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Looks like I have made a mistake. (Another one? you say. Indeed, says I.)

I have been working on an ePub of The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen & Moe, under the impression that a single file with all 150 texts and >300 illustrations would land at more than half a gigabyte. After all, the #Vellum file has grown that big.

But no.

After compiling the work, the #ePub turns out at around 65MB, which is manageable on modern systems.

It's still too big to sell on #Amazon, because their download fees, which they take out of royalties, would make it necessary for me to bump the price up by about $10, which is just stupid.

So, here's the new strategy:

Amazon: the whole collection split into 15 volumes at necessarily inflated prices. (Customers may like giving Bozo their money; he's not stealing from me.)

Ko-fi: the whole collection in a single 65MB ePub (no-DRM) that can be stored wherever you store stuff, and sideloaded on to any ereader or app, at a price that is less than a quarter of what the full 15 volumes costs on Amazon.

More information will be forthcoming.

#NorwegianFolklore #NorwegianFolktales #NorwegianLegends #Folklore #Folktales #Legends #SelfPublishing #IndieAuthors

Looks like I have made a mistake. (Another one? you say. Indeed, says I.)

I have been working on an ePub of The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen & Moe, under the impression that a single file with all 150 texts and >300 illustrations would land at more than half a gigabyte. After all, the #Vellum file has grown that big.

But no.

After compiling the work, the #ePub turns out at around 65MB, which is manageable on modern systems.

It's still too big to sell on #Amazon, because their download fees, which they take out of royalties, would make it necessary for me to bump the price up by about $10, which is just stupid.

So, here's the new strategy:

Amazon: the whole collection split into 15 volumes at necessarily inflated prices. (Customers may like giving Bozo their money; he's not stealing from me.)

Ko-fi: the whole collection in a single 65MB ePub (no-DRM) that can be stored wherever you store stuff, and sideloaded on to any ereader or app, at a price that is less than a quarter of what the full 15 volumes costs on Amazon.

More information will be forthcoming.

#NorwegianFolklore #NorwegianFolktales #NorwegianLegends #Folklore #Folktales #Legends #SelfPublishing #IndieAuthors

Looks like I have made a mistake. (Another one? you say. Indeed, says I.)

I have been working on an ePub of The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen & Moe, under the impression that a single file with all 150 texts and >300 illustrations would land at more than half a gigabyte. After all, the #Vellum file has grown that big.

But no.

After compiling the work, the #ePub turns out at around 65MB, which is manageable on modern systems.

It's still too big to sell on #Amazon, because their download fees, which they take out of royalties, would make it necessary for me to bump the price up by about $10, which is just stupid.

So, here's the new strategy:

Amazon: the whole collection split into 15 volumes at necessarily inflated prices. (Customers may like giving Bozo their money; he's not stealing from me.)

Ko-fi: the whole collection in a single 65MB ePub (no-DRM) that can be stored wherever you store stuff, and sideloaded on to any ereader or app, at a price that is less than a quarter of what the full 15 volumes costs on Amazon.

More information will be forthcoming.

#NorwegianFolklore #NorwegianFolktales #NorwegianLegends #Folklore #Folktales #Legends #SelfPublishing #IndieAuthors

Looks like I have made a mistake. (Another one? you say. Indeed, says I.)

I have been working on an ePub of The Complete Norwegian Folktales and Legends of Asbjørnsen & Moe, under the impression that a single file with all 150 texts and >300 illustrations would land at more than half a gigabyte. After all, the #Vellum file has grown that big.

But no.

After compiling the work, the #ePub turns out at around 65MB, which is manageable on modern systems.

It's still too big to sell on #Amazon, because their download fees, which they take out of royalties, would make it necessary for me to bump the price up by about $10, which is just stupid.

So, here's the new strategy:

Amazon: the whole collection split into 15 volumes at necessarily inflated prices. (Customers may like giving Bozo their money; he's not stealing from me.)

Ko-fi: the whole collection in a single 65MB ePub (no-DRM) that can be stored wherever you store stuff, and sideloaded on to any ereader or app, at a price that is less than a quarter of what the full 15 volumes costs on Amazon.

More information will be forthcoming.

#NorwegianFolklore #NorwegianFolktales #NorwegianLegends #Folklore #Folktales #Legends #SelfPublishing #IndieAuthors