#1 bestseller (sort of)

[julesjones]

It won't last very long, but right now The Syndicate is #1 on Amazon UK's bestseller lists for gay fiction and gay erotica...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/books/275854/ref=pd_zg_hrsr_b_1_5_last

I need to learn how to make a jpeg of that so I can post the evidence for after it's dropped out (which will probably take all of two hours).

ETA: the_magician has done me one in the comments. :-)

Comments

let's see if this works ....

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

Click on image for larger sized version.

Re: let's see if this works ....

[julesjones]

Hee.:-) Thanks for that, much appreciated. I'm going to do a "save as full page" on the site itself, but I don't know how to frame grab. Really ought to learn...

Screen capture

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

... don't know how you do it on a Mac or Linux, but on the PC it's Alt+PrintScrn (PrtScr on some keyboards) which is next to the Scroll Lock button for the current active window, and Ctrl+PrintScrn for the entire screen.

I just then paste it into PaintShopPro to edit, or you can paste directly into things like Microsoft Word if you're writing manuals/instructions.

Re: Screen capture

[julesjones]

Ta. Haven't used it regularly since I was on DOS, so wasn't sure how to access the PrtScr in XP.

Re: Screen capture

[random-c.livejournal.com]

ctrl-shift-3 or ctrl-shift-4 to draw a box and grab the contents of that.

ctrl-shift-3 or ctrl-shift-4 to draw a box and grab the contents of that.

[the-magician.livejournal.com]

that doesn't seem to work on my XP box ... are you sure that's a standard Windows feature?

Doing a quick google, it appears to be a Mac set of keys ...

... and there's "xwd" for X11 based Linux/Unix desktops

Re: ctrl-shift-3 or ctrl-shift-4 to draw a box and grab the contents of that.

[random-c.livejournal.com]

Yes, IIRC (doing this via flaky vnc) I was replying to someone saying 'don't know about macs' or something.

Re: Screen capture

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Excellent, I'll put that in my Memories! I can never remember how to screengrab when I need it.

[random-c.livejournal.com]

...you only sold two this morning. I know this because the available stock *was* 4 last I looked.

[julesjones]

I know. I'd looked at the amazon page in order to get the url to put on irc. It gives me a certain amount of amusement to be #1 (briefly) on the strength of two copies. :-)

[green-knight.livejournal.com]

Fucking heck, did you check the 'used and new' listings?

You've made it. Any book that doesn't start at three cents (I always feel sorry for those writers, even though I tend to buy them - and yes, I know the vendors make money on the shipping and handling side) but at a respectable £5,68 must be good. Cast your eyes to the high price.

Used - Very good: £52.46

*Someone* thinks you're worth it.

[julesjones]

That's just some scraperbot that posts high prices on relatively scarce books in the hope that someone will be stupid enough to bite. They don't even have a copy in stock, usually.

But the starting price on the used copies, when they're genuinely available, is pretty pleasing. It's partly a function of it being a small press book and thus not many copies out there to begin with, but given that the book is readily available new it suggests that there's a definite "will pay more than peanuts" second-hand market. Though the US used price has dropped quite a bit in the last couple of months, as more copies come onto the market.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Woo hoo! Congratuations! Enjoy that feeling of euphoria, even if topping the list is only temporary. :)