So tired I'm not sure I'll make it up to bed. You know when you get engrossed in something and you just want to finish one bit, and then the next? Building database driven websites is not what I usually get stuck on. It's usally a good book or some writing. Hadn't built a site for a long time and definitely not a PHP/MySQL job, but it was good to retrieve some data from the old brain.
The result is a not quite finished but fully operational author and ecommerce site. It seemed easier than becoming an Amazon seller to peddle my wares. Might have somewhat misjudged that, but I'm not beholden to anyone this way. The printed book will only make it onto Amazon UK if I sign up and sell it myself. I notice they can handle the fulfilment though, which would be useful. They will do anyway ultimately.
The book is more expensive to ship from the publisher site, so I figured since it's print on demand, I'll take an order and go straight to Amazon.com, shipping directly to the customer. It's the easiest way to get international shipping and handling and the packaging will be good! Of course, I need to sell an actual book before I worry about that.
Might end up switching back to eBay sales to raise those pennies and I hate that. No printed documents if I do.
I have more download products to format up and add to the site. It's quite funky for turn-key gnu license. I can specify how many times a buyer can download the file before they have to pay again. Stops them sending the link and login to someone else. Don't think I'd guard things so jealously if it weren't for the charity aspect. I can't really deny responisibility now I've spammed half the known universe with tweets and posts and stumbles and blogs. Was going to develop a newsletter, but think I might wait until I have a few users to send it to.
Falling asleep after my all night configuration session, so link, then off to get some zeds - http://julietfoster.co.uk - feedback would be good, but not as good as multiple purchases...
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