A geeky banner to Amazon Kindle Store which deserves its own blog post
Yesterday I’ve made this banner to draw attention of techies to my books at Kindle Store. I’m proud of it. It’s so shiny and beautiful – and links to short stories, which generally say shiny gadgets are not always perfect. You can read them on your Kindle, iPhone, iPad or BlackBerry.
From now on it’ll shine above comments on every blog post. Compare it to that boring Google stuff below. Oh my Geek, just move over the iPhones…
Book-hop music made with an iPhone
For two weeks now I’m using iSequence to compose music for a book trailer. It’s fun and it’s not GarageBand easy. Check the results below (I recognize even a style here, let’s call it book-hop). Read a kick-off post here.
One DIY author’s remark: writing a book is great, especially when you also have a chance to write something, others can literally hear.
Trailer music v.0.91beta
Trailer music v.1.50001A
Trailer music v.2.1/Ooops
Trailer music v.3.14/C-note
An iPhone made music for a book trailer
Modern self-publishing authors not only write books. They also design covers, record podcasts, run competitions, organize blog tours – everything they think is needed for the book to succeed. I imagine that every day every writer 2.0 is asking himself a question “what else can I do myself?”.
In my case, since last Sunday it’s also composing music. Last Sunday we went to a countryside, where there was wi-fi supposed to work. It was not. I had to do something to overcome the coming symptoms of a heavy Internet addiction. I started to play with iSequence on my iPhone. The feeling was fantastic, I’m pretty sure I’ve found the right tool to make a soundtrack music for a trailer of my two new books. I was trying Garage Band before, but it’s too easy, you just have to match together music loops. And it’s not from a mobile world.
With iSequence you are actually composing, so this is both a challenge and fun. To check how it works just watch this video tutorial. You can download the app here. And last thing: it’s just fantastic, that in our times we can plan to do things personally, as there’s surely at least one app for that.
PS. And if you want to try something completely new, a lack of wi-fi signal really helps.
Password Incorrect/Failure Confirmed – trailer music v.0.91beta
E-book covers inspired by the design of mobile applications
I’m a mobile freak and here you have another prove of it. These are the brand new covers, I’ve designed with a help of my Twitter friends for two volumes of my short stories, which will be available in a couple of weeks through Smashwords/Barnes&Noble. In the meantime you can download a free edition here. I describe the stories as tech-absurd. The bot-behaving gadget-eating error-ready part of you will understand, what I mean.
The brief I issued to myself was simple: get an attention of geeks with a message: “technology is wonderful, but…” (oh, and check the bottom bar for options).
O planach związanych z Barnes&Noble
Jak wcześniej pisałem, bez żadnej łaski można znaleźć się w ofercie amerykańskiego Barnes&Noble. Wystarczy opublikować książkę w serwisie Smashwords. Gdy publikacja spełni kilka wymogów formalnych, znajdzie się w katalogu Premium, a to oznacza zakwalifikowanie do oferty B&N. Niedawno w mailu do autorów, Mark Coker, szef Smashwords podzielił się informacją, że podobna umowa została podpisana również z Sony eBook Store.
W tym wpisie chciałbym podzielić się kilkoma uwagami o tym, jak system działa w praktyce, zdradzić swoje plany, a także poprosić o pomoc. »»»
Recently updated Polish tech-absurdist and mobile fiction writer 3.0 beta. Addicted to ebooks and technology. Guest writer at 
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