I’m so glad you enjoyed it! That really means a lot. I am surprised by your last comment, though - Spindown was written to be a self contained story, with only the possibility of a series if it became successful. I have put a bit of work into plotting a “sequel”, but it would be a new story set on the spaceship with the same characters, rather than a continuing part of a larger story.
If I do write a Spindown “series”, it will be much closer to a detective novel series - i.e. several different cases featuring the same detective and supporting characters, rather than a long story arc.
I did spend about 6 months after I first wrote it looking for a traditional agent and publisher, with a few nibbles but no takers, which is why I ultimately went the indie route.
I only read Spindown: Part One (available from Barnes & Noble and various other sites) , and assumed it was the first volume, rather than the first part of the whole book.
Spindown: Part One is only about a quarter of the book. I originally released it in two ways, as a full book and broken up into 4 or 5 parts, to see which would better drive sales. The full book did better and some readers found the other way confusing, so I focused on selling the full book, but I guess the Parts are still out there and possible to purchase.
Hope you enjoy the rest of it! Let me know if you have trouble finding it.
To explain, I downloaded it several months ago, and by the time I got round to reading it, I’d forgotten that it was only a sample.
Usually samples are far smaller, but this is a big chunk with 25 chapters, and an Appendix with a timeline at the end, and no indication that more is available.
Perhaps it would have been better to include a paragraph at the end saying ‘This is Parts version, if you want to continue reading…’
I downloaded the entire book from Bookbub.
Was this the first publication? Many books on bookbub have been published as hard copy books, like Agatha Christie and Ellis Peters.
If this gets to you, it will include my email address. My e-reader is a Kobo, but I have not figured out any way to add a book to my reader that I didn’t buy from them, so I will just read it on my computer. (I don’t do anything with my phone except an occasional phone call or photo.)
I’m mostly just bumping this for you, because I don’t know iPhones. On an Android, you could connect it to a computer with a USB cable and use the computer’s file manager or other software to transfer files to & from the phone, but I don’t know that you can do that with an iPhone.
I have an android but maybe the process is the same. I charge my phone using a USB on my laptop. This allows me to access the files on my phone. Find the file that contains your ebooks and delete it.
As far as I know, you can only move pictures off an iphone with a USB cable. It may be part of the e book app; they want me to buy from them, not put my own on. Thanks for the bump. Thudlow_Boink.
Thanks. There are instructions for three different kinds of Kobo: Aura, Touch, and Glo. Of course, mine is none of those: Arc. I will try anyway, but don’t have much hope. But thanks for trying. I am actually reading on my computer. My pdf reader loads both the epub and mobi versions. The former is in slightly larger type, which is better. The usual ctl-+ has no effect on the type size. I would have thought that the epub format was made to be reflowed, but that does not seem to work.
Do a search for your model for specifics but it’s the same basic process for all of them AFAIK. I’ve downloaded a bunch of books from Gutenberg.org for my old Kobo and my Aura.
