Monday, December 10, 2018

The Release

After finally getting my domain name (epicofold.com) and getting the paid version of the website, I've more or less completed the publishing process for the first book, which is now live on Amazon and a few other stores (some still have yet to release it). I also updated the website a bit to look more modern, and added some extra detail to the page with the world maps. I also updated the trailer so that it has the website link at the end as well as credit for the music. I'm not sure if I need to add that trailer to youtube to improve distribution, but I'll leave that for another time. I still have accounts elsewhere that have to be updated for marketing purposes.

At the moment, I'm editing the physical copy of the book that Amazon will sell. I believe I'm finished with the Word document that I'm converting, though I may need to increase the font size in a few places. The main task is to create the picture that will serve as the template for the front and back cover, including the book's spine. It shouldn't be too hard to put together as long as I get the dimensions right. I downloaded an Excel document that calculates the right size for the image after inputting the book's dimensions and page count. Once the physical version gets submitted, I'll order myself one to check the quality.

I am worried about potential edits should I find reason to work on the story months from now, but I've already gone through the beta reading stage and cannot find anything else to change for now. I'll just have to keep track of the edition number and make sparse updates when needed.