How Busy?

I have just finished re-editing A COVERT WAR because of some reports of typos etc. in the Kindle version. One of the problems with reading reviews that complain of typos is that you have no idea where those errors are because you have assumed, wrongly, that there was nothing wrong with your work. So after being told of a particular error by a friend of mine, I set about comparing the Kindle version to my original, hardback copy. I won’t go into details; suffice it to say that it was a proverbial bloodbath. Mercifully, the majority of typos (and I do mean ‘majority’) were simple mistakes which most readers would ignore. For example: Prime Minister should be spelt with small case letters unless the term is used as an address to the PM himself, etc. etc. My next task is to convert the document to kindle format. Meanwhile my two books that were on promotion, A Covert War and Roselli’s Gold seem to have performed well. I ended up with about 4500 free downloads, which lifted both books right up to the virtual top of their categories and into the top one hundred briefly. I won’t know until tomorrow how well the paid sales have done. What I’m hoping for (unless the books go viral!) is to maintain my previous average of 25 books per day, and perhaps even exceed that. My other project; bringing HELL’S GATE to Amazon is going well. My son, Terry has come up with different concepts for the book jacket design, and I think we are getting very close to a decision about that. I have proofed the Word doc., but that will need to be converted for kindle; something I’ll get on to sometime next week. I’m very keen to get this novel on to Amazon because it’s one I hold very dear. If I was to eulogize about it, I would say that if I was a painter, this would be my masterpiece. It has a real, special place in my heart and I’m really looking forward and hoping that it will be well received. I also hope it will show readers that I can turn out a good read, and that I am not a formulaic writer. I am hoping that HELL’S GATE will be ready by the middle of August. The reason it will take that long is because I intend to ask for a proof copy before submitting the Kindle version. I don’t want any mistakes this time.