The graphics director just sent me a one minute clip of the beginning of my book being read as an audio book. Wow! Want to talk about tempting? Even though it was only one minute, it sounded great. However, I opted out of doing the audio book right now as the expense is considerable and I would like to know if the book itself sells and I get a following.

Please, if you are reading this and you think audio is a more preferable format, feel free to comment!

Annnnnnnd we’re off!

I have completed what should be the last round of the authorized version of the manuscript. I sent back one page of corrections that needed to be addressed. That is a far cry better than the 9 pages I sent the first time around.

We ran into a little hiccup due to a problem on my side. The form that I used to submit my file sent the nine page correction file from last time. As it happens my new corrections got corrupted and the old file was substituted. Thank God for cloud storage and a plethora of computers. I was able to retrieve the correct file from my computer in the dining room. The one in my office had overwritten the original file and was not going to revert back! I have now transmitted the correct file and I am waiting to review the corrections.

You got it…. TAG! They’re “it.”

I was just informed that my layout corrections are done. Tag! I’m “it.”

The first thing that I did was to take my nine pages of corrections that I sent and go through to make sure that the changes were made correctly. I have to give the team a 98% on this one. With nine pages of corrections you have to expect one or two might not be done right. In this case, it was just a case a missing a font change for one word! All of the rest of the corrections were done flawlessly. If you are thinking about going with Atmosphere Press for publication, stop thinking and DO IT. These guys are fantastic.

Now its time for me to read through the entire book again! I’m glad I wrote it. At least I already know I like it. 😀

I just heard back form the graphics folks with two new options for the cover that could be number one with the suggested changes. The changes look awesome. But there is still one more little tweak that I would like to see that would make it looks perfect. It turns out that the little tweak I wanted to see did not take any time to update at all. WE HAVE AN APPROVED COVER!

Sorry didn’t mean to shout there. OK, yes I did. Now I can update my website with an actual book cover instead of coming soon. So glad to finally have a cover. No need for you to be in suspense. If you check the home page of this website or go to Books and select C.A.R.L. you can see it for yourself.

Wow! This has been one heck of a journey! But things are looking up! I went though my book in the new layout. Fellow authors… please do not get relaxed during this process. Only YOU know how your book should be!

The new layout was great. I liked the font, but not so much all of the indentation. However, after checking it is industry standard. I absolutely hate justified text, but it is also industry standard. 🙂 One of the issues that I had was that the special font I had for the computer talking was totally ignored and changed to regular text. Had to push back on that one. Toward the end of the book two sentences were stripped out of the beginning of one of my chapters. So glad I read through it again. I carefully checked my chapter numbers too. I know when I was reading through my brother’s book (he uses a different publisher) two of his chapter numbers were duplicated and it went to publication that way! I’m hoping they correct it somewhere down the line.

All in all I had nine pages of changes that need to be implemented. What is very important at this stage is that you are as descriptive and complete as possible so that you actually get the changes that you are looking for and don’t have to do a lot of back and forth wit the layout folks. Now it’s waiting time again. Tag! They’re “it.