Other than the obvious - Dying Embers went live on Friday (both Kindle and Createspace) - it was a pretty scattered week.
I took Max to the vet. His gums were a little inflamed so they gave him an antibiotic shot. Otherwise, he's progressing nicely.
I got the final PDF for the print cover, uploaded all that, and then ordered a proof copy - expedited so it would arrive on Friday rather than the following Thursday. When the mail came, I was seriously cheezed off because it wasn't in there. Umm, yeah, I know... expedited doesn't come USPS. The UPS guy dropped it on the front porch just as I was laying down for a nap. After I got up, I scanned through it and everything looked peachy, so I approved the proof for sale.
Meanwhile, I had uploaded everything for the ebook copy and set it to 'preorder' for a Friday launch. I actually managed to snag 8 sales - which is awesome for me since I've heard tales of a sale-free launch day.
Then launch day came. And I was a total spazz. In fact, I got so sick of myself, I picked up and went to the used bookstore in town. It is a testament to my will power that I have not been there since we moved here, because if I had gone, I would not have had the fundage to self-publish - believe you me. The place is awesome. The owner is a book geek and computer nerd like me. And she plays awesome old songs throughout the store. Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald. :happy sigh: Just what I needed to get out of my own head for a while. I came home totally refreshed - and that was even with a midday stop at Walmart afterwards. I swear old bookstores are like a shot of B-12 to me.
And before you ask, no I didn't do anything to otherwise celebrate launch day. It's just not me. I remember celebrating completing my first novel. After that, not so much in the yahoo-yippee arena. I'm not much of a celebrator, I guess. To each his own.
I did get kinda choked up when a blog follower and avid reader gave me a most excellent review. And I got teary at the outpouring of support from my friends - who reviewed, and tweeted and blogged. and facebooked about my release. Plus, out of the blue yesterday, I got a notice that someone I'd never heard of tagged me in a tweet. They were talking about the release of my book! Could've knocked me over with a stick.
What happened in your worlds last week?
Hurray for your pre-orders! I'm glad Max is doing well.
ReplyDeleteYour bookstore sounds wonderful. I have to be careful there, too. I go to a used bookstore, and I can only buy as much as I have in credit -- they sell a book for half price, and give you one fourth price for every book you bring in. I'm slowly emptying out my collection. Sigh.
I'm still working on 2C, and will be for a few months. Today I wrote 1400 words, and mocked up some blurbs for 1C. Earlier this week... Was there an earlier-this-week? ;-)
Thanks, Deb!
DeleteIt is a nice bookstore, just really really narrow. I don't know how more than a half dozen people could be in there without trampling each other. Lucky for me, I was the only one there that day.
You can do it! Yay for 1400! LOL, yeah, it all blurs together, doesn't it?