Weekend Update Print Edition

Thanks to a little more fancy footwork using Photoshop, PicMonkey.com, and CreateSpace at Amazon, I've created the official cover layout for the print version of A Division of Souls. I quite like how it came out! The back cover is actually a zoomed-in crop of the top right of the original Shutterstock image. My only gripe is the kind of boring spine, but apparently I could not change the font or placement, only the color. Actually, my other gripe is that for some reason I had to price it at $18.99. I think that's a little steep, but apparently with Amazon's weird royalty setup, that's the lowest I could do it and actually make any profit. Granted, it is 500+ pages (500+ nicely laid out pages in Garamond font, I should add!), so it'll be a bit on the chunky side. This being the first edition, I'm sure I'll have forgotten something ridiculous or missed exactly one typo, but the good thing with Print on Demand is that I can do a quick fix, upload that version, and Bob's yer uncle.

It's not available in print just yet; the Powers That Be at Amazon have to check and make sure it's all groovy and everything. I will of course let everyone know when it is! That said, once this goes through, this will mean that ADoS will be available pretty much everywhere. Yay!

I will say that if you're wondering where to buy it, I have two suggestions:

1. If you buy the e-book via Smashwords (and it is available via all formats, including Nook and Kindle), I will end up getting the highest amount back. With the book at $5.99, my take is $4.69, the rest going to Smashwords for being the awesome people they are. Not bad at all!

2. Thanks to it also being distributed by Kobo, the book is also available through many brick-and-mortar bookstores that sell e-books on their website (for instance, I'm available through my local bookstore just down the street, Green Apple Books, as well as via Books Inc, a well-respected Bay Area mini-chain). If you buy the e-book through your local retailer that does the same, I'd be thrilled to give them a portion of the money as well.

Of course, if you want to buy it in your usual way, via B&N or Amazon or wherever, I'm cool with that too. :)