Two new books are out for December–Grin and Bear It by George Lichty, and Cheyenne Saturday by Richard Jessup (part of the Jessup Rejuvenation Project). These will be my final releases for 2011.
I’m spending December working up some funds to switch my expanded distribution model from Createspace to Lightning Source. This will allow me to brand the books with an Empty-Grave ISBN and it will provide worldwide distribution via Ingram Micro. The books will also be available from the Espresso Print Machines popping up at libraries and book stores–insert money and the machine prints and binds the book while you wait. Switching companies also cures the fatal flaw in PoD publishing in that the books from Ingram will be returnable. This means bookstores will stock them because there is no risk of them getting burned by having to pay for books they are permanently stuck with.
The other good news is that I have been talking with an illustrator that might work with me on the three Oz books that have been stalled since July. If all goes well and he sticks around for the long haul you will see the three Oz publications out by March. Each of the books will also contain an original illustrated Oz short story written by me. The three stories relate to some detail in the books they are in and they will primarily function as feeders into my very own complete Oz novel which, if all goes well, will be released in late 2012/early 2013.
Got a lot brewing. Suicide or Murder, Portrait of an Artist with 26 Horses, and another addition to the Jessup project should also make it in Q1.
Happy Holidays!
