Witches on Kindle!

The Witches of Castle Crabapple is on Kindle, now!

From Aug 25 to Aug 29, it should be free. (Promo name = Witches)

Since I don't have a Kindle myself (yet?) I don't really know how it all works! But the book has also been added to the Kindle Lending Library. Enrolling in KDP Select, in order to allow the free promotional period, means that I am not allowed to put WCC on any other e-book platform for 90 days, so if you have a Nook or other, you will just have to wait, sorry. (Or download the free Kindle version and read it on one of the available Kindle apps!)

Amazon Used and New is weird. I noticed three people were selling copies of WCC, which I thought odd, since it's been out only two weeks and hasn't sold many yet. (Was someone unloading my book as fast as possible???) But the three listed are being offered for more than the cover price. Hmmm. And since more people have told me they bought my book online than have actually sold (cough) I can only assume either that these people in Used and New are hoping some fool will come along eager to pay extra, after which they will order my book and pass it on for a profit, or that it's some odd money-laundering scheme.

Books selling!

Well, 14 books have sold online, and I've sold about 8 in person. Not huge sales, but I will be trying to generate some publicity soon. Or I may wait till January, since this time of year, many libraries have spent most of their budgets for the year.

This weekend, between all my other plans, I will be trying to get Witches of Castle Crabapple on Kindle and other audiobook formats.

The theme for next year's summer reading program at libraries will be underground. (Dig into reading, etc.) For years, I've had an idea for a book about a kid caught in the library after hours and forced to dig in the book mines. I don't want to take too much time off from Castle Crabapple, but maybe I'll try writing that for Nanowrimo and have it in print in time for next year's program. :D

Hi, again!

Well, since I last posted, the box of books has arrived!

Kind of funny, last week a friend was looking through the final proof, and said, "Hey, I found a misspelling." My heart nearly stopped. Fortunately, it was an intentionally misspelled word in a letter from Ruffles.

There are now 7 pages of Aji's Quest on the website. When I have about 10-12, I might approach Tiger's Mouth and ask if they want to host or link to it.

Done!

The website is finally totally fixed! :D Yay!

There's been no time to draw or write this week. I was hoping to crank out a few more pages of Aji's quest. Next week, back to work!

The new website!

I have the site updated, but for some reason the index page won't redirect to where it's supposed to.

But here's the page!
http://home.earthlink.net/~inkwolf/Inkwolf/Castle_Crabapple.html

Woot! The book has gone live! It's available on Amazon and Createspace!

https://www.createspace.com/3840978

http://www.amazon.com/The-Witches-Castle-Crabapple-Volume/dp/1475249217/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344434355&sr=8-1&keywords=witches+of+castle+crabapple



iWeb is giving me major stress in trying to create the new website, though.

Still in proofing!

I'm waiting for the fourth, and what I hope is the final proof. I refuse to even look at the interior, hoping that all the typos and glitches have already been found. The last proof, the cover was fine, except that the spine was skewed off center further than ever. After some advice from customer service, I am hoping that the new version will finally be right.

I spent part of this morning getting the new website worked on. I think it's almost done. Now I have to compact and edit my old website so I can fit some of that stuff in with the new pages. It's hard fitting into 10mb, these days.

Meanwhile, I should be working like a beaver on the sequel, but keep being tempted to start drawing Aji's Quest instead, a comic about Go that I've been mulling over for a while. Why are the non-paid projects always so much more tempting than the ones I might make a little profit on?