Sanctuary

2012-02-16T12:36:00.002Z

Here's the front cover of 'Sanctuary'

2012-02-12T12:14:00.001Z

Things are hotting up now. The interior design for 'Sanctuary' is now complete, and I am just waiting for the final few amendments for the cover from the artist I chose from 99designs. I'm told now I have got to prepare a marketing plan. I'll find this more difficult than writing the book!
It will be nice to have the finished product in my hands after all this time.

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2011-09-10T18:46:00.000+01:00

Now starting to work on the cover. A friend who has been reading and appraising my book chapter by chapter on FanStory.com has agreed to supply the 'blurb' to go on the back cover, and then I will be going to have the cover designed. I have found a site that submits your requirements to a number of artists who each make some suggestions. You choose the one you like best. I'll keep you up-dated on that.

Introduction

2011-09-06T14:39:00.005+01:00

My name is Glyn Smith.

I am the author of a novel called 'Sanctuary'.

The purpose of this blog is to track the progress of my attempts to self-publish my book.

I am using CreateSpace, a subsidiary of Amazon, as my publisher.

Some problems have already arisen. Because I am in the UK, and because CreateSpace only print their books in the US, I will have to pay international carriage charges whenever I order books for book-signings etc. Also, they do not distribute to UK wholesalers such as Waterstones or W H Smiths.

This, in turn, means that I will almost certainly have to get my own ISBN number so that I, as the registered publisher, can distribute to whoever I wish.

If you have had any dealings with CreateSpace, I would like to hear from you. This blog is being linked to my website www.otter2000.com which is a 'help' site for new writers, so that visitors to the site can see how my publishing is progressing.

Sept 7: Have now created the manuscript in PDF format and uploaded it to CreateSpace.