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It's winter; therefore, this solstice, I will be selling my books and having them delivered to your door. Signed and sent to your address for only $30 (including postage). All you need to do is be in NSW. The first 30 to contact me will receive their copy. Thirty copies for $30 for the 30 days of June.
In order to get your copy, all you have to do is contact me via my website and message me your address. Then once I have your address, I will be in touch.
On Friday the 2nd; I had a book stall at Crown St Markets in Wollongong. I arrived there at 8:00 to set-up my table and placed my books on display. The markets opened at 9:00; a few people were asking about it, but it wasn’t until 11:20 did I make my first purchase. The rest of the day was long but I made two more sales before I closed up at 3:00. It was a learning experience, given me ideas of what I need if I do it again. But everything costs. I would like to thank ‘Cuddly Bubs’ for the conversations and the company.
I am trying to work out how else I can sell my books, maybe offer a special or something this winter. I have a box and a half still to get rid of. The special will only be for those within a certain area. But I am hoping that this will spread the book to more people.
On the 13th of May, I had a book stall set up at Campbelltown Catholic Club; it was part of the Annual District 70 Toastmasters Conference. I have been in Toastmasters for nine years (since May 1st) and have learned a lot from attending their meetings. As an author, I was invited to set up a table with other authors to sell my book. From 12:00-6:30pm, my books were out for anyone interested in asking about my process or my story.
I had several conversations with people from all over NSW and talked to them about how I started and what I have done. I even spoke to school-aged children about my book. Though my expectations for the day were unrealistically high, I did sell some of my books. So some are better than none. I continue to hope I can sell the books that I have ordered. I am hoping to find more markets, or locations that I can go to this year to sell my book.
One year ago, it all officially started, don’t get me wrong, it took a few months to get the covers, order the books, try to get the book on Reedsy and Amazon. The mass panic of editing and having the book out there. It was a rush and that was last year. Now it has been 365 days of promoting myself, selling some of my stock and coming up with new ways to keep people engaged. I created an instagram account, I continued to use a Facebook Account. I made reels, posts and stories, reaching out to a small by growing community. It isn’t an easy process, but it’s a step closer.
Happy Anniversary Immortal Legacy Series
Now I have created a page with the main characters, giving a brief background on who they are. Characters Profile. Most of these characters make themselves known in the second book.
Business Cards and QR Codes are two things that I have created these last two weeks. I had hoped to print bookmarks, but due to being in the wrong country, they cannot be produced here, so I had to go with business cards instead. They will act as bookmarks, and I even added a QR code to them. That’s something I have learned and utilised over the last week. Making QR codes, something I can put on posters to have people go directly to my website or my book online. By scanning my QR codes they can find out more about my series.
With it being almost a year since I released ‘Age of the Immortal’ I hope to have ‘Class of the Immortal’ available on iTunes before then. On the anniversary of Book 1, I will be giving access to my character’s bio page. This is a way for those who wish to know who the story is about can read before or after they but a book.
On April 3rd, the paperback book of ‘Immortal and the Hex’ was released on Amazon. This means people can buy the book and put it on their shelves. Now there are two books physically available for readers to buy. The link for the book is here for America. Otherwise, you can click here for Australia.
Now with two books out, I am trying to find other means to raise awareness, and I was told about trying to come up with bookmarks, so one of my next challenges is the come up with various designs to make bookmarks to give out.
But I cannot just keep making things; I need to talk to people and have people engage. I can design posters and posts for Instagram and Facebook, but I need ideas and feedback from the community. So I am reaching out; comment, message me, get in touch with ideas; what would you like to know? I am only just getting started on this career path, I am working on getting the last two books ready to be released, but I need feedback. I need support. Spread the word, if you have read the book, leave a review. Let’s get the Immortal Legacy out there.
‘Immortal and the Hex’ Immortal Legacy Book 2
Yesterday, I finished reading my proof copy of ‘Immortal and the Hex’ this means that before Friday, the book will be corrected and ready to release. After one month of reading all 498 pages, I can finally get the book ready for sale. This leads to the exciting news of giving its official release date as Paperback.
‘Immortal and the Hex’ continues Mitchell’s journey in the future starting right where it left off. Then it takes you to the past to introduce the Hex, 6 scientists that want to make a difference in the world.
The book tells each of the scientists journeys and what they wish to accomplish. Each scientist has their own passion, family and adventures before coming together.
On Saturday, due to technical issues, my journey south was delayed by a couple of hours, and the journey by train took twice as long. However, this allowed me to read my proof copy to see what was missed. The train trip up allowed me to read over 75 pages. The journey home was just as long, and by the end of the day, I had read 140 pages. That is over a quarter of the book. I should be finished reading the book by the March, this means April the book will be released as Paperback.
I have also made plans to try to sell physical copies of my book. I made the commitment to attend the event in which 100s of people will be around to see my book and ask questions. Now I have to wait and see. Trying to find ways to promote the book online will be my next challenge.
This month, I plan on reading Immortal and the Hex and seeing if the book is ready to to the next stage and that is having it available on Paperback, however, I am hoping that more people will be interesting in buying the first book before I arrange the second.
There maybe a way to sell my stock of physical copies I ordered from Melbourne, but that won’t be until May. Until then I am waiting for books from Amazon, iTunes and Lulu to be purchased.
It will take at least 2 weeks to read the 500 pages of my story. At the same time I will making page for my website that will introduce the main characters. By the end of March, hopefully things will be progressed to the point where I can be happy with the paperback.
I am halfway through editing the fourth book and halfway through writing the fifth and final book. Things are moving forward.
Last week was a better week that I could imagine, on Tuesday the 14th, I ordered my Proof Copy of ‘Immortal and the Hex’ and it arrived Friday. Two weeks earlier than I thought. The book was bigger in my hands than I thought, with all 500 pages printed in its beautiful yellow cover. Opening it up in front of my family allowed me to share the excitement with them.
In that same week, I managed to finish a chapter for the fifth book, having the idea in my head for years, it is good to have it out on paper so I can edit and fine tune it. With that being halfway through the fifth book, I need now to plan and plot out the rest of the book, so I can have the fifth book finish the series spectacularly rather than let is sizzle out. I have edited several chapters for the fourth book so over the next two months, I hope to continue to edit and write, so I can than move onto planning when to get a cover.
My next challenge, is working out when to have Book Three available on other online platforms and how to promote it.
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