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Kindle Fire. Apotheker out.  Lots and lots of big stories lately.

Me, I'm going to engage in a pre-emptive rant, and note two things A) There have been a lot of big tech stories, B) I'm hoping this doesn't turn out to be like the O.J. Trial (remember that?  I do, I'm old).

See one of my worries about tech news that with so many big stories, it's going to switch into Single Big Story Mode, whether there IS a Single Big Story or not.

Speaking as a person in his 40's, I remember when news was about a lot of stories.  Then came the entire O.J. Debacle, and the "regular" news got into the business of finding the Single Big Story.  If there wasn't one, they'd find one.  It's one of the contributors to current regular news . . . well kind of sucking really badly.

I'm a bit concerned it could happen to tech news.  We've had moments of Single Big Story, and I'm worried it could become a norm.

I'd really like to avoid that.  I don't think it's likely to happen.  But I have my moments of concern.

– Steven Savage

First, one of our previous interviewees has a brilliant idea Using Kickstarter to Fund Her Senior Collection.  Check out this unusual "Avant Gore" design – and make a pledge!

It also appears RIM is not giving up on tablets.

– Steven Savage

T-6 Days for the publshing of "Focused Fandom: Cosplay, Costuming, and Career."

Well, tonight I go and see if I can get the Kindle and ePub formatting together.  Applying all my hard-won past lessons (when the flashbacks weren't too much), I actually got things working pretty well.  The latest version of Jutoh runs smoothly, and if all goes well I'll end the evening with two rough formats.  The Kindle one should be good, the ePub may need slight tweaking depending on some Lulu ISBN changes.

The PDF?  That's easy.  Worst part there, ironicaly, is regular formatting to make it fit, well, the standard format.

So wish me luck.

I'm also getting review requests!  So if you want to review the book, contact me and let me know about your website, etc. and we'll talk.  Heck, I might have a Kindle/ePub version ready for you . . .

I also like the review requests as it keeps extending one of the awesome parts of doing this – meeting amazing people.  It's not just people to review my books, it's meeting folks with similar interests.

But now, I walk into the Valley of Formatting . . .

– Steven Savage