<div><div dir="auto">I think you should talk to my friend Steve poling - <a href="mailto:steve@poling.info">steve@poling.info</a> has has automated the whole process of taking a marked-up girl and making kindle and mobi etc. he’ll give you 20 minutes free and a couple hours cheap and he is worth it. Ask him about the books he has published!</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">—Heusser </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 3:12 PM Daniel Dern <<a href="mailto:dern@pair.com">dern@pair.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
I've got a bunch of short-short (150-3,000 word) stories (my "Dern Grim <br>
Bedtime Tales, Few of Which End Well, & Other Stories) aimed at kids (I've <br>
been doing readings at Arisia, Boskone and several WorldCons, some <br>
libraries, etc) that I'm overdue to Make Easily Available.<br>
<br>
(Yes, I can and should be submitting them to sf/etc pubs'n'sites, but <br>
that's outside the scope of this query.)<br>
<br>
While one approach is to gin them into books/booklets (e- or otherwise), <br>
given their brevity -- most will fit on one or both sides of a sheet of <br>
paper -- I'm looking at making them available as $1-$2 e- and <br>
deadtree-thingies, like single songs, etc. And perhaps a book. As long as <br>
anyone can click and buy 'em quickly and easily.<br>
<br>
I have done lots of research (web, books, event sessions, etc) on the <br>
process of, to borrow a term of art (a title of one of her wonderful <br>
books) from Teresa Nielsen Hayden, on "making book." My brain teems with<br>
info about ISBN and barcodes and Library of Congress et c.<br>
<br>
I'm looking for some help. Whether it's simply an hour or three of <br>
consulting and handholding, or more, like words-to-done, I dunno.<br>
<br>
All I know is, doing nothing is not moving this project along. And <br>
reading, or looking at, the stack of books on this, same result.<br>
<br>
Feel free to reply off-list or on-list.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Grimly,<br>
<br>
DPD<br>
<br>
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