My book is live on amazon

We uploaded the pdf and approved the proof last night. I checked this morning and, voila, my book is live online at amazon.com. Thrilling and chilling. Will anyone want to buy it?  Will they read it? Will they like it?  It's terrifying to lay yourself out there like that, baring your soul to the world. What will the naked truth turn out to be?

And here it is on amazon.co.uk...

Now to get the Kindle version up and start promoting it. The real work begins. I have just created a page for it on Goodreads. So much more to do.

The Author Profile

I have been busy creating and updating my author profiles on sites like amazon, Goodreads, and Smashwords. The latter is a really interesting resource for indie publishers and self-publishers. It distributes eBooks to everyone but amazon. They take a small percentage of sales revenue and the author gets the lions share. Can't wait to see how it works.

And it's off...to Create Space

The final pdf has been uploaded to Create Space for review today. What a moment! It's finished and gone to the printer. In a couple of days, we'll be reviewing their pdf to make sure nothing has gone wrong between here and there. We did have a little difficulty with our own pdf today. Blank pages, funny pagination, stuff like that. And amazingly, when just scanning through the final .docx file, I caught three more typos. Lord knows how the eye just doesn't see sometimes.

The next step will be to review a hard copy proof. If fine, we post to amazon companies and affiliates and create our own webpage. Then the marketing begins. Alex created an emoticon for me to use promotionally. Very cute. Thanks for all your help my love.

Anyway, I think I can be proud of this work. It won't change the world, but it might entertain a soul or two. In any case, I don't think I have anything to be ashamed of.