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Mobi and epubs for fundraiser

Have you ever wished that you could have all of the stories from your favorite author complied into a single file suitable for download to you Kindle or Nook?

Imagine – Nan’s entire Home series put into chronological order and put into .mobi format so that you could have it read to you while you drive, relax or work around the house.

How about all of Wendy’s stories, Female Hawk’s?

They could be yours for a donation to the mbs.

4/18 edit - I would like to think my time is worth something, but I don't want to set too high a price. Shall we say a sliding scale. Let's set a minimum of $10 and if your request is a large one you should scale the donation up from there.

Simply send me a request. Let me know what author or list your titles and I will produce the compilation. It will come back to you in your e-mail.

My e-mail is ken.janney@kjanney.com. Please put Lois and mobi in the subject line.

So far I have had one request.

The request is for the "Home" series by Nan Smith.

I am preparing it and once it is finished, any further requests can be satisfied, literally within hours.

ED 4/18

Bobbart's When the Sky Falls/After Nightfall is ready.

The promised file - Nan's Home series has been delivered. I hope that we will have a comment on the quality soon.

I am working on Nan's Dagger Series.

Hi, Ken.

1. I'd like to request a copy of Nan's home stories.
2. I'd also like to request a copy of Wendy's "Eternity" trilogy. (If you are still planning to convert all of Wendy's stories, I would be interested in that. Let me know.)

Not sure how to do the offer of a donation amount, but I figure we can work that out. Let me know.

BobB

Hi Ken!

I'll also be standing in line for some Home. I'm going to make a single donation when everything's said and done to keep the transaction fees down.

Michael

PS: I won't say no to Wendy's, Corrina's, Kathy's and so many other writers, either, but it's more a matter of not going overboard

Posted with permission:

I do not own a Nook, so all I could do was provide general Windows download instructions. Linda actually came up with her own solution -



I received a second request from Linda, this time for Nan’s ‘Dagger’ series.
I hope to deliver it before the end of the week.

Michael,
I will be sending out your epub shortly.

Linda,
I will be sending your bonus files shortly.

At this point I have the following prepared:
1) Nan’s “Home” Series
2) Tank Wilson’s two “Castle” cross-over stories.

By the end of the week I expect to have:
1) Nan’s “Dagger” Series
2) The Kerth winning story compilation.
3) Wendy Richards "Eternity" Trilogy
4) Wendy Richards "Big Boys Do Fly" series

Hi Ken:
I'll take Nan's Home & Dagger Series in EPUB. I have Tank's already. Also you said something about all the stories that won the Kerth's this year. I'll take that too.
I'm going to give a basic donation and then add on any of the story offers I win and send one check to KSaraSara when all is said and done.
I'm hooked up with the Kobo site for books now that Sony Reader has folded. I've got to say the transition was smooth.
regards
Artemis

Hi Artemis,

I'll get the "Home" set out to you quickly since it is ready to go. The "Dagger" set will be a few days.

For anyone trying to figure out how to transfer Ken's files to their e-reader, I have just one word for you: CALIBRE

Calibre is free e-book management software. You install it on your computer and, when you run it, you can import files into Calibre for transmission to your e-reader. If the file is already in the right format, no further action needed. If it's not, Calibre can convert most formats to the correct one - for example, if you had a file in MOBI format, it could convert to EPUB for you if that's what you needed.

Connect your e-reader to your computer via the cable. Calibre will recognise that your e-reader is connected, and you'll see an option to send selected items to your device. In a second or two, your file(s) will be on your device.

Calibre also allows you to manage files that are already on your device - delete, change title etc. I love it.


Wendy

Thanks Wendy!

I am preparing additional stories, anthologies. It just turns out that some of them are yours!

Sue S - Faustian Bargain
Wendy Richards - Faux Pas
Wendy Richards – Big Boys Do Fly
Yvonne Connell – Fear of Discovery

I've got an even easier way to get stories onto a reader. It's called - wait for it - pdf (aka Adobe Acrobat). Yep, been around forever, but it will convert any Word, RTF, or other text into plain old pdf and load it on to your reader, no problemo. The only interesting thing is that the author is your own name because you loaded it.
I also learned another trick. I have massive print jobs I farm out to a local print shop. They have me send it in pdf. (No, it's not fanfic, but artworks.)

Artemis

Kindle will also accept pdf formatted content, however I have not been able to get the text to speech to work with it.

I've never known that .pdf had any speech capability. I like to read in quiet and don't like to be read to. Besides my stuff is artwork and that doesn't talk.

Artemis

I'll give $10 for a compilation of:

When Friends Become Lovers by Kathy B and Demi
When Lovers Become More by Kathy

Sara

I have the files downloaded.

Prep started.

Which format is desired? Epub or mobi?

Both will be available.

Hey Ken

How 'bout $5 a story for:

Sue S - Faustian Bargain
Wendy Richards - Faux Pas
Caroline K-Field of Dreams
Chris Mulder-Meet Me in Kansas City
Chris Mulder-My Mother Made it for Me

I'll e-mail you proof of payment, and my e-mail address...

Thanks so much--can't wait
Laura

Almost forgot--I read fanfic on either my ipad or my iphone--but, embarrassingly enough, can't remember which format that that would be in....

Mobi format, please. I'll be sending along my proof of donation soon.

Thanks!

Sara

Hey Ken,

I just openned up Faux Pas and Faustian Bargian--on both of my devices--and they worked perfectly

Laura

Just to give Ken credit. He is creating .mobi (Kindle) format e-books of his MatchMaker series for me since I had already contributed.

Ken,

Since the campaign is lagging a bit how much more for a copy of the Home series? Maybe all of Female Hawk's stuff?

thanks

Mike

Okay, here's the deal. Corrina has 18 stories in the archive. Her 2 latest are not there as yet. One of her stories is a huge > 2 meg file. That will require a lot of time and effort.

A couple of her shorter pieces are already prepped and ready to go.

Please allow your conscience to guide you as you consider your donation.