One question – Do they have a print-on-demand option? Call this cutting edge technologist old-fashioned, but there’s nothing quite like a real book you can drop in the bath.

I’ll blog about it properly soon, but here is a link for now: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/9193

Karen :0)

The 15% taken by Smash Words seems to be more than fair when Kindle wants a 65% slice or the new royalty arrangment of 70% if you dance to their tune.

Price is always going to be debated. Here in Australia people will shell out more than $4.00 for a fancy coffee but will scoff at the price of an eBook – basically wanting it for next to nothing. How much is an hour of entertainment worth? How many hours of entertainment is there in 20,000 words?

On the subject of your front cover – I agree with Diana about changing the way your name is presented – even if it is simply to keep the same font but put it all in capitals (be bold and proud!) Other than that – I love the image, love the cover.

Paul and I will do all we can to support and promote you via CW and an affliate program sounds good, as long as it keeps it simple and the money is flowing towards you.

I haven’ t had any experience with Smash Words – but do they allow you to sell from you own site? From experience with CW – it is nothing to create a PayPal button and a downloadable link from here. You have a considerable following here and I’d like to see you keep as much of your sale price as possible.

Some randown thoughts… if it weren’t near to the dead of night here I’d put on the kettle and have a celebratory brew for you xxx

Link now fixed by the way. Thanks Rick, sometimes I wonder if you should be an editor – you pop up when I need to correct something

I’ll keep you all posted…

Honestly, if you’re pumping out all those short stories and not doing anything else with them, why not publish a series of anthologies? It sounds like a great idea. You have enough of a following to make some decent sales, I’d guess, and you’re talented enough and professional enough to do it well. (And the cover is just great, by the way.)

The only thing I’d quibble about is the price. It seems way too high for a 20K-word collection of short stories. I don’t think $5 is an impulse buy in this market. I think $0.99 is. You might get away with $1.99. Those of us who know and love you will pay $5 but I think a passing stranger is more likely to compare the size and price to full-length novels and anthologies and think it’s a bit steep.

Diana is right in quoting Joe Konrath. I think his views are sound, but Joe’s self-pubbed Kindle titles – full length novels – are $1.99 or less.

Okay, I definitely think your price is cool after reading this article.
“Because I’ve done extensive experiments with ebooks. The cheaper the ebook, the more you sell.” ~ Joe Konrath