Author Archives: Alastair

In the midst of chaos…

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Alastair

Sorry for the long delay in updates, the past couple of months have been highly chaotic. (I won’t bore you with the details, but they involve cons, visits from kids, job changes, illness, and a book launch.) I’ll have more … Continue reading →

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Version 0.6 coming soon, new user interface

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Alastair

First, my apologies for the delay in getting updated versions released. If you need something quickly, please feel free to email or leave a comment here. Version 0.6 will be released soon (not until after MileHiCon this weekend, though). It … Continue reading →

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Minor update, post Worldcon revamp in progress

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Alastair

The latest version is 0.5.2. This corrects a problem with processing Smashwords’ files which include a payment, and handles a minor change that Amazon made to their Kindle sales reports. (It also fixes an error introduced in 0.5.1. That version … Continue reading →

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Version 0.5 available, changes database format

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Alastair

Magic Bakeshop 0.5.0 is now available on the download page. Note, the underlying database format changes in this version (more about that below), and if you open an old (0.4.x or earlier) database, this version will silently update it to … Continue reading →

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A series of unfortunate events…

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Alastair

Okay, I cribbed the title from Lemony Snicket, but it does describe my past month. Without going into details that are probably boring to anyone who doesn’t know me personally (and many who do), suffice it to say that they … Continue reading →

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Dean Wesley Smith on The Magic Bakery

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Alastair

The name “Magic Bakeshop” was inspired in part by Dean Wesley Smith’s metaphor of a Magic Bakery. He’s been updating his “Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing” blog series, and he’s just republished the chapter where he describes this metaphor … Continue reading →

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Slight delay on 0.5, 0.4.2 is available.

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Alastair

My goals for the 0.5 were a little more ambitious that it turned out I had time for this week (life kept interfering). In the meantime, I’m putting up 0.4.2 for those of you who want to give it a … Continue reading →

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Happy Independence Day

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Alastair

Happy Independence Day, for the US folks (and a belated happy Canada Day for the Canadians here). In the spirit of this, I really ought to have an “Independents’ Day” release of the software, but I took some time to … Continue reading →

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Try Version 0.4.1a, it’s easier

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Alastair

After some early feedback on 0.4, I cleaned up the user interface to make it easier to figure out and use. No real change in function, just easier. Download MagicBakeShop-0.4.1a. After you start it up and load data (or open … Continue reading →

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Version 0.4a available for download

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Alastair

As I mentioned in an earlier post, this version allows multiple file select for import; selection of title, vendor (seller) and/or date range for display; and summarizing by title and currency. The charting options will operate on the “current view” … Continue reading →

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