Hi there!

I was bored in my store today since I have received no customer whatsoever. Therefore, I have
deceided to publish a post in [my site](http://www.richardfalken.com) regarding my plans with the
Necromancer stories.

To begin with, in case you have not read it yet, I have decided to call the series *The Worth of
Immortality*, after discussing it with my fans.

I have prety much ditched the subscription model (for reasons explained in the post). I plan to
build up an online store and put the stories up there alonside some other works I have published
elsewhere already.

If you haven't done so, you can check the cover art I have made for the first short story I intend
to publish.

Don't fiorget to check my gophersite. I added a lot of perl cruft to it, so articles are more easy
to read and there is less formatting in the way. Perl cruft is the best cruft, and let nobody tell
you otherwise.

Cheers!
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Re: Publishing plans for 2020
By: Arelor to All on Sat Nov 07 2020 06:12 am

I was bored in my store today since I have received no customer whatsoever.

You have a brick and mortar store? What do you sell at the store?

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Re: Publishing plans for 2020
By: HusTler to Arelor on Sun Nov 08 2020 08:20 am

Re: Publishing plans for 2020
By: Arelor to All on Sat Nov 07 2020 06:12 am

I was bored in my store today since I have received no customer whatsoeve

You have a brick and mortar store? What do you sell at the store?

Yes, in addition to the sysadmining job I have a brick¨ and mortar place + an online store.

It is a parapharmacy, but I focus on the stuff the doctors in the clinic I work in recommends to patients. So essentially, the doctors can tell the people to go to my store since I guarantee I'll have the items they want the patients to use.

The business came up because doctors would prescribe certain specific formulations (say, Zinc Gluconate 70), patients would go to a pharmacy, and the clerk there would sell them whatever the most similar product they had instead of the prescribed one (say, Protectium or whatever thing that happened to have some Zinc in it).

Mostly I have Colagen formulations, vitamins, minerals and such. Also a big section for personal hygiene - since dermathologists want to recommend some specific products for skin care too.

Business is not doing great because people is going broke :-( but so far it covers expenses and gives some extra income to me. It would not make a living for me on its own though.
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To begin with, in case you have not read it yet, I have decided to call the series *The Worth of
Immortality*, after discussing it with my fans.

Was this part of the short stories that you had me review?

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Re: Re: Publishing plans for 2020
By: Ogg to Arelor on Sun Nov 08 2020 07:25 pm

To begin with, in case you have not read it yet, I have decided to call t series *The Worth of
Immortality*, after discussing it with my fans.

Was this part of the short stories that you had me review?

Yeah, pretty much :-P
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call t series *The Worth of
Immortality*, after discussing it with my fans.

Was this part of the short stories that you had me review?

Yeah, pretty much :-P
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BTW.. I just noticed, that I am using the OverbiteWX extension in Firefox for Gopher.

This is how I see your page:

http://pics.rsh.ru/img/gopherrf_mw77h6gx.jpg

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Re: Re: Publishing plans for 2020
By: Ogg to Arelor on Tue Nov 10 2020 07:45 am

call t series *The Worth of
Immortality*, after discussing it with my fans.

Was this part of the short stories that you had me review?

Yeah, pretty much :-P
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BTW.. I just noticed, that I am using the OverbiteWX extension in Firefox for Gopher.

This is how I see your page:

http://pics.rsh.ru/img/gopherrf_mw77h6gx.jpg

Thanks for the pic.

That is certainly how it is intended to be :-)
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Re: Publishing plans for 2020
By: Arelor to All on Sat Nov 07 2020 06:12 am


Hi there once again!

I did a lot of work on Richard Falken's Bookstore today. I think most of the code is ready! I have to test the site before putting it to production, though. I am going to have gift voucher functions , discount coupons and everything built in. Most important, it is going to have tales about zombies with blasters, curators that fiddle with terrorism, and horse headed war machines.

I am so excited. I am aiming at having something functional online by this weekend. I guess I will populate the site with some preorders, since getting the stories ready for sale is going to take time. I am very methodical and always check the epub's code manually...

Stay tuned!
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Re: Publishing plans for 2020
By: Arelor to All on Sat Nov 07 2020 06:12 am


Oh yeah, the store for my short stories and novels is nearly there.

Early tests look promising. I have uploaded some ebooks full of horse pictures for testing and so far it works great.

Gift cards also work. Maybe I can make it into Christmass campaign even.

I know I am only gonna sell three stories or so, but this is so much fun :-P
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Re: Publishing plans for 2020
By: Arelor to All on Sat Nov 07 2020 06:12 am

Hey there!

I have just put the store online. Fucking awesome!

The official announcement is here: http://www.richardfalken.com/2020/11/The-Store-is-Online.html

I have placed some items as pre-orders over there. I have a lot of stuff in my portfolio, but getting it edited and formated takes time and I am really pushed against it right now.

The site should work fine, but since it is very new I am taking any feedback I can get.

Happy reading!
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Arelor wrote to All <=-

Re: Publishing plans for 2020
By: Arelor to All on Sat Nov 07 2020 06:12 am

Hey there!

I have just put the store online. Fucking awesome!

The official announcement is here: http://www.richardfalken.com/2020/11/The-Store-is-Online.html

I have placed some items as pre-orders over there. I have a lot
of stuff in my portfolio, but getting it edited and formated
takes time and I am really pushed against it right now.

The site should work fine, but since it is very new I am taking
any feedback I can get.

Congrats, looks good!



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Re: Re: Publishing plans for 2020
By: Gamgee to Arelor on Sat Nov 14 2020 08:59 am

The official announcement is here: http://www.richardfalken.com/2020/11/The-Store-is-Online.html

Congrats, looks good!

Thanks, man!

You know, setting the site up was supposed so be climatic, but my family managed to ruin the moment for me :-(

Still I am happy with the end result. I am formatting High Tech Necromancy for publication right now. Let's see how the showdown between the mechanical assasin squad and Earth's commander-in-chief goes, shall we?
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Hello Arelor!

** On Saturday 14.11.20 - 06:27, arelor wrote to All:

I have just put the store online. Fucking awesome!

The official announcement is here: http://www.richardfalken.com/2020/11/The-Store-is-Online.html

That's the idea. Good to see you announcing, informing, and
offering an option to purchase/download immediatley.

Wanna do that for my 15,000 qty inventory of books? I need it
done before yesterday. LOL




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Hello Arelor!

** On Saturday 14.11.20 - 12:42, arelor wrote to Gamgee:

Congrats, looks good!

Thanks, man!

You know, setting the site up was supposed so be climatic, but my family managed to ruin the moment for me :-(

Family can be cruel and go "Meh!".

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Re: Re: Publishing plans for 2020
By: Ogg to All on Thu Nov 19 2020 08:24 am

Hello Arelor!

** On Saturday 14.11.20 - 06:27, arelor wrote to All:

I have just put the store online. Fucking awesome!

The official announcement is here: http://www.richardfalken.com/2020/11/The-Store-is-Online.html

That's the idea. Good to see you announcing, informing, and
offering an option to purchase/download immediatley.

Wanna do that for my 15,000 qty inventory of books? I need it
done before yesterday. LOL

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It sounds like fun to me.

I am not a selfish person. I want you to have all that fun.
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Hello Arelor!

** On Thursday 19.11.20 - 12:03, arelor wrote to Ogg:

Wanna do that for my 15,000 qty inventory of books? I need it
done before yesterday. LOL

It sounds like fun to me.

I am not a selfish person. I want you to have all that fun.

I am willing to share the fun, and watch the progress of your
mastery of code.

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Hello Arelor!

** On Thursday 19.11.20 - 11:03, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

I have just put the store online. Fucking awesome!

The official announcement is here:
http://www.richardfalken.com/2020/11/The-Store-is-Online.html

Are you getting pretty good activity since last time?

Wanna do that for my 15,000 qty inventory of books? I need it
done before yesterday. LOL

It sounds like fun to me.

I am not a selfish person. I want you to have all that fun.

There was a rather large used-books shop several years ago, that
made a rather big splash cataloguing their entire inventory on
Abebooks, nearly 500,000 titles.. and then within three years of
that, shut down. That seemed unusual and sad. I rather enjoyed
scoping out (ie, spying) their content, and even place a few
orders every once in a while. So, the online presence did not
bring them enough biz to justify the ongoing Abebooks fees.

Myself included.. I had a modicum of titles listed on Abebooks..
and over time, the frequency of sales from that channel declined.

But there are about two other alternative places, including eBay,
that could work for me.


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Re: Publishing plans for 2020
By: Ogg to Arelor on Wed Jan 06 2021 04:58 pm

Hello Arelor!

** On Thursday 19.11.20 - 11:03, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

I have just put the store online. Fucking awesome!

The official announcement is here:
http://www.richardfalken.com/2020/11/The-Store-is-Online.html

Are you getting pretty good activity since last time?

Wanna do that for my 15,000 qty inventory of books? I need it
done before yesterday. LOL

It sounds like fun to me.

I am not a selfish person. I want you to have all that fun.

There was a rather large used-books shop several years ago, that
made a rather big splash cataloguing their entire inventory on
Abebooks, nearly 500,000 titles.. and then within three years of
that, shut down. That seemed unusual and sad. I rather enjoyed
scoping out (ie, spying) their content, and even place a few
orders every once in a while. So, the online presence did not
bring them enough biz to justify the ongoing Abebooks fees.

Myself included.. I had a modicum of titles listed on Abebooks..
and over time, the frequency of sales from that channel declined.

But there are about two other alternative places, including eBay,
that could work for me.

Well, I wrote The Revenge of the Electronic Kid, which is still pending revision (and hence not mentioned online). I haven't managed to do a lot with The Flaming Wrath of  relor since the the beginning of the year, but I am
still ahead of schedule. I have been too busy fulfilling a Linux News Media assignment which I just got finished yesterday.

I plan on retaking The Flaming Wrath of  relor this afternoon.

I used to be a BIG Abebooks customer. However, they seem not to be as great as they used to be. Being purchased by Amazon didn't do them well.

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But there are about two other alternative places, including eBay,
that could work for me.

I used to be a BIG Abebooks customer. However, they seem not to be as great as they used to be. Being purchased by Amazon didn't do them well.

There still seems to be quite a few bookstores represented by Abe. The defiant holdouts? There seems to be 459 sellers in Spain. Many are probably on-line only.

For me $25USD/mo just to be listed, was not worth it at one point. I don't like the shAmazon affiliation, so I am not going back.

I like the ethic of libro.fm. Although they are just audio books, they provide a website presence for me, as well as this thing:

https://bookstorelink.com/

It's a great way for people to find an independent bookshop that is local to them, and the purchase supports that shop! USA & Canada only at this time.

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Re: Re: Publishing plans for 2020
By: Ogg to Arelor on Thu Jan 07 2021 11:56 am

I used to be a BIG Abebooks customer. However, they seem not to be as gre as they used to be. Being purchased by Amazon didn't do them well.

There still seems to be quite a few bookstores represented by Abe. The defia holdouts? There seems to be 459 sellers in Spain. Many are probably on-lin only.

For me $25USD/mo just to be listed, was not worth it at one point. I don't l the shAmazon affiliation, so I am not going back.

I don t say they are doing worse as a business, but they provide less of a serice than they used to.

Back in the day you could buy 10 books from a single seller and you paid for the delivery once. Now they bill you as if each book was shipped in a separate package.

It is still cost efficient if the cost of the book is very low. Say, if each book is worth 5 cents and you are paying 5 bucks delivery, you are getting the book for 5,05 bucks which is not that bad. The problem is, the bookseller is making crap out of that deal.

If you complain about their 25USD/month, you weren't there when it was 40-something.

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Hello Arelor!

** On Thursday 07.01.21 - 15:58, Arelor wrote to Ogg:

For me $25USD/mo just to be listed, was not worth it at one point. I don't
l the shAmazon affiliation, so I am not going back.

I don t say they are doing worse as a business, but they provide less of a serice than they used to.

Back in the day you could buy 10 books from a single seller and you paid for the delivery once. Now they bill you as if each book was shipped in a separate package.

Many sellers still have that. When you select "Destination,
rates & speeds", the pop-up window has the price for the "First
book: C$ x.xx, and then, "Additional books from same seller: C$
x.xx"

The rate for addtional items are often a bit lower, but not THAT
much lower. :( But, the feature is still there to the seller if
they want to configure it. It's not Abe's doing if the lower rate
is not there.

It is still cost efficient if the cost of the book is very low. Say, if each book is worth 5 cents and you are paying 5 bucks delivery, you are getting the book for 5,05 bucks which is not that bad. The problem is, the bookseller is making crap out of that deal.

That's the way I look at it. When I find books for people, my
cost price obviously includes the shipping. I simply add a small
percentage for the task of research, handling and payment
processing.

If you complain about their 25USD/month, you weren't there when it was 40-something.

It's a tiered payment stucture. The lowest tier is $25USD/mo for
up to 500 titles. The most I ever listed was about 400. Looking
at the subscription fees, no wonder the seller that posted in the
150,001 - 500,000 range could probably not sustain the $400/mo
for too long.


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