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Mike Spinak
- PublicFor those who missed this before, the print edition of my book Growing Up Humming is now available in the U.S. through Amazon. You can get it, here:
http://www.amazon.com/Growing-Up-Humming-Mike-Spinak/dp/1480165220/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351789932&sr=8-1&keywords=growing+up+humming
Here's what people are saying about it:
“It’s such a wonderful book!”...
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Here's what people are saying about it:
“It’s such a wonderful book!”...
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Mike Spinak
- PublicLast night, I dreamed I was writing. I dreamed this vividly enough that I was able to remember and write down what I "dream wrote" when I woke up. (Yes, it was usable quality.) This happens to me fairly often, when I spend some time writing before i go to bed, and when I think about what I'm writing as I fall asleep.
Does this ever happen to you?
#NaNoWriMo
Does this ever happen to you?
#NaNoWriMo
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I once dreamed a movement of a symphony. Seriously. (And I have training as a composer, so this was real.) It was really good. However, I couldn't remember a note of it when I awoke! ;-)
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Mike Spinak
- PublicHere's a splendid photo by +Wayne Marinovich. He has a lot of nice photos. Go to his page and take a look.
Fallow Deer silhouette
Taken in the last deer rut as I sat one cold morning and waited for something to happen. This fallow Deer stag just walked across in front of be as waited for the Red Deer to become active. He was watching a walker with a dog very carefully and didn't notice me for quit a while.
www.wmarinovich.com
#deer #bushypark #london #marinovich #wildlife #photography #nature #hqspanimals
+HQSP Animals
For #plusphotoextract by +Jarek Klimek
Taken in the last deer rut as I sat one cold morning and waited for something to happen. This fallow Deer stag just walked across in front of be as waited for the Red Deer to become active. He was watching a walker with a dog very carefully and didn't notice me for quit a while.
www.wmarinovich.com
#deer #bushypark #london #marinovich #wildlife #photography #nature #hqspanimals
+HQSP Animals
For #plusphotoextract by +Jarek Klimek
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Wayne Marinovich
+Nils Rehmann Thanks Nils. Will definitely have a look. Bookmarked the blog so will check in regularly ..really need to upskill on Google reader...
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Mike Spinak
- PublicBlack-Crowned Night Heron Nest with Parent, Chick, and Egg
Here's a black-crowned night heron nest with a parent, chick, and egg, from Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California. I hope you enjoy it.
Have a great weekend.
Here's a black-crowned night heron nest with a parent, chick, and egg, from Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California. I hope you enjoy it.
Have a great weekend.
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Mike Spinak
- PublicHas anyone here tried selling a photo e-Book through Kindle Direct Publishing?
I'd be interested to hear the details about the decisions you made, and your results, in terms of dealing with (or not dealing with) the costs per megabyte of file size through KDP Select.
Thank you.
I'd be interested to hear the details about the decisions you made, and your results, in terms of dealing with (or not dealing with) the costs per megabyte of file size through KDP Select.
Thank you.
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Real Object eBooks
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+Mike Spinak for a photo book you're going to want to have your book formatted as a fixed-layout eBook.
Like a PDF, you'll have control of where each element lives on the page, but you'll also have searchable text, like a regular epub/mobi file. Though many eReading devices are able to read a PDF, most distribution options (Kindle, etc), require epub/mobi files (they may accept other file types for submission, but put them through an automated conversion process to create the epub/mobi file).
It sounds like the problem you experienced came from uploading your PDF through the Kindle conversion process, which would attempt to turn your file into a standard reflowable eBook. Fixed-layout has to be converted by hand into the necessary HTML/CSS file format.
Though another option is to use Apple's iBooks Author. Be sure to note that use of iBooks Author software means agreeing to only offer the resulting eBook (or, iBook, rather!) for sale on Apple's iBooks. I believe you can use the file elsewhere, but only if you offer it for free. It's been a bit of a controversy for that reason!
Hope this helps!
Like a PDF, you'll have control of where each element lives on the page, but you'll also have searchable text, like a regular epub/mobi file. Though many eReading devices are able to read a PDF, most distribution options (Kindle, etc), require epub/mobi files (they may accept other file types for submission, but put them through an automated conversion process to create the epub/mobi file).
It sounds like the problem you experienced came from uploading your PDF through the Kindle conversion process, which would attempt to turn your file into a standard reflowable eBook. Fixed-layout has to be converted by hand into the necessary HTML/CSS file format.
Though another option is to use Apple's iBooks Author. Be sure to note that use of iBooks Author software means agreeing to only offer the resulting eBook (or, iBook, rather!) for sale on Apple's iBooks. I believe you can use the file elsewhere, but only if you offer it for free. It's been a bit of a controversy for that reason!
Hope this helps!
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Mike Spinak
- Public+Beth Akerman and the women of How We See It have teamed up with +Ivan Makarov and Photographers for Good to bring you a charity print fundraiser, to benefit the NOW! Love your Body Foundation. I've contributed this Sleeping California Sea Lions, 2 photo to the charity print fundraiser.
You can find it, along with many wonderful pictures by many other wonderful photographers, here:
http://www.photographersforgood.com/Print-Sale/The-NOW-Love-Your-Body/26133802_sHf8Dp#!i=2172081837&k=7FDK9TL&lb=1&s=A
You can find it, along with many wonderful pictures by many other wonderful photographers, here:
http://www.photographersforgood.com/Print-Sale/The-NOW-Love-Your-Body/26133802_sHf8Dp#!i=2172081837&k=7FDK9TL&lb=1&s=A
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Mike Spinak
- PublicMany of you have asked when my new book, Growing Up Humming, would be available in print. As of today, it's now available in the U.S. through Amazon. You can get it, here:
http://www.amazon.com/Growing-Up-Humming-Mike-Spinak/dp/1480165220/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1351789932&sr=8-1&keywords=growing+up+humming
Here's what people are saying about it:
"The book is charming and very informative. I would be enthralled...
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Here's what people are saying about it:
"The book is charming and very informative. I would be enthralled...
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Mike Spinak
- PublicMonterey Paintbrush
Here's a Monterey paintbrush (Castilleja latifolia) from Point Lobos State Beach. I hope you enjoy it.
I'm posting this for the new theme #DailyDepthofField , curated by +Nuraini Ghaifullah, +Vince Ong, and +Daily Depth Of Field.
Here's a Monterey paintbrush (Castilleja latifolia) from Point Lobos State Beach. I hope you enjoy it.
I'm posting this for the new theme #DailyDepthofField , curated by +Nuraini Ghaifullah, +Vince Ong, and +Daily Depth Of Field.
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5DM3 is a WONDERFUL camera.
+Amy Heiden recently "took one for the team" via a full-force ocean wave, and her camera came out fine.
I call that a great litmus test. :)
+Amy Heiden recently "took one for the team" via a full-force ocean wave, and her camera came out fine.
I call that a great litmus test. :)
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Mike Spinak
- PublicCrushed Sedges and Fern in Melting Snow
Here's Crushed Sedges and Fern in melting Snow, from the first snows in Yosemite National Park, a few years ago. I hope you enjoy it.
Here's Crushed Sedges and Fern in melting Snow, from the first snows in Yosemite National Park, a few years ago. I hope you enjoy it.
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