Teri KanefieldNov 14

Hi, Mastodon friends,

I've been busy. I decided to turn that long blog post into a free book.

Once I started working with it, I saw a million ways to improve it and make it more readable, so I think it's better.

I had it professionally proofread, copyedited, and fact checked. Any errors are mine because I had to transfer all the marks to the Indesign document.

Anyone wanna advance peek?

I don't know how to put a PDF here, so it's on the blog page:

https://terikanefield.com/whyextremismhappens/

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Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen by Teri Kanefield

This is the full text of a book that I am offering for free. Barnes and Noble Kobo Amazon Google Books Apple Books It’s on Goodreads. Or you can download a PDF by clicking here. Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen: Understanding Our Deepest Divides   He who knows only his own side of the case […]

Teri Kanefield
Show threaddraNgNonNov 14

@Teri_Kanefield just to be clear, you are effectively making an Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) available to us as a wonderful gift?

since it's been edited by professional people, you aren't looking for your Fediverse fans to give you feedbacks since that's all done. Right?

(separately, I was talking to a friend not on Fedi about how she is turning someone's personal memoirs into an epub so I linked your post to her. She had been describing the gotchas as font choices and page breaks so it's not as simple as just running a pdf through a software tool.)

Show threadTeri KanefieldNov 14

@draNgNon

I intend to make the book free, so this really isn't much of a courtesy.

And yes, it's a chance to tell me if there are errors because it hasn't been published yet.

I now understand that making something free on Amazon isn't as easy as pushing a button, but I'll figure it out.

I have no desire to monetize this.

Show threaddraNgNon

@Teri_Kanefield I will very much read this! Thanks for this effort and grats at getting this far! 🙏 and don't be humble here, it is very much a courtesy.

technically. I think the .mobi for Kindle format means it enters Amazon's rent-seeking ecosystem, but I could be wrong. But you can turn it into a DRM-free .epub format with a variety of tools. Kindle can handle that I think, and other ereaders as well. that said, I suspect doing that will need another round of proofreading.

If you are looking at Amazon, I suggest you also look at bookshop.org and kobo.com for a broader footprint!

Nov 14 at 6:47pmWeb
Show threadTeri KanefieldNov 14

@draNgNon The only reason I mentioned Amazon is because it seems only Amazon makes it hard to go free.

With the other sites, I can just list it for free, no problem.

Someone just told me that Amazon will make it free if there is public interest, so I think I can get my friends on Mastodon to help with that. It may take reviews somewhere and some clicks. I'll know more after more research.

Show threadDale ReardonNov 15
@Teri_Kanefield @draNgNon The other way to make it free that I have used in the past is to list for free on a major Amazon competitor and then Amazon has a special price match provision to match the other site/s being free - You just have to find the right way to contact the right team at Amazon and I don't have current details sorry