{"id":8795,"date":"2022-05-16T08:09:21","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T08:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/?p=8795"},"modified":"2022-05-17T07:05:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T07:05:21","slug":"ebook-2-and-developing-ideas-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/max-drake.cc\/?p=8795","title":{"rendered":"eBook 2 and developing ideas, finally publishing Automating Revit 2 ebook."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After publishing book 1 I saved a few things up to put in book 2. I&#8217;ve just published to Kindle and want to look at other formats too now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some content ideas<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>One of them was the X factor &amp; the star (asterisk)<\/li><li>More advanced things like taking a bespoke issue and generalising. How to do that?<\/li><li>Incorporate bubble diagrams into the process, with licensing and with code overall. But I want to think about using Draw.io instead of Bubble.us (although a bit more effort and I already have bubble diagrams)<\/li><li>Failure of mapping keys and using PowerToys<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Book 3- initially stuff below but I moved them to book 2. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>GUI&#8217;s build<\/li><li>Bubble Notes &amp; objects<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Revise book 2 &amp; 3 scoping<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>On reflection, I was splitting book 2 into 2 parts, maybe I should make the 3rd book about delivery of script and how to do it. So book 2 more advanced and book 3 is delivery, web stuff I&#8217;m still sorting through what to talk about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So book 2 I have enough content to do, maybe even add RevitPure Bubbles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Book 3 stand alone for delivery of information. That can be standalone, I&#8217;m thinking this could be better scoped for a general AutoHotKey book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Update 07-05-2022<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m near completion on book 2 content, still to do videos, script uploads and image resizing, working on last chapter on website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m reflecting on Book1, I&#8217;ve most probably only had 2 sales and hardly any video watching for the short videos, maybe easier to do them as longer videos instead. I&#8217;ll think about that for a while. I&#8217;ve now decided that I wont do video&#8217;s, I&#8217;ll use what ones I have (Bubble diagrams) and maybe do language subtitles for them, but otherwise see if there is a demand, in which case I&#8217;ll do them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m interested in trying out a translation, I have vid subtitles , Manuscript translated &amp; Front Cover altered methods all tested, now I want to focus on the comments in the code and complete an upload of same book in different language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll leave book 2 paused at the moment and go and explore Translation publishing on Kindle. I can work away on the image resizing and prelim videos at the same time. Did 6 different languages and then got a bit bored with that and decided to finish off book 2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where to publish?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe consider Barnes &amp; Noble (B&amp;N) for next publish, rather than or possibly and Amazon. The B&amp;N make you sell for the same price or lower than on other platforms, so maybe start with a higher price on that platform and no other platform, then drop and have the same on Amazon &amp; B&amp;N.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I looked at IngramSpark but no royalties info plus it wont do Amazon if I&#8217;ve published once this year. This looked like another easy option but apparently 85% ebooks sold on Amazon, so not a good idea. IngramSpark sending lots of irritating emails and you can&#8217;t delete account, I am liking them less and less. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do want to try Barnes &amp; Noble (B&amp;N)  and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/nz\/en\/p\/writinglife\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-glass\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#428bca;border-color:#3570a2;border-radius:6px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:0px 18px;font-size:14px;line-height:28px;border-color:#7baeda;border-radius:6px;text-shadow:none\"> KOBO<\/span><\/a> too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to publish on one platform exclusively but on many platforms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nobel Oblige <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to publish my books in  languages so that people who normally wouldn&#8217;t have access have an easier access to books &#8211; Maybe I can drop the price for them. Think about Khmer for this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Book format and conversions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For ePub I need to take .docx file into google Docs then saveas an ePub. I need to test that process out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were a couple of alternative methods, one being Calibre, which I have used in the past. But as GSheets requires no extra program to be uploaded I think I&#8217;ll try that method first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Udemy course to follow books? Maybe 2\/3 combined as most of 2 in first course<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m still incrementing downwards with the pricing for course 1. On reviewing that I think there is the opportunity for 2 other courses, roughly following Book 2 &amp; 3. Maybe book2 stuff simplified, an add-on short course although most of that stuff is in the main course. Bubble Notes and stuff are extra, maybe just book 3 stuff with bubbles added- I may need to take bubbles off the main part. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Book 2 uploaded to KDP for publishing 16 May 2022 <\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve submitted book 2 for publishing but am not putting it in KDP Select as I want to put it on Barnes &amp; Noble &amp; Kobo too.  just wanted to get a version up and running so I can start book 4 (before book 3) and start working on that. 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