Re: free books

Started by Alex, October 29, 2022, 10:26:01 PM

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Alex

Well done you Mike, if you published them you could donate any money earned to charity ! :upvote:

Michael Rolls

I wouldn't want money for them - publishing via Kindle means being taxed in the USA and the UK and the process, even if wanting to offer them free - to my simple mind - is fiendishly complicated
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klondike

I'd like to take a look Mike as I'm sure others would Mike thanks.

I'd suggest you add each as a separate post with the book documenet as an extension then people can just download them. I have set the forum to accept DOC and DOCX but if you are using something different I can add that too.

Michael Rolls

#3
Thanks -wildo. They are all Word documents which I attach to an E-mail. Worked OK before so 🤞
Just thought - can I actually post them on here - then anyone interested can simply download - on the earlier forum I e-mailed members individually which meant a lot of E-mails - no problem, but it would be easier if folk can just download from here, or am I misunderstand (hardly unknown)

October 30, 2022, 10:43:15 AM
thinking further - I think I do understand ( :yay: ) so here's attempt number one

The Grass is Green

October 30, 2022, 10:45:36 AM
doesn't seem to have worked perhaps because the new text got added to the old. could you post something so I have a 'fresh' post to try, please?
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Michael Rolls

#4
Here we go

The Grass is Green (if this works I will add a synopsis - very brief to the post body to give an idea)
Sorry got the message attachment too big - whoops, use error - I just realised I was trying to attach the folder, not teh file :embarrassed:
still too big at 474 kb

October 30, 2022, 10:56:11 AM
my shortest book 'Bomber' is 250Kb - I'll try that - ah can't attach to an exosting post - incidentally, why do my attempts to post something following my existing post just get added to it?
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klondike


Michael Rolls

thanks - I will have to study it, because I keep getting told the attachment is too big. Have to go out for a while now but I will have another attempt after lunch as I would really like to get this right. My shortest book, 'Bomber' is 32,000 words, 250Kb - the others are generally twice that length - 'Bomber' os a novella rather than a novel - will the system cope with such large attachments?
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klondike

Quote from: Michael Rolls on October 30, 2022, 10:53:16 AMah can't attach to an exosting post - incidentally, why do my attempts to post something following my existing post just get added to it?
You need to click More at the bottom of an existing post and select Modify. Quick edit is just that and doesn't allow for anything more than quickly fixing typos etc. Modify brings up the full edit window which would allow an attachment to be added to an existing post.

Default forum behaviour when adding a new post shortly after an earlier one when there are no intervening posts is to just add it to the existing post. It makes perfect sense to me. For one thing it stops spammers post building to get extra rights.

I have increased the maximum attachment size to 2MB now. If you need more I can make it more.

Michael Rolls

thanks - got sidetracked with a problem this afternoon - I'll have another go tomorrow
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Cassandra

Well done Mike - prolific might I say :upvote:
My little Dog - A heartbeat at my feet ...

Michael Rolls

#10
thank you - hopefully I will succeed in making them available here

October 31, 2022, 08:22:34 AM
Bomber (32,561 words) This, of course, I have already posted on PF in 15 (!) sections
The IRA seeking vengeance? Or a man seeking vengeance against them? Manchester might have been so different but for PC Larry Lamb.
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Silver Tabby

Mike - I would love read them all!  May I please start with the Grass is Green ?

klondike

Mike has emailed me the books and I'll be  uploading them all for people to download. I will run them throgh Calibre to produce versions that can be read by e-book readers too. 

Michael Rolls

many thanks sir - and more thanks for your patience with me over my incompetence in such computer matters
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klondike

I've split out the original offer, added download instructions and made that thread locked and sticky.

Any comments on the books or problems getting a download please use this thread.