A few days ago I started promoting the Kindle version of my book, but I realized that I had done something wrong when I couldn’t open up the ebook on my Kindle. I attempted to upload a copy to Amazon that would work, but they wouldn’t accept it because the file type was different.

As a result, I deleted that Kindle version and have uploaded a new copy that you should be able to read on your Kindle device. It is available here.

If you purchased a copy of this book or downloaded a free copy during the promotion I was running last week, I apologize. From January 9 to January 13, you will have the opportunity to download a free copy of the current version. If you are reading this after those dates and previously purchased a copy, you may email me at Bill@williamcookelaw.com and I will send you an ebook you can put on your Kindle.

In addition, I should point out that if you purchased (or I gave you) a copy of my book, you might notice some things like quotation marks occasionally facing the wrong way or inconsistent indenting on block quotes. These happened during the design process. Those have been fixed, I hope, in the current version.

My designer, Ian Burgess, did an excellent job. But it was complicated by him across the Atlantic in England and not being able to chat as often about the project. Also, everything I wrote was on LibreOffice, which he had to convert to Word and Adobe. In addition, I was working in a Linux and Word environment and he uses Apple. Having written all that, he was responsive to requests to fix things and I am very happy with his work. If you want to hire him for book or website design, his email address is ian@finallyhuman.com.

Also, my book is currently published by Lulu. Ian was familiar with that service and I was happy with him putting it up there. However, I am working on publishing the book also with Amazon. I hate to support Amazon over a smaller company, but as most people buy their books on Amazon, it does make a bit more sense. I have been having some issues with their system accepting my cover design, but hope to clear that up in the next couple days.

I suppose I could have avoided all these problems by finding a publisher who would do all of this for me. But I felt like this book had been delayed enough. And since Truxtun and Marie Beale are hardly known to anyone today, I figured I would spend too much time pitching it. Self-publishing used to carry a stigma, but not today. More and more writers are self-publishing. It no longer carries a big, or any really, expense to put it on Amazon or Lulu, and it allows the author to retain control and keep a bigger share of the profits.