Redwall Abbey

I've done something with my fanfictions that I want to show you guys. So after writing this story, I used a couple of websites, contacted some artists on the forum and a few clicks later, I very cheaply published my own fanfiction!!!!

You can read Part I here (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=4510.0) and part II here (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=6362.0). They both seem to be getting pretty awesome feedback so far, let me know what you think!

Awesome!  :) Are the books for sale? I would most definitely buy them if they were for sale.

Wow! Awesome! Are they available to the public? And if they are how did you publish them? I mean in more detail. ;D

Wow, that awesome!

Awesome but I'm not entirely sure that publishing fanfiction is legal

If it's for personal use, or for friends, I don't imagine anyone would make too much of a fuss about it. If you sell it for profit, that's something else -- there was some lady attempting to sell Star Wars fan fiction that got busted.

@Tammo: The book looks great. How's it feel to have it in your hands?

I used TheBookPatch.com to publish the book. What you do is write your document using their online writing tools (you can save stuff to the site under your account), or you can simply upload a PDF file of your document. What you then do is specify what kind of binding you'd like, how many pages the book is, if you want color images on the inside, etc. Once that is done, you have the option of uploading a book cover for it! I made this cover myself (with the images courtesy of forum artists Osu and Leatho Shellhound) by simply pasting some images on a Long Patrol cover I took from google images.

TheBookPatch.com does give an option to put your book on their online store, but I did not feel like it would be moral (or legal) to benefit off of a series that somebody else wrote, you know?

Actually holding the book, which in the end came out to a whopping +400 pages after formatting the story to the smaller margins from 8-1/2" X  11", feels amazing! It came out exactly like a published paperback book! I think that being able to feel the actual weight of my own fanfiction in my hands is 100 times more satisfying than looking at it on a computer.

Quote from: Captain Tammo on December 31, 2014, 05:09:33 AM


TheBookPatch.com does give an option to put your book on their online store, but I did not feel like it would be moral (or legal) to benefit off of a series that somebody else wrote, you know?

Oh, I prefer to read books in real life rather than reading them online. :)

Oooh no they're books to order, not eBooks. I probably should have mentioned that ;)

This is cool! I love the little introduction on the back cover.

THAT IS SO AWESOME!!! :o I've heard of a similar website before (lulu.com), but I've never done anything with it. But that's just so awesome!!

(How much did it cost?)

That's great, Tammo!

That's amazing! :)

Quote from: Jukka the Sling on January 01, 2015, 09:25:46 PM
THAT IS SO AWESOME!!! :o I've heard of a similar website before (lulu.com), but I've never done anything with it. But that's just so awesome!!

(How much did it cost?)

Thanks guys! I'm very thrilled with the quality that the cover and pages came out in. It literally feels just like a paperback book! As for cost, this book was a tad over 400 pages (around 425) and cost me just about $15.00 for one book. Personally, I'd have paid ten times that amount so I consider it a steal!

Amazing!!! I'm so glad to see all of your hard work into one book! I will look into that website for my uncle who has a lot of writings. Good job!

That's so cool! You should like, put it on the kindle store for free. ;D

Thanks guys! I'm holding off on any distribution for now. I don't want to run into any copyright issues (I will look into this some more, though, and see if there's a way around it so I can share the physical copy)! But parts I and II of the book are on the forum, and have actually gotten some really nice feadback so far! I'm actually in the process of going through and making a bunch of grammar corrections, so they'll read significantly smoother :)

Woah Dude this is AWESOME link to the page where I can buy!!!! :D

Quote from: Dannflor on January 27, 2015, 11:18:51 PM
Woah Dude this is AWESOME link to the page where I can buy!!!! :D

It isn't for distribution.

Oh! Darn it!

Quote from: Dannflor on January 28, 2015, 01:22:46 AM
Oh! Darn it!

You can read it here for free.

Yeah, But It would be Cool to have it in Book Format!

Thats so Neat!!!!

Tammo, that is amazing!!! Having you book in your hand must be exhilarating. Good job and congrats!
I'm gonna go read it now.  ;)

I published a friend's book online a couple years ago with lulu.com. It was around the same price but the book was significantly smaller, so I'll look into your website.

Quote from: winifred on February 10, 2015, 07:12:05 PM
Tammo, that is amazing!!! Having you book in your hand must be exhilarating. Good job and congrats!
I'm gonna go read it now.  ;)

I published a friend's book online a couple years ago with lulu.com. It was around the same price but the book was significantly smaller, so I'll look into your website.

Thanks so much :)

What was the book called?

By the way, just to be perfectly clear, the book isn't an ebook (meaning online) I just meant I published it using a company online.  :D
The book is called James and the Fairy Queen. I believe said friend actually posted the story in the fan works since it did have Redwall elements to it. Lemme see if I can find it...
Moved: http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=1631.0 (http://redwallabbey.com/forum/index.php?topic=1631.0)
Forewarning: It was written a couple years ago and it's the unedited version.  :)

Wow! This looks, really, really good. Keep it up! I would like to see more. :D



By the way, you can get your book published through Amazon very cheaply, but I'm not sure if that would infringe upon Brian Jacques' copyright...

EDIT:

Everyone's said what I came to say...

It's been a while since I first posted this and I've since updated the story's grammar and such, as well as the cover. Here's a picture of what it looks like now! (I switched the name for obvious purposes)

Awesome!

If I could write a long enough story, I'd love to be able to do this.

Quote from: Jukka the Sling on June 16, 2015, 02:16:17 AM
Awesome!

If I could write a long enough story, I'd love to be able to do this.

Thanks :) It took a pretty good chunk of time to do. In fact, I never really thought I'd finish it in the end. It just turned into one of those hobbies that I did on my spare time and one day I realized I was finished!

So so epic will you print it this is amazing great job

Hey Scott! I've already printed some copies (although it looks like photobucket has changed its policy on posting pictures, so now nothing is showing up :-\ )!

I'll get around to posting the pictures again from a new image hosting site soon! I'll knock out the rest of the images I've posted while I'm at it - they all need that update..

But yeah it was a pretty fun project, definitely give it a try!

How long did it take you to write it?

7 years and a month to the day from the first sentence ("It was a beautiful ship") to placing the order for a copy! Although there were multiple instances in which months and months would go by without me working on it. In many cases this was a weekend project or something I widdled away at for a few hours at a time. Getting a single chapter in a day was always a big deal to me! I do recall that Part III, the longest of the three entries, actually took the least amount of time - only a few months and that was while juggling a college schedule. I took my time with this and then some. And if I can do it, anyone on this site can absolutely, without a doubt in my mind, blow me out of the water and do a much better job than me!

I know there's a huge festival in the works for the forum as of my writing this, and I know fan fictions will be a part of it. So I was debating whether or not I wanted to add another stand-alone story to the "series" with some old characters and some new ones. At the same time, I have another idea I've been thinking about for a little while about the first Logalog. hmmm....

Good to know.

This is seriously cool! I'm in the process of reading the story now and it's great.