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Post by David A. Riley on Jul 10, 2010 15:47:59 GMT
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Post by Calenture on Jul 10, 2010 19:09:11 GMT
Finally I've had to start taking PayPal seriously - as I always have every other aspect of Filthy Creations. What I've put up is a basic button on a page linked hereI think I'll fiddle with it a bit. I was thinking of £2.25 for FC 6 (covering post) with an offer of FC 6 and TTMC 4 together for £3.00. I'll see if I can figure the rest out now. If other contributors can post to their own blogs when they get the magazines, that'll be great. I'll work a bit more on that PayPal button before I start promoting the magazine at other sites. The address of that PayPal page will remain the same. Only the pay link itself will be modified.
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Post by David A. Riley on Jul 10, 2010 20:49:31 GMT
Brilliant idea, Rog. I have put links to the PayPal page on my blog.
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Post by Calenture on Jul 10, 2010 21:45:25 GMT
Brilliant idea, Rog. I have put links to the PayPal page on my blog. Truth is, David, people have been telling me to do this for ages, but once the 'creative' bit of finding stories, writing and drawing was done, and - when I was printing at home - the onerous chore of actually printing... Once that was done, my attention switched almost straight away to getting the next one out. Finally I've seen sense and realised that I've been doing no-one any favours with that head-in-the-clouds attitude. Getting to grips with PayPal is tedious rather than difficult. I've just modified the page with details on TTMC 4 and another PayPal link. I still need to add a few text details and a reduced rate for the two magazines link. After that the real promotion can start, contacting reviewers, etc. As I've said, the modified page is still at the same address, but I'll post the link again filthycreations.yolasite.com/fc6.php
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Post by robertmammone on Jul 11, 2010 10:56:32 GMT
I've put up a post on my blog with the ordering details, plus as many links for the authors as I could find. Looking forward to reading this!
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Post by Calenture on Jul 11, 2010 18:22:02 GMT
Thanks Rob, I've just been fiddling with the PayPal page again. We decided £3.50 (including post) was reasonable for the two magazines together as a special offer. We never hoped to make money with these mags; these prices are aimed at just covering some of the cost and gauging what interest is out there. Who knows? Perhaps we'll be pleasantly surprised. The pay page now has options for buying either magazine or both together. The big text looks a bit in-your-face, maybe I'll modify it again; but the important details are clear, I think. Here's the link again: filthycreations.yolasite.com/fc6.phpIt occurs to me that copying that entire page and pasting it into Blogger or Multiply would be dead easy. But I think MySpace would be a waste of time - the links would be sabotaged. A different page needs to be made for the various forums, so I'll be onto that next. I wish I could test the PayPal links, but apparently I'd need a business account to test it through PayPal's 'Sandbox'. Edit: I've posted a link to Facebook, as that Yola site gives you the option to announce updates that way when you publish new pages to the web. Edit 2: I've added the page to Blogger: ahaunteddollshouse.blogspot.com/Not as straight forward as I expected, as I had to remove the code for the table that I'd used at the Yola site. I then tried doing the same thing at the Multiply blog... but that one doesn't like the PayPal code at all, so I'll have to use a new approach there and just put links to the paypage... ho hum.
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Post by blackabyss on Jul 12, 2010 9:51:44 GMT
Have also put a post on Tales From The Black Abyss. Thanks Rog for all your hard work, I consider it an honour and a privilege to be published in such fine company ;D
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jul 12, 2010 10:19:29 GMT
Like wise. I've put it up on facebook and heavenmakers.com
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Post by Calenture on Jul 12, 2010 16:29:03 GMT
Hmm... just made our first sale. Both Magazines. More sent out today. Got a blog at Blog City (I remembered that Des had some there). Needs work, though, as it won't take the PayPal link without modifying the HTML.
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Post by David Kartos on Jul 12, 2010 22:16:20 GMT
Cal , I was wondering how much it would cost you to send me my copy . International shipping and whatnot .
Also congratulations on the first sale , I shall probably try advertising you on the chrons .
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Post by Dr Terror on Jul 12, 2010 23:35:26 GMT
I've tweeted about it on Twitter, and mentioned it on Facebook...
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Post by Calenture on Jul 13, 2010 0:37:17 GMT
Just a quick reply 'cos it's getting late...
Charles, your copy is in the post, and thanks.
Lobo, you are still due your contributor's copy of TTMC, so that will go to you anyway, and we'll have some idea of postage after that. Maybe it'll be better to send both together.
I'll try posting that edited version of The Last Jew in a PM if you haven't got it yet. It might take more than one PM, not sure.
There's a last bundle of contributors copies of both FC 6 and TTMC 4 packed and ready for posting tomorrow.
Best to all,
Rog
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Post by David Kartos on Jul 13, 2010 11:08:10 GMT
Thanks Cal , I'll look over it . About the newest story , I probably should include a few "crooked nose" references . One thing , my name is David Kartaš (Kartas because of your silly american keyboards) , if you would send it on my adress under the name in the story it might not get sent
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Post by Dr Terror on Jul 13, 2010 23:09:55 GMT
Package arrived today; thanks Rog! I shall be emailing you.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jul 14, 2010 11:19:06 GMT
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