I have just published my first eBook on Ravelry.
My “Celtic Knot Coasters ebook” Never sure whether I should capitalise the ‘B’ in eBook or not.
It pulls together all my present Celtic Coaster patterns
plus my more recent Triquetra Knot Coaster as a bonus pattern.
And I have even made three sales.
I put a lot of work into the ebook though it is pdf format not epub as that is the only format Ravelry allows. Mind you, when I experimented with saving the patterns as an epub file I found that it does funny things to the pictures so pdf is more satisfactory.
I included print friendly (i.e. no photographs) versions at the end of the book but did a bit of editing of the patterns, mainly language, before it was concluded so I hope I changed everything in step.
Oh Wow! well done! I have been wondering about making an eBook of my wigs, but now it will take a long and focussed time. Full of admiration Jane!!!!!
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Yes it did take a lot of work. Especially as I proof read it and then decided I could improve on the original patterns in small, mainly linguistic ways. I did it for the fun and the challenge though.
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How wonderful for you. I am so glad you were able to do this and hope sales pick up. I know alot of folks look at this type of crochet and shake their heads as too hard… .. now with your book, it might be easier for tehm.
Diane
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The original Celtic Coasters pattern is my most popular but I thought it would be fun to give people the chance to have all my Celtic Knot coaster patterns in one place.
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That is FANTASTIC, well done 🙂
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Thank you!It is fun to try new things.
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Ooh very nice and congratulations on your sales.
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I am not expecting to sell great numbers as most people just seem to want the original Celtic coaster but it was fun to sell some straightaway. I expect it was because the Triqutra coaster appeared on Ravelry’s recent list.
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Congratulations, I am sure it will be a triumph.
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Well I am pleased with it and pleased to have done it. I did show an early version to my daughter and she thought it looked okay – not that she crochets!
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Well done! I’m impressed.
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Thank you! I enjoyed merging the patterns into a book with a contents page and links.
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I don’t normally purchase books anymore as there are so many free patterns to choose from. But I wish to be an encouragement to a fellow craftsman who has more guts than me… to put it all together in a book!
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I know what you mean about free patterns. I look for them first though I have paid for some special ones. I try to make my patterns moderately priced and I do feel people are paying for the effort of making a pdf. I also have free ones that are just in posts and less checked.
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