Showing posts with label "Essential Oils and Aromatics" NAHA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label "Essential Oils and Aromatics" NAHA. Show all posts

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Input regarding Kindle, please.

I'm seeking some advice regarding the 2nd edition of my book, Essential Oils and Aromatics, from those of you who have read it, or those of you who use Kindle.

The distributor is sold out, Amazon and the other major outlets are sold out, the distributor says they have backorders for the book. The publisher refuses to even discuss a second printing. (Since the publisher also refuses to discuss total books sold, royalties due me contractually, etc., I wouldn't trust him to print another run anyway.) 

I am contemplating "self publishing" a second edition,  as well as putting the file together for Kindle.  I'm thinking that there might be some advantages to having it in an Ebook format, since it would be so easy to search for something.   (My Kindle is only a week old, so I am far from an expert on its use!)

At any rate - I can put the documentation file that I used when writing it together for Kindle.   And that same file would be the basis of the second edition.  But I have some decisions to make, and would love input.

If you have the first edition (and a lot of you do!) are there areas that you feel I should have covered that were omitted?  I know we have learned of a lot of new fixed oils and essential oils in the five years since it was originally written, so adding them is an obvious choice.  But are there areas that I skipped that should be included?

Also...if you are a KINDLE reader.  What I have so far is a text file.  Because all I've read so far on my Kindle were books that I wanted and couldn't find locally, and it was faster to download than to order from Amazon.  All novels; straight text.  The question now is, with a Kindle book, should I include graphics? Photographs similar to those in the book.  (The publisher retained copyright to the graphics, but I think most came from IStockPhoto and this time *I* would get to choose them!)

Two questions then:  What should be added to the book and whether a Kindle edition should be illustrated.

thank you!

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Book Review

Just received a copy of a review of my book, by The National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy.

I've been a member of NAHA for years and am delighted that they chose to review it.

"Compact style, easy to read, user format friendly and many beautiful images. An excellent book for anyone wanting to learn more about aromatherapy and as a beginner reference tool for educational aromatherapy training purposes."

Read more: http://www.naturesgift.com/NahaBookRevew.htm

Thanks, Kelly!