Just Published My First Book: Sega Master System Game Guide

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I apologize if I came off harsh in my criticisms, and again I was pretty much just nitpicking. If I ever get published, it probably wouldn't come out looking as professional as this is.

Again, I love the way you write and describe anything, and my main criticism (if it can be called that) is that I wish the book contained more of your writings!

I recommend this book to anyone remotely interested on the subject matter.
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It's all good, I love the feedback. It's been a while since I've written anything on that scale, so I was trying to get a feel for just how long these articles should be. Now that I know people like what I'm writing I'm making sure the next project is more in depth.

Also if it's not too much trouble, could you rate it on amazon?
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Wow, I almost forgot!
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I usually wouldn't by something like this over the internet (if I saw it in a store I would be overwhelmed with the awesomeness of the store it was in and would probably buy 10 copies), but I'm going to order this because of the sheer awesomeness.

If you ever do make another book like this for Genesis (or any other system) making the front cover look similar with only minor differences is nice. Like instead of a red strip a darkish blue strip.
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[quote="slowslow325"]I usually wouldn't by something like this over the internet (if I saw it in a store I would be overwhelmed with the awesomeness of the store it was in and would probably buy 10 copies), but I'm going to order this because of the sheer awesomeness.

If you ever do make another book like this for Genesis (or any other system) making the front cover look similar with only minor differences is nice. Like instead of a red strip a darkish blue strip.[/quote]


It's funny you mention that because that was my exact plan when choosing this design. The only thing that is going to change on the cover is the color of the band. SMS was Red, my next one, the Turbo Grafx is going to be a different color, and so forth and so on.

Also, once you get a chance to read it, please give me some feedback on it.
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Keep going with that design; it will look great on a shelf.
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Hey just wanted to let everyone know that I have a handful of copies. So if you don't live in the USA and are having trouble ordering, I'll be happy to take your order personally. Just send me a PM.
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Well I'm a bit late here, but I just received the book after ordering it with another order where it'd be the same price to get this book instead of paying shipping.

Anyway, awesome book. However, I do see many flaws. First, your name on the spine of the book awkwardly is in both the red strip and the black strip on the bottom. While I don't like this, if you do make more books with a similar design, I'd prefer you keep it like this for consistency. Second, I see many typos. Just little mistakes like missing a letter in a word. Third, you spell "shmup" like "shump". At first I thought it was a typo, then I saw you did it consistently. And fourth, where is Operation Wolf by Taito? Did you miss that one?
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Hey, it's nice to see you back, slowslow; we missed you!

Anyway, is there any chance of this game getting released on Kindle?
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