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[round]

I'd be happy to pay $10 for a PDF version, but unfortunately I cannot STAND Kindle ebooks, even if I can use them on my computer. Would you consider selling a PDF version?

Hi,

May I ask a question? What is wrong with the Kindle format? Thanks.

Even I was going to ask about the same, anyways the book will also be available on google books

That's great.!!!!! Please inform us after your book is available on google books. Thanks a lot.!!!

I am also planning to sell it through kobo

Hi, what format of ebook will be sold on kobo? Thanks..!

[AdityaKale]

I'd be happy to pay $10 for a PDF version, but unfortunately I cannot STAND Kindle ebooks, even if I can use them on my computer. Would you consider selling a PDF version?

Hi,

May I ask a question? What is wrong with the Kindle format? Thanks.

I just can't stand that I have to have it tied down with DRM. I don't like the idea of having it tied to an account permanently, and that I have to install software specifically to read books of this format on each device I want to read it on. PDF is perfect for me - portable and universal. Packt PDF books are watermarked with your personal details (name, email address, house address, etc) to discourage people from pirating them, but still they work without limitations on any device that is compatible with PDF.

I actually bought the B&W print version of Aditya's book from Amazon. It is enormous - like a Yellow Pages - but for the money is good value. It has large text and TONS of screenshots, and I think it would benefit from being organized a bit clearer, but for the money it is a good buy for a beginner like me.

Thanks for your suggestion , I will try to organize the screen shots better in my next book

Hello,

Is this next book about GameMaker? Or about another game making software? Thanks.

The next book is about Wintermute Game Development

[AdityaKale]

I'd be happy to pay $10 for a PDF version, but unfortunately I cannot STAND Kindle ebooks, even if I can use them on my computer. Would you consider selling a PDF version?

Hi,

May I ask a question? What is wrong with the Kindle format? Thanks.

Even I was going to ask about the same, anyways the book will also be available on google books

That's great.!!!!! Please inform us after your book is available on google books. Thanks a lot.!!!

I am also planning to sell it through kobo

Hi, what format of ebook will be sold on kobo? Thanks..!

May be ePUB I dont know exactly , since I have to publish it in September I will research about it only after 15th August

[AdityaKale]

I'd be happy to pay $10 for a PDF version, but unfortunately I cannot STAND Kindle ebooks, even if I can use them on my computer. Would you consider selling a PDF version?

Hi,

May I ask a question? What is wrong with the Kindle format? Thanks.

I just can't stand that I have to have it tied down with DRM. I don't like the idea of having it tied to an account permanently, and that I have to install software specifically to read books of this format on each device I want to read it on. PDF is perfect for me - portable and universal. Packt PDF books are watermarked with your personal details (name, email address, house address, etc) to discourage people from pirating them, but still they work without limitations on any device that is compatible with PDF.

I actually bought the B&W print version of Aditya's book from Amazon. It is enormous - like a Yellow Pages - but for the money is good value. It has large text and TONS of screenshots, and I think it would benefit from being organized a bit clearer, but for the money it is a good buy for a beginner like me.

Could you please write the same review on Amazon.com

[Funk E. Gamez]

It just so happens I have Amazon Prime so I skimmed over it a little.

This might be useful for beginners who learn well from reading books. Of course, personally I'm well past the beginner stage and I'm a kinesthetic learner anyway, so this probably never would have helped me. (Not to mention even $10 is a bit much when you can get a great amount of tutorials and examples on here for free.) I found a lot of the images were quite unnecessary, and almost insulting to human intelligence. (For example, 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% progress bar... Really?)

Also, I have published via Lulu, Google Books/Google Play, and Amazon KDP. Your formatting is a little inconsistent throughout. (For example, sometimes there are 2 blank lines after a title in the table of contents, other times it's just one. Or it could be the font size.) I would also suggest using page breaks. Even though eBooks don't really use page numbers, it still looks nicer if titles are at the top of the page.

One more thing: Your cover is awful. Sorry to be a downer, but really... It would be better to have a plain cover with just text than a game using the default GM resources, and not even sized to the same aspect ratio as a normal book cover. It doesn't even have to be a real game on the cover. You can just make some semi-decent graphics (or have somebody else make them who doesn't mind you taking ownership of them and selling the book without them receiving profit), and just make a mock-up game for the cover. It will make it MUCH more appealing, as that's the first thing that draws one's attention to a book.

[AdityaKale]

It just so happens I have Amazon Prime so I skimmed over it a little.

This might be useful for beginners who learn well from reading books. Of course, personally I'm well past the beginner stage and I'm a kinesthetic learner anyway, so this probably never would have helped me. (Not to mention even $10 is a bit much when you can get a great amount of tutorials and examples on here for free.) I found a lot of the images were quite unnecessary, and almost insulting to human intelligence. (For example, 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% progress bar... Really?)

Also, I have published via Lulu, Google Books/Google Play, and Amazon KDP. Your formatting is a little inconsistent throughout. (For example, sometimes there are 2 blank lines after a title in the table of contents, other times it's just one. Or it could be the font size.) I would also suggest using page breaks. Even though eBooks don't really use page numbers, it still looks nicer if titles are at the top of the page.

One more thing: Your cover is awful. Sorry to be a downer, but really... It would be better to have a plain cover with just text than a game using the default GM resources, and not even sized to the same aspect ratio as a normal book cover. It doesn't even have to be a real game on the cover. You can just make some semi-decent graphics (or have somebody else make them who doesn't mind you taking ownership of them and selling the book without them receiving profit), and just make a mock-up game for the cover. It will make it MUCH more appealing, as that's the first thing that draws one's attention to a book.

Sir,
Thank you for your frank and sincere comments on the book. I highly appreciate them . I have noted them for my future endeavors and I guess the formatting errors are due to improper conversion while uploading on amazon.com as you have published via Amazon please let me know how to get rid off file conversion errors which may have crept in

Edited by AdityaKale, 07 August 2012 - 05:46 PM.

[AdityaKale]

Not bad, being 16.
I'm worried about the price though, not many GM users have the money for that. (even if it's a small amount.)

Basics Of Game Maker ( Black and White ) now available for $17 instead of $20 navigate to the link https://www.createspace.com/3908974 , Add Basics Of Game Maker to your cart , a new window would appear which would contain a text box for entering discount codes at the bottom enter the code ZJ7V5SVL for a $3 discount ,
similarly Basics Of Game Maker (Color) now available for $60 instead of $65 , navigate to the link https://www.createspace.com/3821618 , follow the same procedure mentioned above and enter the discount code 94YFFMEM for a $5 discount

Edited by AdityaKale, 01 September 2012 - 10:51 AM.

[AdityaKale]

Not bad, being 16.
I'm worried about the price though, not many GM users have the money for that. (even if it's a small amount.)

Basics Of Game Maker ( Black and White ) now available for $17 instead of $20 navigate to the link https://www.createspace.com/3908974 , Add Basics Of Game Maker to your cart , a new window would appear which would contain a text box for entering discount codes at the bottom enter the code ZJ7V5SVL for a $3 discount ,
similarly Basics Of Game Maker (Color) now available for $60 instead of $65 , navigate to the link https://www.createspace.com/3821618 , follow the same procedure mentioned above and enter the discount code 94YFFMEM for a $5 discount

If anyone has used these discounts please inform me , since this is the first time I have introduced discounts but I couldn't try myself so I would like to hear the readers response

[AdityaKale]

It just so happens I have Amazon Prime so I skimmed over it a little.

This might be useful for beginners who learn well from reading books. Of course, personally I'm well past the beginner stage and I'm a kinesthetic learner anyway, so this probably never would have helped me. (Not to mention even $10 is a bit much when you can get a great amount of tutorials and examples on here for free.) I found a lot of the images were quite unnecessary, and almost insulting to human intelligence. (For example, 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% progress bar... Really?)

Also, I have published via Lulu, Google Books/Google Play, and Amazon KDP. Your formatting is a little inconsistent throughout. (For example, sometimes there are 2 blank lines after a title in the table of contents, other times it's just one. Or it could be the font size.) I would also suggest using page breaks. Even though eBooks don't really use page numbers, it still looks nicer if titles are at the top of the page.

One more thing: Your cover is awful. Sorry to be a downer, but really... It would be better to have a plain cover with just text than a game using the default GM resources, and not even sized to the same aspect ratio as a normal book cover. It doesn't even have to be a real game on the cover. You can just make some semi-decent graphics (or have somebody else make them who doesn't mind you taking ownership of them and selling the book without them receiving profit), and just make a mock-up game for the cover. It will make it MUCH more appealing, as that's the first thing that draws one's attention to a book.

It is OK if it wasn't of much use to you but there are people who read it , recently someone purchased 35 copies of the $65 colored version

Edited by AdityaKale, 05 September 2012 - 06:01 PM.

[TheProgramingTeacher]

good job man i'm 16 too and i know how much pain you have to go through to make something like that writting a 450+ pages book that's amazing when i have money i'll definitely buy a copy

[Futhark]

If anyone has used these discounts please inform me , since this is the first time I have introduced discounts but I couldn't try myself so I would like to hear the readers response

Yup, works like a charm!

[AdityaKale]

If anyone has used these discounts please inform me , since this is the first time I have introduced discounts but I couldn't try myself so I would like to hear the readers response

Yup, works like a charm!

Have you purchased the black & white book or the colored book using these discount codes ?

Edited by AdityaKale, 12 October 2012 - 04:38 AM.