Things have been edging along. I’m not in the home stretch on this book by any … er … stretch of the imagination, but it’s in sight. It better be, however– , even if they don’t have that nifty cover in their database yet. Now I have to finish it (as if having signed a contract with the publisher doesn’t count or something?). Still, it makes the final result of this epic quest (i.e. a book) seem all the more ‘real.’
Something a little unreal is . Don’t get me wrong—it’s definitely a paperback release, but a handful of hard-bound copies will be made; Amazon’s got them going for $53.55, so even I may not splurge on one (yep, authors have to pay for their own books, too). The hardcover version isn’t some exotic ‘limited edition;’ apparently it won’t have a dust jacket, and perhaps not even the cover illustration. Rather, it’s made for libraries (mostly academic ones) that can’t be bothered to put that big, fat book tape on the spine to help the book last. Naturally, I suggest rather than spending $53.55 on a single hardcover, those libraries should spend $53.55 on four copies of the final product; that way I might even see royalties from this puppy someday.
On the other hand, I have to finish writing it first!
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