{"id":1383,"date":"2015-10-26T11:26:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T15:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=1383"},"modified":"2015-10-26T11:26:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T15:26:37","slug":"questions-about-better-the-devil-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/questions-about-better-the-devil-you-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions about Better the Devil You Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I've received numerous emails over the weekend about <i>Devil<\/i>, I thought I'd lay out the answers here :)<\/p>\n<p><b>Q: Why is there a paperback but no ebook on Amazon?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A: Two different review processes. Paperbacks go through Createspace and they don't seem to scan for content, only technical specs. Once <i>Devil<\/i> was accepted in paperback, I figured I'd try for the ebook too - originally I wasn't going to bother because I didn't think it would pass review. I was right. The file was rejected because it violates their submission guidelines.<\/p>\n<p><b>Q: I thought Smashwords accepted everything. Why is <i>Devil<\/i> banned there?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A: After some email exchanges with the Smashwords team, it was decided that it violates their guidelines. Their exact wording was:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"We have been reviewing your book in greater detail, and the decision was that it is not a good fit for us. It will remain unpublished on Smashwords.\"<\/p>\n<p>Why? Too murdery.<\/p>\n<p><b>Q: So where can I get it?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A: See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/better-the-devil-you-know-out-now\/\">this post<\/a> for all the links :)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A huge thanks to everyone who've been sharing links\/recommended <i>Devil<\/i>! Much appreciated :) I'm very happy that it's getting to readers!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I&#8217;ve received numerous emails over the weekend about Devil, I thought I&#8217;d lay out the answers here :) Q: Why is there a paperback but no ebook on Amazon? A: Two different review processes. Paperbacks go through Createspace and they don&#8217;t seem to scan for content, only technical specs. Once Devil was accepted in paperback, I figured I&#8217;d try for the ebook too &#8211; originally I wasn&#8217;t going to bother because I didn&#8217;t think it would pass review. I was right. The file was rejected because it violates their submission guidelines. Q: I thought Smashwords accepted everything. Why is &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Questions about Better the Devil You Know\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/questions-about-better-the-devil-you-know\/#more-1383\" aria-label=\"Read more about Questions about Better the Devil You Know\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[95,290,331],"tags":[332,372,296,294,373,374,361],"class_list":["post-1383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about","category-announcements","category-better-the-devil-you-know","tag-better-the-devil-you-know","tag-dmc","tag-gay","tag-horror","tag-mystery","tag-paranormal","tag-thriller"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4sexs-mj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1329,"url":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/better-the-devil-you-know-out-now\/","url_meta":{"origin":1383,"position":0},"title":"Better the Devil You Know &#8211; Out Now!","author":"Bey","date":"September 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"October 2020 update After Amazon went and re-banned the ebook (sigh), I submitted it through Ingram Sparks and so now it's available, once again, on Amazon. 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