I have the paperback's ISBN number and next week will have the Hardback's one. So much to do before the target April 23rd publishing date. I'm still waiting for the edited version to come back to me so I can make the final tweaks. On Friday of last week, I gave ten copies of the unedited version of Quest for Truth to ten test readers. 8 Children and 2 adults. The children (Aged between 10 and 14 seem to be loving it, the adults have made no comment yet.) I'm also pushing ahead full throttle on tow short books to tie in and give away for free through Amazon Books. One is a compendium of all the characters and places, giving a different view of the world of Figmentasia. The second not started yet will be a short story about Queen Denmilate and her rise to power.
Well, it's finally arrived. Figmentasia: The Quest for Truth has been published. The whole self-publishing process has been challenging. Ingram-Spark does things completely differently from Amazon. Ironically most people find Amazon easier to format and upload their books. I found Ingram Spark a lot easier. Now comes the hard part of marketing the book. There is a presskit now set up on the Figmentasia website. The SHOP part of the website is also functional now, to make it easier for people to purchase the books.
With only three days to go until the book launch, things are falling into place. After some nerves about stock arriving i time - the hardback copies of Figmentasia have arrived this morning, with the paperbacks confirmed to arrive tomorrow. Its not a lot of stock, but hopefully enough for Sunday's event. I genuinely have no idea of how many are turnning up. I'm getting really scared about having to read from the book. I'm thinking about reading part of the chapter with the Godess Akila, but because it has lots of slugs in it, I'm not sure how that will go down in a cafe. But the bit i want to read is probably one of the most exciting parts of the book. Next week i will start posting books to schools in Hertfordshire. With funds so tight it will probably only be two books a week posted out, but i have to start some where. I will be doing my first radio interview next week on the 7th with Steffi on Shout Out Radio , so tune in at 7pm and giv...
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