I don’t know who you are or how you heard about The Fat Trainer on Kindle... but thank you to that first person who purchased the book from the UK Kindle store the day it was available. I hope it is the first of many millions of purchases.

Thank you!

I’m still awaiting approval for inclusion in the iBookstore with Apple for iPad and other iOS devices. I’ll keep you posted.

Tags: kindle

Well, blogging never has been one of my strong points. It was a nearly a year ago to the day that I recommitted to blog more... nice. Since then, I’ve managed one big post! Pretty week, I know....

I am back at it though. At least for now.

I have a very exciting announcement: The Fat Trainer is now available in the Kindle Store for all of you Kindle lovers out there. It was a two month process to reformat the book (again, again) to get it ready for Apples iBookstore, then a ten minute process to convert that format (ePub) to a Kindle appropriate format (MOBI) via Calibre.

I am still waiting to get approval to get on the iBookstore (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch). Hopefully that will just be a matter of days rather than weeks. Amazon took about one day.

I will now start to get the book on the lesser popular ebook readers out there.

Tags: kindle

The Fat Trainer is now available as a soft cover book! Hurry out and get one for yourself and a friend!

I will now start marketing it harder and work on getting it on the Kindle and other ebook readers.

Don’t forget to tell all of your friends.

Tags: kindle

Just a quick note. I just made a handful of small adjustments to the print version of the book. I think it is as close to perfect as I think I can get it. Lulu requires that I purchase the book and approve the physical version, so it will probably be another week before I get the book printed and shipped and approved. I am getting rather anxious to move on with promotion and other formats of the book (Kindle, audio, etc.)

Regarding Lulu, I am a little unhappy with the end-user experience. In order to purchase an ebook (or any product) the customer must register on the site. It is more than just filling out credit card info, but the customer essentially creates an account that they can log into. That is a bit disappointing.

I’m considering moving back to a google checkout/paypal or ejunkie option. I just ready to get the book officially released. Thoughts?

Tags: kindle, formats, google checkout, paypal, lulu

Hello! I am back. I had to descend into the cave of getting the book ready for yesterday’s release. Well, after hours and hours and hours of work, the time is finally here. The book is done and is available for sale now.

I am really excited to have that portion of this journey done with and am now looking forward to spending more time promoting the book. I need your help though. Please tell all you know about The Fat Trainer.

I am working on getting a physical copy available to be purchased, the book Kindle ready and even an audio version. I still have lots to do.

Anyway - take a look at the book. It’s only $1.29 as a limited introductory special. Let me know what you think.

Tags: kindle, marketing

I just read some great news regarding Amazon’s Kindle and the iPhone. Books purchased using the Kindle format will now be readable using the Kindle app for the iPhone. This is really good news for me, as I am planning on making The Fat Trainer kindle format ready once getting the ebook finished up. I was unsure how I was going to make the transition for iPhone compatibility, however. Amazon kind of solves that issue.

I still have several format options to pursue, but was just excited to read the story about Kindle for iPhone.

Tags: kindle, iPhone