Local NYC bodybuilding legend and writer of "Work out, lose weight, and stop being single"
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Book is on amazon in a week or two....Please give me your honest opinion of my cover!!!!!

I am pleased to announce that my first book will be available on amazon in about a week: )  This is my official cover from createspace.com, I am just waiting for the formatting to be finished....



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I think it looks really good, but I would take out the male/female signs, at least on the front. I think it would look a lot cleaner without them.

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JohnCaptain
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Thanks Tynan, any advice on pricing/marketing?  Paperback is coming first, then I think I have to pay another $75 to put it on kindle.  The paperback is easy to price, not sure how much to price the kindle.  In one sense I want to make sure it gets out there, in another sense I don't want to give away the farm....

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Tynan
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They key to Amazon is getting into the recommendation system. The vast majority of my sales don't come from my site-- they come from Amazon recommending the book. If you price it for $2.99 you'll get into the rec system and stay higher up in it. My ebooks used to be $9.99, but I make more money at $2.99.

Just figuring all of this out..
EdwardCash
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That's interesting.  I have been trying to get back into writing and have been debating with my wife on pricing, that is assuming anyone would want to even read my work!

 I'll definitely have to show her this regardless.

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David
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agreed. then center the name.

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JohnCaptain
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Hello all,

I took Tynan's advice, and my book is now available on Kindle for $2.99 or you can borrow it free with amazon prime.

Thanks, Captain P

http://www.amazon.com/Work-weight-being-single-ebook/dp/B00B1XI6VU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1358524479&sr=8-2&keywords=work+out%2C+lose+weight%2C+and+stop+being+single

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JohnCaptain
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Guys, paperback is now available.....Setting up the kindle now.


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Snackies
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I like the initiative and congrats on your first book....kind of got lost in the last couple lines of the rear cover.

1. Baby sitters and day laborers? I get it, immature/young and rough looking women, but it sounds like you're a pedophile and now questioning whether there should be 2 male symbols on the cover as traditionally, most babysitters are teenagers and most day laborers are men...just sayin.

2. The last part that says,"...they started a secret society of underground bodybuilders that culminated in an affair with a married billionaire"

a. Secret underground society of bodybuilder pick-up artists?This sounds like "The Game" theme only with pick-up artist substituted with body builder.  Is that part really necessary? Your title is about working out, losing weight and not being single. (i.e. you're dating someone and in a relationship) I think the banging a married women part is getting away from your central message of creating a healthy lifestyle.

b. The subject in the last sentence kind of sounds like the society had an affair with this woman.

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JohnCaptain
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Hey Snackies, thanks for taking a look....

@"Baby sitters and day laborers" lol...If you ever read my blog, I am NEVER serious...

The book is 90% a true story, with definately some comedy in it...

BTW, if anyone has a blog and wants a free copy I'll trade you one for a review, just waiting for createspace to put it for sale already....

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I don't think the text of the back reads well. Whenever a sentence made it's point, start a new sentence to make the next point. Connecting the two sentences with ", and" serves no valid purpose.

"By age 24 he finally had a steady girlfriend, and life seemed good." -> "By age 24 he finally had a steady girlfriend. Life seemed good."

Having the text separated into multiple paragraphs would also look nicer.

Just figuring all of this out..
EdwardCash
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I agree with the addition of paragraphs...   In my opinion,  I think I'd move the picture up and center it and have paragraphs below.  Not sure why, but it seems like it would look a bit better.  Could just be a symmetry thing with me, though.

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Haha I love the cover design! Looks like a no nonsense type of book which makes a bold claim to draw curious readers in. 'From ages 12 to 17, he used to stay up in bed at night and pray that he wouldn't die a virgin' bahahaha!!! All in all from the back cover synopsis, my belief that all of attraction is based on sexuality alone, and my love of experiential biographies I will definitely be getting this book when it's out.

Will wait for the Kindle version so I can read on the go - any idea on the timeframe?


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JohnCaptain
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Thanks War in Heaven, should be any day now for the paperback, then another week or so for kindle....If I don't hear anything back today I am going to call them tomorrow

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David
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That's awesome. Do you compete (bodybuilding)?

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JohnCaptain
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hi david.  I never competed, I used to run track in college and I did some powerlifting competitions after college.  I was actually fat for a while in the mid 2000's.  My true story is that after my live-in girlfriend moved out I started working out again like a madman, started a blog, read Neil Strauss's book the game, discovered tynan's blog, and then started writing my book 2 years ago.   That picture is from the best shape of my life about 2 years ago : )

My Blog: BornToBulk.com
David
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In the last 2 years what has changed? Have you gained fat? Lost muscle?

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JohnCaptain
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I'm still pretty good.  I am supposed to go to Texas for spring break in March even though I am 32 lol, but I'll post some picture/articles regarding my diet/training...To be honest, for me personally to get really cut it was all diet.  My workouts really never changed, gym 5x a week and outside running 4x a week.  

Local NYC bodybuilding legend and writer of "Work out, lose weight, and stop being single"
JohnCaptain
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To give you some exact numbers, for that picture I was 5'8 155ish.  Bench press was around 295 max, and I was running 3 miles in around 20 minutes.   Give me a day or two, maybe I will post my exact workout/diet plan.

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David
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Quite lean. And strong. I agree about diet being the main factor to cut down. 

I have been bulking the past few months and put on a wee bit of fat but this pic is from over the summer when I was slightly leaner. I have written a couple posts on my blog about my training routine and diet, I'll dig them up later. Would love to share as well.

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Not quite the muscle mass you're carrying though :) But good to see a fellow lifter on tynan's community!

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Andrew
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everything looks really neat man good job! My only complaint is the spacing between the first two sentences compared to the spacing between the last two sentences. I would try to keep all spacing equal.

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JohnCaptain
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Thanks Andrew!! I actually paid $350 for the cover : (  Its my first book ever, so I wanted to make sure it was done right......Next time I might try to design it myself.

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JohnCaptain
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I think the final page count is around 260, createspace takes forever.  I submitted everything in early November...

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