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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Launch Party Jitters


My launch party for Fireseed One, is this Tuesday on my blog. And I've got the launch jitters. I feel like I'm waiting for my graduation day, my wedding, a long speech that I had to give in high school in front of the class. You get it, right? In a way, it's silly. I've survived through four solo painting openings, that wedding, and well, not so much that long memorized Shakespeare speech, which I promptly forgot the words to as I stood in front of my entire class.

A note to those who use upstart formatters for their indie projects. I used Bookbaby, a great place with friendly people who actually answer the phone when you have a question. Problem is, that I published the paperback on CS, and apparently, they got confused that I wasn't publishing the eBook version through Kindle direct. I waited, and waited, and waited for the eBook to go live. Finally I asked what was happening. Glad I did. Apparently, amazon needed to get "authority to publish" from Bookbaby, because they are such a new publishing entity. You are forewarned!

So, you see, I have at least one rational reason to be anxious. The eBook is supposedly going to be expedited live by Monday, in order to be available for the launch. Send some positive energy to the good Kindle people.

I hope you'll all stop by on Tuesday, DEC 20th, and that I have all my virtual ducks in a row. Oh, and I'll be serving virtual snacks, all concoctions straight from the pages of Fireseed One!

18 comments:

  1. Sending good vibes and pixie dust to the Kindle people. It will all turn out great. Just relax and smile and take a deep breath.

    A party with virtual snacks sounds perfect. Hope I can attend. Thanks.

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  2. Don't be nervous. It's going to be a blast. :)

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  3. Aww, thanks you guys. Pixie dust, love it!

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  4. Don't be nervous; your book is awesome! I still owe you some Qs for my interview...SO sorry. Tomorrow?

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  5. It'll be great. Don't be nervous. Can't wait to read the book.

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  6. How exciting! You must be on tenterhooks. I know I'd be! It's going to be great!

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  7. Exciting, Cathy! I will stop by on Dec 20, then!

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  8. Thanks, it'd be great to "see" you all here on Tuesday. Love the blog community.

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  9. how exciting!! I'm sure it's going to be great!

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  10. Oh, good luck on your launch! If you are doing a blog book tour, you are welcome to do a guest blog with me if you like: hartjohnson23(at)gmail(dot)com.

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  11. Hart, I'll take you up on that! Planning another tour in mid/late FEB.

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  12. You'll be fine!!! I was frazzled for the launch of my first book. But you'll be amazed by the awesome support here.
    And thank you SO much for downloading my book. I am honored!

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  13. Looking forward to reading it, Alex. And thanks for the nice words.

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  14. Aw, don't worry... nothing ever goes perfect, but what's important is your book's name gets out there. Yay for indies!!! :)

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  15. Best of luck on your launch! I wish you many happy sales! :)

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  16. Fantastic! I'm super impressed and can't wait to read it.

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