Well, I did it. I'm sitting in Barnes and Noble, waiting for my car to be repaired. I've played with one of the Nook devices, and there it is: "Days of Reckoning," by Chris Stout (that's Deacon's alter-ego!). Curious to see if Amazon has caught up, I've used my laptop to go to the Kindle store. Holy crap, there it is: "Days of Reckoning: Kindle Edition." At $2.99, what a deal! The iBooks version should also be available shortly. I will post the link as soon as it is live.Suddenly the new starter I need for my car doesn't hurt so much (that will come when the credit card bill comes due). My book is published. Yup, it's self-published. But it's out there, nonetheless, which is more that can be said for it during the last five-going-on-six years since it was submitted as my thesis at Seton Hill University.
Right now I'm going to bask in the glow of having succeeded in bringing this novel online. It's a pretty righteous feeling. When I make my first sale, I'm pretty sure that will be righteous too.
Later, I will post some lessons I learned as I went through the process of uploading to each of the three outlets. I will probably do a post for each one (Kindle, PubIt and iBooks) so that the posts are manageable and unified. If I branch out into any other retailers, I will keep you updated. In the meantime, thank you to everyone who helped this novel along: critique partners, mentors and especially my sister, who was my first and coolest reader. Also, thank you to Michelle Hess for the awesome cover art.
Oh yeah, and PLEASE go buy my book! It's a fun ride.
