Slow

Sales are seeming a little slow on Amazon. I have read that there may be some questions on how accurately they report sales. I don't know. It may just be that us independent authors just don't sell many books....at all. Besides friends and family we have no market. How to build one is the question. My book is controversial, I think I just need the right/wrong person to read it and get pissed off. This should not be hard.

Apr 19, 2014

Apr 19, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 04/21/2014 Contact: Justin Curtis: justincurtisauthor@gmail.com Local author releases novel Troy,Ohio – Author Justin Curtis has released his first novel Plight of the Downtrodden. This controversial look at modern society from a unique prospective, is available on Amazon.com. The main character, JT Blackburn, is a citizen of Troy, and much of the action takes place in and around the Miami Valley including both the Troy and Dayton areas, as well as various other locations across the United States. “I feel the voiceless need to be heard. Too much of the political debate is one sided, that side being the corporate side.” Said Curtis, a Troy native and graduate. JT Blackburn is a working class man who is living the American Dream. That is until he loses it all. Hell bent and unforgiving, Blackburn embarks on a vengeful quest to right the wrongs of modern society and murder those whom he holds responsible. A lone wolf, this simple man from Ohio exacts revenge on those who have ruined the lives of so many. The one percent will pay. Crusader for the poor or soulless serial murderer? You decide. People wishing to find out more about Plight of the Downtrodden or Justin Curtis can find the author on justincurtisauthor.blogspot.com, Facebook and Twitter. - ### -

Done

Well it is finally complete and on Amazon. Sales are slow, I have quite a base of 750 people or so on Facebook, must all be broke or just assholes, this is most likely normal but I hope they don't have anything to sell. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JS2707W

Createspace Experience so far

So far my experience with using createspace to publish my book has been mixed. Although they do as advertised and review your work within 24 hours and have great customer service. The rest of the process seems steered towards wanting users to purchase services so you don't have to deal with the hassle. My first review said my PDF file for my cover was corrupt. This was true. After I fixed the file, reviewed the interior and ordered the proof I went back and made changes. After proofing the site would not let me continue, my ISBN number was locked. They had assigned me the wrong ISBN. This was fixed and my in changes to the interior were uploaded, I used the same cover file. They reviewed it. They said the ISBN number on the copyright page was wrong, which it was, problem is the proof had no copyright page at all, therefore no ISBN inside, so how can this halt the process when it is not a requirement? Second, they said changes they had to make changes to the cover file. The same cover file that was fine a week ago? WTF? The templates that you download are also filled with errors.

Ping

Still searching for pings. Now they will take a submarine down into the ocean to look for the lost plane. Still think this should not be a headlining story. Makes me wonder what kind of bill they are passing through congress that is not being reported. Gotta find those pings...ping....ping....ping.....

NEWS FLASH!

Breaking news, they found a possible, faint chance, almost sound of a near ping, this possible sound is possibly different than all the other possible sounds from the past three fucking weeks! It is possible this story will never end because its a big giant water thing that covers 2 thirds of the Earths surface and has tides and has been known to possibly move things to another possible location. Update to follow.....possibly.

So all thats on the news is the story about this missing airplane. It's in the fucking ocean! There, mystery solved. If this is all they can report on they really must be trying to hide something big.

Fuck yeah I got two page views....oh wait those where both from me. I will continue to scream into an emtpy room.

Since I have started this adventure I have learned that many so called publishers that you find on the internet offer you publication for a fee. My question is, why the hell would I pay for something I can do for free? Unless you are not computer savy at all, or just lazy and dont want to screw with marketing whatsoever, there is no benefit in paying somebody else. Zero, zip, zilch. These people are not getting one cent from me.

Now that spring is here the question becomes a matter of finding the time to write. When its raining, easy, but when its sunny and 70, not so easy. Maybe I will take my laptop outside to write.

Soon

Almost there in the final editing stages. Shall be done in the very near future.