Well, so much has happened since the last post, and I'd like to share some of it...
I have been through so many edits that it makes me dizzy! I read through it, changed a lot, removed two poems (they just didn't work, so don't be sad), re-arranged again and again, and finally said "I'm done!" Then I let a couple of my friends read through it (thanks guys!), and had a ton more edits to do... Did you know that "alright" is not a word??? Dammit, I've been using it for years! Thanks for taking away part of my vocabulary, English Language! ;)
I have done all the formatting, and am doing tweaking on it now. So far it looks good! Although it's been quite the pain getting it ready to print! They only have 8 fonts that they support, and the two I'm using aren't on that list, so I had to go through a huge process to embed those fonts into the file that they convert into PDF (the printer uses PDFs, I dunno why). I now know more about PostScript, PDF, and printing than I ever wanted to...
Right after I made my last post (seriously, like within an hour) I got the first draft of the cover, and it looks freaking AMAZING! I had an idea of what it would look like, since we both kinda worked it out together, but it wasn't what I expected, it was WAY better! Have I mentioned to go check out http://www.rewilson.us ? AND HAVE YOU GONE YET???? :D Maybe it's just seeing my name on it (yeah, I have an ego), but I think it's more to do with how cool it is! I can't wait to see the finished one, looking all slick and shiny...
A few people have asked me why I would have to sell so many books to do the Global Distribution; if it's only $99, and I'm making $14/book, I should barely have to sell 8 copies to make it. The truth is, I'm NOT making $14/book, I'm not making very much at all per copy (I'm not going to say how much, but it's less than you think). Most of the price is the cost of publishing it, which is higher since each copy is manually printed. If I was working with a publishing company I'd be making more per copy, but they tend to not want to publish authors that nobody has heard of. Maybe, if this one does good, someone will want to do my next one! :P
Ok, I think that's it... Until next time!
About Me
- DrSketch
- If you've never heard of me before, how did you find your way here? Nevermind, doesn't matter. Everyone calls me Dr Sketch, and I write poetry. Some of it's happy, some of it's sad, not all of it is good, but I try to only put up the best of it on here. I'm not very "regular" about updating, but try to get one or two updates a week done...
4 comments:
WHEEEEE!! I can't wait to see the cover art! Dang I have no patience either, LOL
"Alright" is slang like "awright" is, I "s'pose". So........ any idea how much longer until we can get hot little copies of this prize in our hands?? ;-)
Oh and btw, yes I HAVE been to Beck's site before, just went again and I know just how much talent that girl has. She's good!!
Not sure how long it will be... Soon, that's all I can say for sure! I'm having the new version (with all the fonts, and formatting in place) proofread right now, and I'll probably do one more round (just to be safe). After that... I'm not sure. I told Beck that it would be at least two weeks before I was at a spot where I would need the cover, because I figured it would take longer to do my part than it has! After she's done, I'll need to take it to a printer place (I wonder if Kinko's can handle this...) and proof the cover. Assuming that there aren't any changes to the cover (I highly doubt that there will be), I can have it to the printer shortly after that! Once the printer has it, they will send me a proof copy, and again assuming that there are no more changes (if there are at this point, I'll be pissed!), we can start printing them for real! So.... ok, this is far from a set date, only an estimate.... maybe by the middle of next month? That'd be nice if it worked that way! Fingers crossed!!!
Sounds good to me hon!
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