Monday, August 12th
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alexandraerinThe Daily Report
Tales of MU book 2 is up in the Kindle store! Other venues/formats to follow throughout the week.
The retail price is $4.99. I kept feeling vaguely guilty about making it $5 when the first one is $3, because it's only about ten chapters longer. Then I remember that 10 chapters is about half the length of the first one. And that a lot of the chapters in the first one are short. And that I priced the first as low as Amazon will go for the prime royalty specifically as a way of making it more attractive to new readers/people who aren't sure the commentary is worth it. And the commentary is longer and (in my opinion) better in this one.
The bottom line is, it represents a lot of work (both in the original writing and in creating the e-book), and I did that work with the idea that it would be worth it to tell it later, and acting like it's not worth selling now just undermines the whole system. :P
I just made an announcement on the IndieGoGo page to thank contributors and let them know my plans regarding perk fulfillment. I probably should have done that when it ended, but the truth is until the pending balance pays out I feel more anxious about the whole thing than I did even when it was first beginning, so I avoided the site most of the weekend. Oh, well. It ended at the end of the day Friday and here we are Monday morning, so I don't think it's a serious lapse. For business purposes, this is the morning after.
The State of the Me
Last night there was a bit of a spike in overnight temperatures. The rest of the week looks a lot better.
It's a little surreal how much my life revolves around tracking the overnight temperature now, but that's pretty much the same thing as keeping a sleep diary.
Plans For Today
The bonus story bank went over the top at some point in the night, so it's a bonus story day. Given that I'm a *little* short on sleep and some other stuff I'm not going into, that's pretty much all I'm counting on getting done today.
Tales of MU book 2 is up in the Kindle store! Other venues/formats to follow throughout the week.
The retail price is $4.99. I kept feeling vaguely guilty about making it $5 when the first one is $3, because it's only about ten chapters longer. Then I remember that 10 chapters is about half the length of the first one. And that a lot of the chapters in the first one are short. And that I priced the first as low as Amazon will go for the prime royalty specifically as a way of making it more attractive to new readers/people who aren't sure the commentary is worth it. And the commentary is longer and (in my opinion) better in this one.
The bottom line is, it represents a lot of work (both in the original writing and in creating the e-book), and I did that work with the idea that it would be worth it to tell it later, and acting like it's not worth selling now just undermines the whole system. :P
I just made an announcement on the IndieGoGo page to thank contributors and let them know my plans regarding perk fulfillment. I probably should have done that when it ended, but the truth is until the pending balance pays out I feel more anxious about the whole thing than I did even when it was first beginning, so I avoided the site most of the weekend. Oh, well. It ended at the end of the day Friday and here we are Monday morning, so I don't think it's a serious lapse. For business purposes, this is the morning after.
The State of the Me
Last night there was a bit of a spike in overnight temperatures. The rest of the week looks a lot better.
It's a little surreal how much my life revolves around tracking the overnight temperature now, but that's pretty much the same thing as keeping a sleep diary.
Plans For Today
The bonus story bank went over the top at some point in the night, so it's a bonus story day. Given that I'm a *little* short on sleep and some other stuff I'm not going into, that's pretty much all I'm counting on getting done today.