A software glitch with the Kindle conversion done by my aggregator caused unforeseen anomalies in the display of Trosley's ebook. I did my own conversion and uploaded the file for the agg to redeliver which fixed the problem. I wondered what Amazon's policy was for updated ebooks and whether they notify a purchaser that there is a new updated ebook.  Anyone who has an ebook with a toc at the end like I do since I bought mine immediately when it went live  to check it out has the first version. Here's what my agg said:

Amazon won't automatically "re-set" previous purchases.
We would be happy to contact Amazon to let them know that your content has been updated.
Amazon will then review the changes, and take the action they deem appropriate to the situation. The review process can take up to four weeks.
Here are the actions they may take:
1. If the changes made to your content are considered major, Amazon will send an email to all customers who own the book to notify them that the update exists. These customers can choose to receive the update through their Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.com.
2. If the changes made to your content are considered minor, Amazon won't be able to notify all customers by email, but they will enable them to update the book's content through the Manage Your Kindle page on Amazon.com.
3. If the changes made to your content have caused unexpected critical issues with the book content, Amazon may temporarily remove your book from sale. They will notify BookBaby of the issues they found so that we can fix them. The review process then begins again.

I told them to let Kindle know about the update so we'll see how long it takes and whether they'll send notifications. It's not a super serious problem but I want everyone to get the ebook that I created, not the one that displays differently and not as well. 

I will let you know what happens.

-The Publisher

There will be a slight delay for the ebook sales on Amazon. It seems someone at the aggregator has fiddled with my ebook file and has rendered it broken. They added an extra TOC at the end of the book and it has effectively  disconnected the CSS stylesheet from the content. How I don't know. What I do know is that there will be heck to pay and it will be remedied ASAP! Stay tuned. I am calling up the agg and we are going to get this fixed. Things never come easy and this applies in spades with ebooks. 

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We had possibly the only tornadic super cell in Ohio on Wednesday. I filmed it approaching our little town of Ashley and then as the rotating wall cloud passed right overtop my house! This turns storm chasing into chased by storms! See the two videos on my Youtube page named "imatoonist". http://youtu.be/fwL8jnVtsEs

I've noticed that InDesign on export to epub has been changing things and adding code errors that I have to fix afterward. Font sizes are being enlarged on h1 and h2 elements and codes for apostrophes in the description metadata. I saw that before with CS5 and it was simple enough to fix but I also found two instances of unexplained 'replacement code' in the toc links. What the heck? This causes problems when you have headers and images on a page with minimal wiggle room. Despite your best intentions, page breaks become problematic. Thank goodness for Dreamweaver's ability to show you a live preview while you adjust the CSS. I'm using DW more as my editor for the final steps of making ebooks. You set the OEBPS folder for a book as a new site and and you have all your assets there and the CSS management is top notch of course. Make a change, click the live view and it updates and shows you what it looks like. The one thing DW needs is the ability to open an archive without unzipping. Maybe they'll hear us at Adobe and include that some day. Who knows maybe DWCC has that ability already, I haven't checked that yet. InDesign CC has a lot of new updates for digital publishing but I will wait for my new computer (whenever) for the subscription model of Adobe software. Don't like their approach on that like many other graphics pros.  

Don't even get me started on iBooks Proofer! That is the glitchiest app. Sometimes it woks fine and uploads a book to my iPad. Then it won't. It starts to and then stops. Could possibly be the little weird code bits ID is throwing in there; it seemed to work Ok after I fixed those code things which did not cause any errors in validation btw. This is ebook making for you. Don't expect things to work as they should. You are going to have to do some problem solving but in the end you will feel as if you've accomplished a feat. Feels good if a bit frustrating at times.