"The notion that such persons are gay of heart and carefree is curiously untrue. They lead, as a matter of fact, an existence of jumpiness and apprehension. They sit on the edge of the chair of Literature. In the house of Life they have the feeling that they have never taken off their overcoats."
- James Thurber, My Life and Hard Times

Monday, May 30, 2011

My tail is waggin'

I uploaded the files on Saturday afternoon, then spent Sunday checking Amazon and Smashwords every, oh, ten minutes, to see when my book would be ready. Smashwords finished first, then the Kindle version late Sunday, and finally, this morning there was a pretty little paperback for purchase on Amazon. Barnes & Nobel will get it into their system within the next 30 days or so.

It was the best feeling in the world. Monday was a whirlwind of email messages, Tweeting, and Facebook posting. I also packaged up: copies to send to reviewers, a copy won in a drawing at the L.A. Times Festival of Books, and a copy a friend/reader bought from my website so she could get it autographed.

Now I can sit back and tell myself it's a marathon, not a sprint. This is useful information when your books aren't selling and all you hear are crickets in cyber-space.

Here are all the links you can follow to buy Hit or Missus at the moment (in addition to the PayPal button at the right for an autographed copy.

Paperback
http://www.amazon.com/Hit-Missus-Gayle-Carline/dp/1461093597
 
Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/Missus-Peri-Minneopa-Mystery-ebook/dp/B00537SP5M
 
Other e-formats
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/62769
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2 comments:

Witness said...

Congratulations! I looked forward to reading it.

May 31, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Ruth said...

So fun, Gayle! Really exciting.

June 4, 2011 at 3:18 AM

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