{"id":1270,"date":"2014-09-24T00:05:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T05:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.holypotato.net\/?p=1270"},"modified":"2014-10-27T06:27:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T11:27:00","slug":"cover-design-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holypotato.net\/?p=1270","title":{"rendered":"Cover Design Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had originally scheduled a minor reveal post today where I was going to tell you all the amazing title of my amazing new book and provide an amazing (-ly short, for me) synopsis, to start building something I’m told is called “buzz.” Big with bees, I hear. Anyway, in talking with some people about that the point was raised that maybe I should keep totally silent until the book is actually available <\/em>for pre-order (rather than the pre-pre-order state it’s in now where you email me and I add a mark to my tally to guess how big to make the initial print run). I think I will explode <\/em>if I wait that long, so I’ll probably just end up publishing that reveal post tomorrow anyway. <\/p>\n

I got the first drafts of the cover concepts back from my artist today and I’m quite impressed. There was a concept that some people liked because it really said “this book is about doing stuff with money.” But it was the first one I threw out because it was so generic. The one I immediately decided was the one<\/em> is a bit different, which I hope means that it will stand out on the shelf and make people pick it up. Hopefully only another week or so then until I can swap out the teaser image on the right with the actual cover (unless I listen to reason and wait until pre-orders open). <\/p>\n

I still haven’t set a firm date to take PSGtDIYI out of publication yet. Expect that it will happen suddenly on the same day that (firm) pre-orders open for the new book. <\/p>\n

I’ve had to enter pricing information to get my ISBN* and UPC code, which means I had to decide on pricing without having a proper public hand-wringing about it. I can still change it, but I think I’ve settled on going a little bit cheaper than most of the books out there (which have a list price of $19.95 but actually sell in the mid-high teens). I went with what looks like an odd price, so that with HST (5% on books) it will come out to an even dollar amount if you’re paying cash. I don’t really know how much something like that might phase people (or please them). I also don’t know whether being a few dollars under the $19.95 cluster is attractive or gives off a “stinky kind of cheap” aura.<\/p>\n

* I have an ISBN assigned. Several, actually! Squee<\/em>!<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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