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I'd buy it

** 23-Jul-2020 World View: Book

Navigator wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:23 pm > I was thinking of offering to partner with John to quickly come
> out with an ebook that he could sell that outlines what people
> should do right now to prepare for what is coming. People are
> here because of John, he needs more income, and selling
> information is probably the best way for him to get that.

> John knows how to contact me personally. If he is interested, we
> could quickly get this done. I would basically dictate into the
> computer the steps to take in terms of financial, medical,
> community, security, foodstuff, equipment, house preparation, and
> so on.

First, a couple of warnings. You seem to think that you could write
the book within a couple of months. 6-12 months is more realistic.
Even if you have most material in your head, ready to be dictated,
you'll find it necessary to do research to fill in the blanks and
look for alternate solutions.

Second, unless you have a legitimate publisher who will promote your
book, send you on a speaking tour, and so forth, then you won't
sell very many copies. In the last two years, I've only sold a
couple hundred copies of my three books. I can publish your
book, but without a great deal of promotion, it won't sell very
many copies. Also your association with me may be the kiss of death.

If you want to publish the book, then you need to have the manuscript
in a DOC file. The file should be formatted the way you want it in
the final printed book, along with any pictures you plan to use.
Don't forget the cover -- you need art for the front cover, the back
cover, and the spine. Once I have the DOC file and the cover
graphics, assuming I'm still around, I'm able to publish the book on
Amazon.

Guest wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 3:18 pm > I'd buy it

There you go! You'd have at least one sale!

John,

I have written and published a book before. So I do understand what you are talking about.

In this case, it would be an e-book, available for download only. That way we don't need to worry about the printing.

I would be fine with doing it in partnership with you, as I would want to split the proceeds with you. I think the e-book would be the best way to monetize what you have done, as few if any are willing to pay for a subscription to read your news (though maybe you should consider that too). And GoFund me is rather difficult to do.

The e-book could be sold in a "draft form" to your hardcore readers, so that they would have the information right now (and hopefully generate a bit of money), and then you can resell a second and more polished version later. Again, without a print version.

** 23-Jul-2020 World View: Download only

Navigator wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:08 pm > John, I have written and published a book before. So I do
> understand what you are talking about.

> In this case, it would be an e-book, available for download only.
> That way we don't need to worry about the printing.

> I would be fine with doing it in partnership with you, as I would
> want to split the proceeds with you. I think the e-book would be
> the best way to monetize what you have done, as few if any are
> willing to pay for a subscription to read your news (though maybe
> you should consider that too). And GoFund me is rather difficult
> to do.

> The e-book could be sold in a "draft form" to your hardcore
> readers, so that they would have the information right now (and
> hopefully generate a bit of money), and then you can resell a
> second and more polished version later. Again, without a print
> version.

That's fine with me. Once the book was written, I could make it
available on Amazon as a Kindle book for download.

However, it would only take me a two or three more days to go one step
further and make it available in both Kindle and print formats.

Once you've spent a year going through all the shit necessary to write
a book, when you reach the end you may not sell many copies or you may
nor receive much praise, but there's one thing that makes it all
worthwhile: That magic moment when you're finally holding a copy of
your book in your hands. That's not something you want to forego.

Navigator wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 1:23 pm I was thinking of offering to partner with John to quickly come out with an ebook that he could sell that outlines what people should do right now to prepare for what is coming. People are here because of John, he needs more income, and selling information is probably the best way for him to get that.

John knows how to contact me personally. If he is interested, we could quickly get this done. I would basically dictate into the computer the steps to take in terms of financial, medical, community, security, foodstuff, equipment, house preparation, and so on.

I would buy a paperback version, maybe three or four.

John wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:42 pm ** 23-Jul-2020 World View: Download only
Once you've spent a year going through all the shit necessary to write
a book, when you reach the end you may not sell many copies or you may
nor receive much praise, but there's one thing that makes it all
worthwhile: That magic moment when you're finally holding a copy of
your book in your hands. That's not something you want to forego.

I have written five books and published three of them through Amazon. John's right, the feeling off holding a book that you have written in your hands is magical. It has taken me 13-17 months to write each book. It's not easy if it is done right.

Ebooks are no good to me after the power grid has gone down.

I have written five books and published three of them through Amazon. John's right, the feeling off holding a book that you have written in your hands is magical. It has taken me 13-17 months to write each book. It's not easy if it is done right.

This is why it takes me so long to write a book. I need an editor to check for typos...

Ebooks are no good to me after the power grid has gone down.

I need something for the knapsack.

I would love to have an electronic download in any fairly legible form sooner rather than later, and I would be happy to pay for the information. We can all print the book for the "knapsack" ourselves, if we wish.

spottybrowncow wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:40 am I would love to have an electronic download in any fairly legible form sooner rather than later, and I would be happy to pay for the information. We can all print the book for the "knapsack" ourselves, if we wish.

Can Kindle books be printed out?