diasporatales

Quite a milestone!

Yes, I was down to my last dozen copies of Attunga and needed a second print run.

My wonderful printing company -Tenderprint – with their usual friendly and professional approach, made it happen in only a week. They then went way beyond any reasonable expectation with a personal delivery to my front doorstep.

Wow! That’s impressive service indeed.

Yes, the follow on to Widderkin is underway.

My current expectation is for another volume consisting of three parts/books.

The first part is currently at the 90K words mark and close to a logical break point – lots of refining and reworking of first draft needed though.

A small print-run of Widderkin in hardcover format has arrived.

A limited number of copies of this special edition are available, either through this site, or through the Croydon franchise of Collins Booksellers in Melbourne, Australia, who have given positive support to Diaspora Press publishings.

Check the purchases page.

As well as Amazon, Widderkin is now available through IngramSpark in paperback and Ebook versions.

It’s my understanding that this means that from practically anywhere in the world you can ask your local bookshop to order a copy for you.

Yes, Widderkin is available on Amazon as a paperback, and now in Ebook form for Kindle. Just click on the Amazon link in the ‘Purchases’ page to have your very own copy. 🙂

My Aussie print run arrived – to be more exact, I drove to pick it up myself when I found the warehouse where it was languishing. This gives limited availability in the Collins Bookshop in Croydon and the Verso Bookshop in Healesville.

A new venture – publishing with IngramSpark – will, hopefully, give wider availability in the next few days.

My thanks go to Luke, of WorkingType for battling against his busy workload to match the file specifications needed for upload with Amazon and IngramSpark.

Luke has designed the covers, typeset and helped with the publishing of all three of my novels and I recommend him to any author looking for help with self publishing. His website www.workingtype.com.au has a wealth of resources and guidelines.

I can’t really blame the transport company because the supply of drivers has hit them so hard but it’s frustrating to discover that my Aussie print run has been sitting in a wharehouse for five days. Hopefully there will be some movement when the weekend is over. So close!!

Finally Widderkin is available POD on Amazon (USA and UK) as a paperback. The Kindle edition will follow in several weeks when my book designer/facilitator returns from his seasonal break.

I have the proof copy from my Aussie printer in hand and the print run is imminent (Yay!)

I plan to try IngramSpark as an alternate source for Print On Demand, to provide better access, and I’ll post a notice here as soon as that happens.

My book designer describes the book as a ‘doorstopper’ and with over 700 pages at 6 by 9 format it’s an apt description.

There is a link on the ‘Purchases’ page which will take you to Amazon for more details and the option to purchase.

Luke, from Working Type, has finished the design for the front cover. Check it out on the Widderkin page and see what you think.. For my part, I’m more than impressed.

The copy editing for Widderkin is now complete and the proofreading, currently two thirds done, is proceeding steadily. Cover layout and typesetting is next and then this rather large opus will be presented to the world. Yay!

The train of action for publishing has taken to the tracks. The professional editor who so impressed me with her work on Mparntwe is taking on the job of copy editing the Widderkin manuscript and will be able to start in the new year.

The current manuscript will be presented as a series of three novels and I’m busy working on a follow on manuscript for a fourth.