This blog tracks my efforts to market my first novel Welcome to Heaven.


It starts at Week 1 just as the final corrections are being made to the PDF manuscript.



Sunday, 5 December 2010

Week 10

Steady progress this week. Amazon was still stating that the book has not been released yet but this has just been changed to 'Temporarily out of stock'. I suppose that's an improvement!
I hadn't realised that there's a middle man in the supply chain between YPD and the main on line suppliers. It therefore takes time for the system to get going. This will no doubt sort itself out.
However those ordering direct from YPD are getting copies within a few days.
I don't think I have enough time to get books into local shops before Christmas - we'll see next week.
I thought I'd allowed enough time to get the book launched by the end of September - in time for Christmas - but sadly not.
Lesson No 2 - Work out when you want to launch the book and add a three month float. (Some of the processes take more time than you would think).

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