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December 12, 2024 at 10:45 AM

Bookwall

Douglas Pratt
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Forgive me for this. After diddling around with it for a few days, it now seems a little boastful. But I'm among friends here, so if you think it's over the top don't hesitate to say so.

I'm approaching another milestone, with audiobook #89 at the publisher for review and #90 being recorded. An author friend on Facebook is celebrating ten years of being a full-time writer, and a fan made a composite graphic of the covers of all her novels. It looked like a good idea, so I started collecting thumbnails of the covers of the books I've narrated and trying to get them to line up straight. As I said, it took a few days, and I couldn't do it all at once without getting a crick in my neck. But I did it, and therefore: The Bookwall.

As always, if any of these strikes your fancy, let me know; I still have promo codes for almost all of them and I would be delighted to share the freebies.

I'm embarrassed by the quality of the first 15 or so, but I've learned a lot about editing since then. The first two (lower left) were self-published titles, but somehow I attracted the attention of a "real" publisher for #3 and #4. #8 was the first I did for University Press Audiobooks, and they have brought me more titles than any other publisher since. #35 came to me thanks to a conversation on Ricochet, as did #51 and #88. #53 is part of a series written by a fellow Eisenhower College alumnus. I have learned a lot from all of them, and enjoyed all but two (no, I'm not going to tell you which are the ones I wish I hadn't done. Classified.)

Thank you for indulging me.

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    Jimmy Carter@JimmyCarter·1y

    Boast all You want, Pratt.

    We're fans Here.

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    Seawriter@Seawriter·1y

    Well, you've got me beat on number of books.

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    Susan Quinn@SusanQuinn·1y

    Wow, that's an impressive wall, Doug! Outstanding!

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    sawatdeeka@sawatdeeka·1y

    I like it!

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    Douglas Pratt@DouglasPratt·1y
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    Seawriter (View Comment):

    Well, you’ve got me beat on number of books.

    I wouldn't compare narrating with reviewing. I think reviewing is harder. 'Course, writing a book is hardest of all. I'll never do that again.

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