the first ship has sailed.

robertbevan · 06-05-2012, 03:48 AM

so last night i had a couple of beers and decided to kick my baby bird out of the nest.

formatting the book properly was kind of a bitch because i'm using a korean version of microsoft word, and i don't know what any of the buttons mean. but i managed it in the end.

about ten minutes after i published it, i'd already gotten two downloads of the free sample, and i got pretty excited about that. then i went to bed. waking up this morning, i still only had those same two downloads, so i guess my excitement may have been premature.

or so i thought...

a couple of minutes ago, i made my first sale. woo hoo!

Celeste Carrara · 06-05-2012, 04:16 AM

Congrats Rob! That's great news. I have to say I admire you. I would never have been able to figure out the formatting using a Korean version of Microsoft! I couldn't even do it with the U.S. Microsoft

Fins Left · 06-05-2012, 04:17 AM

Congrats. May you have fair winds and following seas!
(Will you be posting a link?)

Ari Meermans · 06-05-2012, 04:21 AM

Congratulations! May you have many more.

robertbevan · 06-05-2012, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fins Left

(Will you be posting a link?)

it's in my signature.

robertbevan · 06-05-2012, 04:28 AM

thanks a bunch everyone. for the congrats, of course, as well as for keeping these forums going. AW made a huge difference.

robertbevan · 06-05-2012, 04:53 AM

two sales!

Medievalist · 06-05-2012, 04:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robertbevan

a couple of minutes ago, i made my first sale. woo hoo!

Congratulations.

I hope you and it both prosper.

Dungeon Geek · 06-05-2012, 05:44 AM

Major congrats, Robert!

merrihiatt · 06-05-2012, 08:19 AM

Enjoy and congrats!!! Are you working on writing the next book yet?

robertbevan · 06-05-2012, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by merrihiatt

Enjoy and congrats!!! Are you working on writing the next book yet?

thanks everyone.

i'm five pages into my next book, but i wrote those a couple of weeks ago. right now, i'm trying to figure out stuff like hyperlinks and signatures and the like.

and i've still got some beta work to do for my beta who struggled through each of my misplaced commas, POV mistakes, and awkward sentences.

EngineerTiger · 06-05-2012, 03:37 PM

That's great! Hope the sales build for you.

Kit Walker · 06-05-2012, 06:05 PM

Congrats, Robert!

Rob Lopez · 06-06-2012, 01:58 AM

Two sales already? You're burning up!

Congratulations and good luck on your next piece. Keep us posted on your progress.

Kreuse · 06-06-2012, 03:42 AM

Congratulations (for both the sales and mastering korean)... Keep us posted!

robertbevan · 06-06-2012, 04:14 AM

thank you everyone! it's now on amazon as well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kreuse

Congratulations (for both the sales and mastering korean)... Keep us posted!

hahahahahhahahhaahahaha! my korean blows. i spent that time rifling through the dictionary looking for words like "paragraph".

and when i couldn't find what i was looking for, i went and looked up the shortcut in english. i learned some new things though. ctrl + enter = page break.

LostInWonderland · 06-06-2012, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robertbevan

formatting the book properly was kind of a bitch because i'm using a korean version of microsoft word, and i don't know what any of the buttons mean. but i managed it in the end.

Are you using the 2010 version of MS Word (Office) by any chance? I happened to notice that Microsoft offers free language packs to download, which will add English tooltips to your buttons. You can check it out here, it may help you: Office Language Packs

I'm new to MS Word, used MS Works for years, and I still don't know what half the buttons do!

Sorry for going slightly OT, and congrats on your book!

robertbevan · 06-08-2012, 10:25 AM

small update...

i've just sold my third copy on smashwords, and i've sold two copies on amazon, one in the states, and one in the uk. i'm pretty sure most of my sales so far are from people i know. that's kind of a bummer. but hey, i'm glad somebody's reading it.

eleven people have downloaded the free sample on smashwords. i don't know how to get the equivalent data on amazon.

as far as marketing goes, i'm a member of a few really big gamer forums. all i've been doing on there is posting messages (not about my book), and responding to other people's messages, and having links in my sig just like i do here. just doing my best to make myself visible, and the sort of guy whose links you'd be interested in clicking on.

Rubay H. · 06-08-2012, 12:13 PM

Congrats! Keep us updated!

Katallina · 06-08-2012, 01:04 PM

Congrats on getting your book out there. I checked out your sample, and as someone who spend years doing various types of tabletop role playing games, I definitely think it's funny.

Now that it's on Amazon, I'll have to hop over and snap it up. I didn't want to start another book (been being stubborn with Moon Dance edits) and I don't have my card on SmashWords so I was waiting, but if it's on Amazon (and now that I did get two more chapters edited) I can't resist.

Anyway, so glad you've got everything set up now. As for how you are doing stuff on the gaming forums, that's definitely the way to go about it.

Good luck!

robertbevan · 06-08-2012, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katallina

Congrats on getting your book out there. I checked out your sample, and as someone who spend years doing various types of tabletop role playing games, I definitely think it's funny.

Now that it's on Amazon, I'll have to hop over and snap it up. I didn't want to start another book (been being stubborn with Moon Dance edits) and I don't have my card on SmashWords so I was waiting, but if it's on Amazon (and now that I did get two more chapters edited) I can't resist.

thanks a bunch. i'm glad you've enjoyed what you've read so far. i hope you like the rest of it. let me know what you think.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katallina

Anyway, so glad you've got everything set up now. As for how you are doing stuff on the gaming forums, that's definitely the way to go about it.

Good luck!

more thanks for this. i was actually going to ask if i was going about things the right way, so i'm glad you brought it up.

JSDR · 06-08-2012, 09:31 PM

Congrats!

*Fistbump*

alpaca · 06-09-2012, 04:55 AM

That's awesome, congratulations!

I started reading the sample and I really like it. As a fellow D&D (and other d20 based games) player, I'm intrigued!

Marceline · 06-09-2012, 05:23 AM

Congrats and good luck! I just downloaded the sample of your book off Amazon.

triceretops · 06-09-2012, 05:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Celeste Carrara

Congrats Rob! That's great news. I have to say I admire you. I would never have been able to figure out the formatting using a Korean version of Microsoft! I couldn't even do it with the U.S. Microsoft

Ditto, in spades.

Congrats, Rob. I doff my fedora to your courage and insight.

tri

06-05-2012, 03:48 AM	#1
robertbevan practical experience, FTW Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: incheon, south korea. Posts: 604	the first ship has sailed. so last night i had a couple of beers and decided to kick my baby bird out of the nest. formatting the book properly was kind of a bitch because i'm using a korean version of microsoft word, and i don't know what any of the buttons mean. but i managed it in the end. about ten minutes after i published it, i'd already gotten two downloads of the free sample, and i got pretty excited about that. then i went to bed. waking up this morning, i still only had those same two downloads, so i guess my excitement may have been premature. or so i thought... a couple of minutes ago, i made my first sale. woo hoo! __________________ my facebook author page.

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robertbevan practical experience, FTW Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: incheon, south korea. Posts: 604	small update... i've just sold my third copy on smashwords, and i've sold two copies on amazon, one in the states, and one in the uk. i'm pretty sure most of my sales so far are from people i know. that's kind of a bummer. but hey, i'm glad somebody's reading it. eleven people have downloaded the free sample on smashwords. i don't know how to get the equivalent data on amazon. as far as marketing goes, i'm a member of a few really big gamer forums. all i've been doing on there is posting messages (not about my book), and responding to other people's messages, and having links in my sig just like i do here. just doing my best to make myself visible, and the sort of guy whose links you'd be interested in clicking on. __________________ my facebook author page.

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