Yes, a printed paper one that you
can put in your pocket and read on the train or in the
bath and you can order it right now at this
link where there is
a full preview. The book is 68 pages, 5"
x 8", colour cover, black and white content
with 13 illustrations. I decided to convert my original
colour images to greyscale to make it less expensive,
both to manufacture and to sell.
The economics are as
follows : I'm selling the softcover book for £6.00
or hardback for £14.50 (plus postage). Blurb charges
me £13.50 per copy for hardback and £3.50 per copy for
B/W softback so I'll make only a tiny profit but I want
to sell millions - oh, allright, dozens. So please
put the book on your Christmas list and tell everybody
about it: can it do that thing they call going viral?
Remember you read the story here first.
Although
I love Blurb and they've been very helpful and I
will use them again, I must admit that their Booksmart
software is hair-tearingly infuriating to work with and
I'm not a beginner in that sort of thing. But let's leave
niggling aside and focus on the joy of accomplishment.
As a life-long procrastinator,
I can go for months avoiding and displacing and distracting
but when I finally get down to something I've been
putting off, it's full blast, staying up all night
for days, eating dinner at midnight and breakfast at
4 pm, staggering around bleary and dishevelled until
the damn thing is finished. That's what I've done and
all I need now is approval, hugs, and lots of
sales.
And next week I will know the result
of something else which I have not spoken of but have
been busy with.
Say something!
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