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Re: I miss the Romans
« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2008, 03:52:23 PM »
I think you should self publish the stories if no one else wants to publish them. I've done all mine (all one of them) through lulu.com. And, if you purchase an ISBN, the books will show on Amazon and the like.

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Re: I miss the Romans
« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2008, 04:14:43 PM »
Quote from: "Erik Luken"
I think you should self publish the stories if no one else wants to publish them. I've done all mine (all one of them) through lulu.com. And, if you purchase an ISBN, the books will show on Amazon and the like.

Erik, I have been giving it serious consideration to using the E-Book self-publishing route. Any suggestions?



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Re: I miss the Romans
« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2008, 04:24:12 PM »
E-book, all you really need is a website and some facility for taking orders. All the stuff I've done electronically has been PDF. I've not put anything out in any other format, so I'm not quite sure how that would work.

Lulu.com publishes bound material, so you can sit at the table, munch your breakfast and read the next chapter ;)

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Re: I miss the Romans
« Reply #18 on: December 31, 2008, 04:48:18 PM »
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E-book, all you really need is a website and some facility for taking orders. All the stuff I've done electronically has been PDF. I've not put anything out in any other format, so I'm not quite sure how that would work.

Lulu.com publishes bound material, so you can sit at the table, munch your breakfast and read the next chapter ;)

Question, can you do both print and PDF sale on Lulu? In case someone would want to read it in a hand-held reader?



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Re: I miss the Romans
« Reply #19 on: December 31, 2008, 04:58:22 PM »
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Quote from: "Erik Luken"
E-book, all you really need is a website and some facility for taking orders. All the stuff I've done electronically has been PDF. I've not put anything out in any other format, so I'm not quite sure how that would work.

Lulu.com publishes bound material, so you can sit at the table, munch your breakfast and read the next chapter ;)

Question, can you do both print and PDF sale on Lulu? In case someone would want to read it in a hand-held reader?



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Yes you can. I'm not doing pdf sales via Lulu since I'm looking at selling pdf's through RPGNow.com, and their commission is smaller if the product is exclusive to them.

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Re: I miss the Romans
« Reply #20 on: December 31, 2008, 05:17:56 PM »
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Yes you can. I'm not doing pdf sales via Lulu since I'm looking at selling pdf's through RPGNow.com, and their commission is smaller if the product is exclusive to them.

The books would not do good on RPGNow! But BYS! may be a possibility later on. Got any links for Lulu?



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Re: I miss the Romans
« Reply #21 on: December 31, 2008, 08:10:12 PM »
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Yes you can. I'm not doing pdf sales via Lulu since I'm looking at selling pdf's through RPGNow.com, and their commission is smaller if the product is exclusive to them.

The books would not do good on RPGNow! But BYS! may be a possibility later on. Got any links for Lulu?



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www.lulu.com is the main page. For those interested, my storefront is http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=2980644

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Re: I miss the Romans
« Reply #22 on: January 01, 2009, 09:21:40 AM »
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http://www.lulu.com is the main page. For those interested, my storefront is http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=2980644

Erik, Thanks for the information. I will look into it.  :D



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Re: I miss the Romans
« Reply #23 on: January 01, 2009, 10:31:52 AM »
Þórgrímr

I can only say one thing:  Please don't stop posting your Roman stories.  They are some of the most original I have read in years.  And as an historian I have always appreciated your attention to detail in portraying the Roman culture.  Keep up the great work, and Kurt thanks for stimulating Borgrimr to continue writing.  

I too have been incredibly busy at work and have not had the time to visit the board as often as I like.  

Thanks to all the authors who have given me hours of reading pleasure.

Kevin
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Re: I miss the Romans
« Reply #24 on: January 01, 2009, 12:15:25 PM »
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Þórgrímr

I can only say one thing:  Please don't stop posting your Roman stories.  They are some of the most original I have read in years.  And as an historian I have always appreciated your attention to detail in portraying the Roman culture.  Keep up the great work, and Kurt thanks for stimulating Borgrimr to continue writing.  

I too have been incredibly busy at work and have not had the time to visit the board as often as I like.  

Thanks to all the authors who have given me hours of reading pleasure.

Kevin

Kevin, I most humbly thank you for your compliment. It means a lot to me.  :mrgreen:



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Re: I miss the Romans
« Reply #25 on: January 01, 2009, 02:26:25 PM »
You should be able to zip it and post the entire thing just like kurt did for his Phoenix campaign and just like Steve did for the Rigellian Diaries.  Frankly, I would prefer to download your entire story and just read it straight through--but that is totally your choice.  Please post as you feel appropriate.

Kevin

By the way I like the Colonel Stubbs reference--I resemble that rank and name

Kevin Stubbs, Col USAF Ret
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Re: I miss the Romans
« Reply #26 on: January 01, 2009, 04:14:44 PM »
Quote from: "kdstubbs"
You should be able to zip it and post the entire thing just like kurt did for his Phoenix campaign and just like Steve did for the Rigellian Diaries.  Frankly, I would prefer to download your entire story and just read it straight through--but that is totally your choice.  Please post as you feel appropriate.

Kevin

By the way I like the Colonel Stubbs reference--I resemble that rank and name

Kevin Stubbs, Col USAF Ret

Lol, thanks, I always like to honor friends by including them in my stories and I am glad you are ok with it.  :D  And I will continue to post here for the others to read.  :D



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Re: I miss the Romans
« Reply #27 on: March 17, 2009, 03:52:52 PM »
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Kevin, I most humbly thank you for your compliment. It means a lot to me.  :D And since there was a large portion of Aurora active posters who said the same thing as you, I will continue to post the Test of Wills saga. Be warned though, it is 194K words and 373 pages long for book one. So it may be a while before the whole thing is posted.  :mrgreen:

Cool!  

More Roman posts to read.  

I've been missing those.

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Re: I miss the Romans
« Reply #28 on: March 22, 2009, 03:17:57 AM »
Please do keep posting your stories.  Your romans were one of the things that hooked me when I first visited this site.
 

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Re: I miss the Romans
« Reply #29 on: March 22, 2009, 03:03:43 PM »
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Please do keep posting your stories.  Your romans were one of the things that hooked me when I first visited this site.

Have no fear, I have not forgotten Roma, but Beyond the Stars! is my top priority right now. When we get the next phase of the playtest done I will take some time out for Roma.  :D



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