night, created a cover using the built in Kindle cover creator [ my own cover was the wrong shape] and pressed the button. It was there in the Amazon search within half an hour and fully 'live' three hours later.

I might try another book - but not just yet.  After all no-one has bought it so far!!

Instead I shall concentrate on domestic matters and hang the washing out before the promised rain materialises tomorrow.

Click on the link below to see my Goole book on Kindle and read a preview


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Goole-pictorial-history-Susan-Butler-ebook/dp/B00MJ8TR82/

4 comments:

  1. What a great idea - I've just bought it from Amazon UK. I hope you're going to release your other books as Kindle versions.

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  2. Thanks for buying it. I hope to release the others on Kindle too but it will take time to prepare the Word doc - maybe a job for the dark nights!

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  3. Stunning cover photo

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  4. I am glad you like it. The original was black and white and had some defects. It has been restored and coloured by Pippa Stainton. Contact me if you would like any restoration work doing on old photos and I will put you in touch.

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