You can imagine how proud
I felt when I tore open the parcel and brandished the book above my head,
looked up and shouted in glory. Okay, I wasn't quite so dramatic, but I can say
that my heart was pounding. It's quite something to have the fruit of your hard
work in your hands. To give you a sense of size, I opted for a 5.06 x 7.81
inches (12.9 x 19.8 centimeters) format and the book is just under 400 pages
long. The cover is matte and the inside is immaculate white. Looks good, smells
good, feels good... I guess the reading will be good too!
Since then, I have
reviewed the book (again) and managed to find several mistakes (mainly typos)
and a few small layout errors. This was, I confess, a bit frustrating. Anyhow,
all is now corrected and I had my revised manuscript approved by Createspace's
monitoring service on Saturday.
So this is it. All I have
to do is launch the publication process. Given that book availability can take
more than a week and that I have a few days of vacation lined up next week, I
plan to click on that button when I get back. That way I hope to witness the
listing of my book on Amazon live (or as quickly as possible after the event).
Assuming that all goes as
planned, I expect "Out of Bounds" (paperback format) to be available
at some point during week 13 (last week of March). I'd love to share a precise
publication date, but unfortunately that's the way it is. As soon as the book
is available, I'll provide the links to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Createspace.com,
etc... on this blog.
On the ebook front,
apparently release can be nearly immediate on Smashwords and then it takes
several days for the ebook to be listed on Barnes & Noble, Apple iBooks, Kobo,
Flipkart, Oyster, Scribd, the Diesel eBook Store, Baker & Taylor's, Blio, Axis360,
etc. I will try to make the ebook release occur very shortly after the paperback
release. Possibly last week of March, if not early-April.
Take care and stay tuned.
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