Saturday, July 24, 2010

A Victory and a Regret

The victory: Waking Echoes is now available for purchase as a print book, yay!

If you follow any of the links in this blog that I've posted to Waking Echoes, I also get a small extra slice of the money Amazon makes as the person who led you to the site. It is always wonderful when a novel comes out in print even if eBook is the more profitable format. It feels more real. I can sign it. My parents can "casually" draw the attention of dinner guests to it, lacking all the subtlety they employ as diplomats.

The regret: Waking Echoes has been published just after Eternal Press has switched printers, the "eternity" not signifying the length of business relationships - just as well; a growing company must evolve, and they've been most kind and helpful to me. This printer has a wider field of distribution and more clout in the realm of sort-of-well sellers (as opposed to bestsellers), and I am sure the higher-ups have all our best interests at heart.

However, this printer charges more for the books. The upshot is that you can get a new print copy of Halloween Romance for $7.50 and a new print copy of Bite Me for $6.95, with both eligible for free shipping, but you can only get Waking Echoes in print for $16.46 if you want free shipping or $12.36 if you wish to forgo it.

Take comfort that you do get a longer book for your money, at least 20,000 words longer, and that the Kindle edition of Waking Echoes is a mere $5.95.







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