Through the Mist is here!

Hello!

Well, after alot of stress our new book is now here!!! I took delivery of it last Thursday (yes I know it's been a few days between then and now - but I've been rather busy!). It is as lovely and as fantastic as I hoped it would be :)

The printers have done the most fantastic job I could have possibly wished for.

A beautiful matt cover.

Gorgeous paper on the inside.

And crisp cutting & folding.

(All the spines are central - which was core to my using these guys as my previous printers didn't do such a great job on them!)

So, a very HUGE thank you to Dale & Andy from printondemand-worldwide - a beautiful job - perfectly carried out.

It has certainly restored my faith in printers now. There is no describing the feeling of when you take delivery of a brand new book that you 've been working on for months, only to find that the first pack that you open - most of the spines are not central, and are wrapping around to either the front or the back of the book. Gutted comes to mind - that was exactly what happened on the first book I published after taking on the business. A third of that stock is not good enough to sell via the likes of Amazon or through the bookstores - my sense of pride won't allow it. You can't have several books side by side - and words & images sliding off - it's just not good!

Hey ho, but THIS book - well, another story altogether! (Scuse the pun - it wasn't intended!)

Gorgeous!

Oh, in my last blog, I mentioned that I had created a new imprint for us - Purple Velvet. Well, what alot of work that generates! That's one of the reason's why it's taken a few days from delivery of book, to publishing today's blog about it! So many things to tie in, and set in place before I can even put up the information / data - to all the relevant agencies / distributors etc., etc.. I do think though, I am just about there now. If I'm not, however, it is the London Bookfair next week - and I'll be popping along there - so can pick the brains of the relevant people I need to ensure I get it right.

This is only the third time I've published a real live book - and it's still really exciting - if a little stressful. But I did it! And I sold a copy yesterday too! I showed it to my boss & he bought a copy for his wife - so cool! The author has also sold a few copies too since last Thursday - so that's even better :)

Lets hope they start flying off the shelves, then we can print some more and then - Richard & Judy - here we come!

So now all the relevant data has been input, covers uploaded, I have to try to sort out a masterplan regarding marketing. That's not so easy. Marketing on a shoestring is never easy - but I think I'm slowly working on a plan. Putting a few things in place.

Oh - talking of which - does anyone have a VW Camper Van I could borrow for a weekend?!

Right that's it for me - I've had way too many late nights since last Thursday - I need to be refreshed to get my marketing head set into gear.

Please drop by again shortly and I'll let you know how and if I've progressed any further.

Don't forget - you can get the book direct from us on our website! :)

Get yourself a fantastic summer read :) Check it out!

Book details:

Title: Through the Mist

Author: Michael Keene

Type: Paperback

Price: £6.99

Pages: 306

Size: (h)197mm x (w)130mm

ISBN: 9781905909018

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