Thursday, September 29, 2011

Paperback Proof!


Yesterday I got the paperbak proof of Wielder's Awakening. It was really exciting to hold the book physically in my hands! I am going to be reviewing it for a few days and then after making a few adjustments it will be ready to publish. Hopefully by the end of next week it will be up for sale alongside the ebook.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Week Two

Week two has come and gone. Things are still going well. By the end of week two Wielder's Awakening had a total number of sales of about 50 and had climbed on one day all the way up to number 8,097 in the list of top selling books in the Amazon Kindle store. It didn't stay that high long and has been between 20,000 and 30,000 most of the time. Sales have been mostly steady and started trending up at the end of last week, so hopefully that will continue.
I haven't received too much feedback on how people are liking the book, but I have gotten a little very good feedback! It's always exciting to hear that people like the book and are anxious for the next one to come out.
I just ordered the proof for the paperback version and should be receiving it this week. If everything looks good, hopefully it will be available for sale as a paperback starting next week. I am excited to actually hold a physical copy of the book in my hands!

Saturday, September 17, 2011

First Week

Wielder's Awakening has been up on Amazon for just over a week now. It was exciting to see how many sales it would get in the first week and see what people would say about it. From feedback I was also able to improve the book a little and upload an update yesterday.
Wielder's Awakening sold 19 books its first week, 18 in the U.S. and 1 in the U.K. I guess that makes it an international book! Yesterday I also uploaded Wielder's Awakening for the Nook at Barnes and Noble and started formatting it to get it made available as a paperback from Createspace.
I am excited for Week number Two. I will be announcing the release of Wielder's Awakening to a lot more people this week and am excited to see what they think about it.

Friday, September 9, 2011

Map of Kalia and surrounding countries


Here's the map. It shows the land of Kalia and the surrounding countries. This will make it easier for readers to follow Traven's journey and put events to their proper locations. I uploaded a new version of the book with the map in it this morning. I love when books have maps in them, so I am glad I was able to figure out how to add it to my ebook. I've already had several people download Wielder's Awakening without the map so I am putting it on my blog for the benefit of those people. Now I am just waiting for a finalized cover. Hopefully it will get finished this weekend.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

At last!


Last night I finally got my first book published for the Amazon Kindle! It showed up earlier today as being available to purchase. I looked at it during my lunch break at work. It was amazing to see it as an official published copy. I must admit that I got a little misty eyed looking at it. After all of the hard work it is finally available for others to read. I plan on updating the cover, formatting, and adding a map over the next week. I am excited to see where this new adventure takes me!