My previous blog, "An American Teacher in Taiwan" is now a book, exclusive to Amazon Kindle. If you happen to visit that blog and notice that it's a mere shell of its former self...well...that's because the rights of that blog are now exclusive to Amazon, and they don't really want me to compete with myself. Can't blame them.
The blog is still up, but from this point it will be mostly to publish any letters I might get from readers, videos, and (of course) promotion for the book.
I have to give Christy most of the credit for this happening. She was watching a news program on Sunday morning that ran a story on "Self Publishing" and she suggested that I try it. I began writing that story as a book anyway, but changed it to a blog since I didn't think I had enough material (turned out I had more than enough...since I'm still working on the second part.)
I also want to give a plug to the guy who created the cover. I tried for hours and hours to create my own cover, but it looked like total, unprofessional shit. So I found this guy on a website called "Fiverr" who designs Kindle covers for $5.00 (everything is five dollars on Fiverr, thus the name). His screen name is "idrewdesign" and he did an awesome job for me. Hopefully I can make that $5.00 back in sales of the book. :)
So here it is...my first book....for the low, low price of $2.99. You can click the link to go straight to the Amazon page here.
I Bought it earlier today, as you know. I've barely begun it. You are a good writer Ken, and I'm going to enjoy this book. I'm glad you've done this!
ReplyDeleteThanks Janet. You were the first person to buy it, and hopefully not the last! But...regardless of how it sells, I'm glad I did it. It's a big accomplishment for me.
ReplyDeleteKen, I enjoyed reading your Taiwan blog as well your current one. You have a very honest and accessible way of writing. I enjoy reading about your experience in the US as I made a similar move to the UK with my Taiwanese wife. Congratulations on your first book!
ReplyDeleteJust a quick FYI - The book will be free for one day and one day only on January 1st, 2013 as part of a New Years Day promotion. Sorry Janet, I know you already paid for it, but I appreciate it! :)
ReplyDeleteIf any of you out there have Kindles and are cheap bastards like me, this is your chance to get it without contributing to my massive wealth.