Comments - The Experiment Worked! - Authors.com2024-03-28T14:38:36Zhttp://www.authors.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=3798404%3ABlogPost%3A32053&xn_auth=noScribbler,
About where the cr…tag:www.authors.com,2011-04-22:3798404:Comment:368432011-04-22T17:51:29.398ZJonas Saulhttp://www.authors.com/profile/DarylSedore
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<p>About where the credit should lie, I'm unclear. I do feel the covers are more professional. The blurbs, in my opinion, are miles ahead. I read over one hundred blurbs from Publisher's Weekly and Traditional Houses to get a feel for how they talk about books I've read and books I haven't. Then I wrote my blurb in that vein. I do feel the name change also helped as Jonas Saul has an author sound to it more than my own name does.</p>
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<p>Regarding the re-uploaded…</p>
<p>Scribbler,</p>
<p>About where the credit should lie, I'm unclear. I do feel the covers are more professional. The blurbs, in my opinion, are miles ahead. I read over one hundred blurbs from Publisher's Weekly and Traditional Houses to get a feel for how they talk about books I've read and books I haven't. Then I wrote my blurb in that vein. I do feel the name change also helped as Jonas Saul has an author sound to it more than my own name does.</p>
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<p>Regarding the re-uploaded titles: As far as I know there is no policy in place. Keep in mind the motivation behind this change...I hadn't sold many books under my own name. So little in fact that the odds of someone having bought "Paranormal Precognitions" and then finding Jonas' book "Dark Visions" (which is the same book entirely) were quite slim.</p>
<p>But alas, if they did, Amazon offers returns for e-books. I have yet to get one Dark Visions returned.</p>
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<p>Thanks for these great questions and for leaving a comment.</p>
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<p>Have a fabulous weekend!</p>
<p>Daryl Sedore</p>
<p>AKA Jonas Saul</p> Daryl, that's really interest…tag:www.authors.com,2011-04-22:3798404:Comment:365572011-04-22T06:06:09.533Zscribblerhttp://www.authors.com/profile/scribbler
<p>Daryl, that's really interesting! So are you convinced it was the name that made all the difference or do you give the new covers and blurbs much credit too? It would be great to see the old covers and blurbs vs. the new ones to see how different they are for the sake of comparison.</p>
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<p>I have a question though. Don't you need to declare that in some way if you reupload the same book under another name? I'm just thinking that if I'd bought it already under the first name, and…</p>
<p>Daryl, that's really interesting! So are you convinced it was the name that made all the difference or do you give the new covers and blurbs much credit too? It would be great to see the old covers and blurbs vs. the new ones to see how different they are for the sake of comparison.</p>
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<p>I have a question though. Don't you need to declare that in some way if you reupload the same book under another name? I'm just thinking that if I'd bought it already under the first name, and then bought it again, not realizing it was the same book because of the pseudonym and the different cover and blurb, I'd not be happy. I'm curious if Amazon or Smashwords has any kind of rule in place regarding that. Many congratulations on your successful experiment! :)</p>