Digital Nightfall on 27/9/2008 at 07:22

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It's not finished yet, but progress is steady and the end is in sight. I am just unsure about what to do with it when it's done. At the moment, if it were formatted into a mass-market paperback, it would be around 1,000 pages long. However, it's less of a novel format and more of a serial format, and is currently broken up into 15 "episodes" which would range in length from 50 to 100 pages each. See to the poll options.

(I realise that there may be exactly ten people that will look at this post who are even slightly interested, and 9 of those are lurkers.)

There's actually four polls going on up there. It's a checkbox type poll, so if you want your vote to make sense, vote only once in each category.

Bookahiloc on 27/9/2008 at 09:10

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I would actually say publish it, because as a confirmed Bookaholic (which I actually am), I feel there's nothing like a tangible bundle of paper, and it's easier on the eyes than reading it on the computer.
On the other hand, I don't want to have to ask my parents to pay the massive delivery fee that's sure to ensue from you mailing a 1000 page long book from.... wherever you live... (I'm thinking America) all the way to my country. (which is in the Indo-Pak sector)
I suppose for convenience you could do it both as a paperback for those who can afford it, and a .doc/.pdf version for those who can't, but I say just go with what's easier for you. It enough that's you're actually doing it. We'll all find a way. :thumb:

Shadak on 28/9/2008 at 01:54

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I actually prefer digital nowadays. Holding a physical book is too much work! :laff: Seriously, last book I bought was paperback "Mass Effect: Ascension", but I also downloaded a txt file of it to read on my PDA, while the actual book has just sat on my bookshelf!

yoyamime on 28/9/2008 at 10:07

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That's awesome! If it's going to be anything like CorrespondenceOT then I'm waiting on the edge of my seat for this. So should everyone! :grr:

Tej on 28/9/2008 at 11:03

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That sounds like a lot of text for fan fiction. Not complaining, mind you. :)

Posting online is certainly a good way to go, all at once or, if it is not too much work for you, in weekly chunks. I don't know how others read this online, but if I was to choose (and I am certainly interested), I'd take a .doc (or .rtf), convert it into a .lit and read it on my PocketPC/Windows Mobile. The Palm guys might prefer a .pdf as they have a nice RepliGo. I guess it is trivial to make a .html from a .doc.

After this you will probably get a decent number of independent pair of eyes who would provide comments so that you can edit it and, if you so decide, go into tangible paper publishing.