09.07.07
Only The Beginning
Okay, folks, I promised you some news on Inconsequential, and now I’m finally ready to deliver. I have in my lap right now, the first “proof” copy of the actual, physical book.
That’s right, ladies and gentlemen. Inconsequential will be available, for purchase, before the year’s end.
Now, there are some catches. I’ve elected to publish Incon through self-publishing service Lulu, and this proof book was actually just an experiment to see if it would be feasible. I must admit, I am quite surprised at the quality of the book– it’s pretty durably constructed, and I’m happy with it. The proof used Lulu’s generic covers and is actually kind of bland, but the outside isn’t what I was worried about. It was the inside. Yeah, the inside needs a little bit of work. I’ll be on that in the next couple of weeks, and also scrounging together an idea for a cover.
But, the important thing is that I’ll have an actual, “you can buy it at a bookstore” book ready by the end of the year. (I’m saving up a few extra bucks here and there for the ISBN charge; otherwise, it doesn’t qualify to be on Amazon or the Books in Print list. To this end, I re-assigned the Rabbit savings to the ISBN savings pot, and I’m about halfway there.)
So, that’s only one of the bits of Big News. I has a books. I also has something else, but we’ll talk about that on Monday (Pez, this doesn’t count because the Circle already knows what it is).
(Also: New tag, for when I decide I need to pimp the book.)