j.a. konrath has a post today that says
his sales have been down during june...
http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2011/06/ebook-sales-down.html

actually, his ranks have been worsening
consistently over the past three months,
according to all the data i have collected.

maybe this is a trend affecting everyone.

or maybe konrath is experiencing karma
for tricks he played on the marketplace.

or maybe both.  or maybe neither.

whatever the case, i will be glad once
the "gold rush" mentality goes away...

-bowerbird

is it soup yet?

yes, it's soup.

the converters are up.

i need some brave windows and linux people
to step forth and make sure that the app for
those platforms won't explode your machine
or kidnap your pet or do any other bad stuff.

http://jaguarps.com

let's not share this widely until we hear back
from those courageous volunteers, ok?

thanks for your support, and love and kisses,
and the chocolate, especially the chocolate...

-bowerbird

here we go...

sample output -- the user manual --
is available for downloading now...

>   http://jaguarps.com

feedback and feature requests from
the "jaguar" user community will be
warmly welcomed and considered.

-bowerbird

coming right up

ok, folks.  we've got 100 signups
for the software, so it will be
coming right up.  check here:

>   http://jaguarps.com

-bowerbird

draft of user-manual

still waiting for 20 more people to

come by and post a comment, but

in the meantime, here's a draft of

the user-manual for the program:

>   http://jaguarps.com/tools/creeb.zml

as you will see, its name is "jaguar(ps)",

for "jaguar publishing system".  enjoy...

that's the "plain-text" master-file version.

in coming days, i'll post the e-books that

were automatically generated from that...

-bowerbird

may-day

ok, it's may 1st.              :+)

we don't have 100 people yet,

but those of you who are here

can get started if you want to...

if you have a mac, go here:

>   http://jaguarps.com/tools/

download the two files which

you find there, and unzip 'em.

***

the first has a zip/unzip apps

for .epub.  the zip program is

a necessity for creating .epub.

unzip helps you tear apart an

existing .epub, to see how it

ticks, and reverse-engineer it,

actions which you might want

(or need) to perform at times.

for people on p.c., you'll need to

download the zip app from here:

>   http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84675

for unzipping, all you need to do

is change the extension from .epub

to .zip, and then double-click it...

(the mac app just automates that.)

***

the second file at jaguarps.com/tools

checks an .epub file to see if it's "valid".

p.c. people can use this online site to

have that check performed for them:

>   http://threepress.org/document/epub-validate

(mac users can use that online site too,

of course, but it's quicker and easier to

run the program on your own machine.)

-bowerbird

writers can be bad with numbers

j.a. konrath says this on his blog today:

>   276112.

>   Two hundred and seventy-six thousand, 

>   one hundred and eleven. 

that's how many e-books he has sold...

ok, let's forget the fact that he got his numbers

mixed up just a tiny bit.  after all, he's making

a ton of money, right?

and if you want a piece of that e-book action,

you've gotta put your books into electronic-format.

my program can help you do that.

make a post in the comments section if you

wanna see the program.

when i have 100 comments, i will release it...

so far, i have 16.

-bowerbird

i've written some software

i've written some software.

it makes it easy to create e-books.

it's free.  it won't cost you a penny.

if you're an author who wants to
create e-books easily, and you
want some software to help you,
for free, leave a comment here.

when there are 100 comments,
or when may 1st arrives, whichever
happens last, i will do a beta release
of my software, and we can all begin
to move ourselves into the future...

-bowerbird

blah blah blah another blog

blogger.

what a joke.

but at least it gets
indexed quickly by google,
surprise, surprise...