Me: Hey, Harmony, check this out!
Harmony: I have a cover? Really? That’s mine?
Me: It is!
Harmony: I HAVE A COVER!
Me: You seem to like it. It’s by Cat Psychic, who people can find under that name on Ko-fi.
Harmony: Does this mean I really am going to be released soon?
Me: The finalized files have been uploaded to itch.io, Kindle, and Draft2Digital. And some stores are even allowing people to pre-order you already! (Including itch.io, which is where I make the largest profit off the same cover price should anyone ask.)
Harmony: They are? Wow… I can’t believe I’m finished.
Me: I know, right? But here are the preorder links:
Me: Also, people will be able to purchase you via Ko-fi. I can’t set up preorders there, but anyone who wants to follow me can see when the digital book is available.
Harmony: So I come out on… Wait. Does that say June 1st? I thought we were aiming for June 21st.
Me: We originally targeted the 21st for both print and digital, but the digital is ready to go now, so why wait that long?
Harmony: Why wait at all?
Me: We want a LITTLE bit of anticipation.
Harmony: I guess. So the print will have a different release date?
Me: Yeah. I’m sticking with June 21st for that. Although we’ll see how much of a nightmare getting the formatting and such right is.
Harmony: Can people pre-order print copies?
Me: Not right now. I’m working on some Clever Ideas about that, but nothing’s ready yet.
Harmony: And the listing says I’m on sale, not just for sale?
Me: Yep! From now until July 5th, the digital version of you costs $4.99. After July 5th, the price increases to $7.99.
Harmony: I seem cheaper than many comp titles.
Me: Because you’re the first in a series and I’m not exactly well known.
Harmony: Will my print version be the same price?
Me: I wish! But printing costs are going to be higher than either of those numbers.
Melody: What about me?
Me: You’ll probably be a similar price for debut.
Melody: That’s not what I meant. You haven’t touched me in the last fortnight…
Me: Oh! I will be getting back to you as soon as I can, sweetling. Between the stress of formatting, dealing with new systems, and staring at proofs, I’m rather frazzled. And I’m going to be hanging out with my daughter at a Ren Faire this weekend. But I’m going to leave this meeting to work on your outline, then hopefully give you some quality time next week.
