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Why must I buy a book before it can be published?
General Interest
Thanks for the suggestion, Pat. I had thought about that. However, my target audience is only about a dozen folks from across the country who accompanied us on our trip to Italy and Greece this past June. <shameless plug mode ON>Although I think it’s a fabulous book with great photos <shameless plug mode OFF>, I don’t think it will have much appeal beyond that—I have no profit motive here. I just want to be able for them to go to the site and order what they want, but I also want to have the best edition available for them, hence my dilemna….thx!
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Why must I buy a book before it can be published?
General Interest
<Rant Mode ON>OK, now I’m just ticked off. I went to announce the 2nd edition of the book I uploaded a couple of days ago (I have 12 days left to order) to the other members of the trip which this book documents. Lo and behold, I can’t even announce it to potential buyers without buying another copy! See above post. When I try to use the announce feature, it tells me "Attention! You can’t announce a book until you’ve ordered a copy. You have 12 days left to publish this book." So, here’s another question: Why does the author have to be the first one to buy the book? If I can announce a book, and get at least one buyer within 14 days, all should be good, right? If I get no buyer, and I don’t buy a copy, then delete it <del>- I’d be OK with that. But to not be able to notify potential buyers of a book they will want unless I spend ANOTHER $91 is NOT good customer service. In the service, we would have called that a Catch-22.<Rant Mode OFF> That said, I am very happy with the way the copy I received turned out, as well as another 13×11 book I did (called Ikona -</del> check it out :-) So far I’ve published 7 Blurb books (2 private) and am sold on this service and hope it matures quickly and moves out of beta. Blurb, if there’s a legitimate business reason or constraint for this policy, please share it with us. Thanks and keep up the GREAT work! Glenn Jones
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Why must I buy a book before it can be published?
General Interest
I agree with yonosey’s reply except for this situation. I uploaded, purchased, and received a 116 page, 13×11 book (total cost $91, incl. tax & shipping). Even though I proofed it diligently, when I received it I found one or two small errors that needed to be corrected, which I did. When I uploaded a 2nd edition, I found out that I can’t make it public until I spend ANOTHER $91 for a copy of a corrected book (which I don’t really need/want). Now THAT makes no sense. Look at it this way—I got one book, which I am happy with despite the minor mistakes, and I paid full freight for it. I have others who will be interested in buying it, but I can’t make it public until I buy another one. We should be able to upload at least one or two editions of the same book without having to shell out almost, in this case, another $100. Blurb, what is the rationale for this policy please? Thanks!!!!!
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problems with BookSmart 1.8.1
General Interest
You may also want to make sure your Java Runtime Environment is current, cince Booksmart is a Java-based app. Check out www.java.com—the current version is Version 6 Update 2.
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