New edition rollout begins

As of today, you can preorder your copy of the new edition of Immortal, which is set for a release date of March 8, 2012.  This is to pre-order it directly from the publisher, which as we all know is the most awesome way possible to buy something.

Should I buy this…

…if I already own a copy of Immortal?

Yes!

  1. It will have a cool new cover that you can’t resist having
  2. It will include On Gods and Succubi, which will NOT be included in Hellenic Immortal
  3. It went through a new edit, so if you want a version of the text where the word “really” doesn’t appear as often and there are fewer commas, it’s a MUST

…if I don’t already own a copy of Immortal?

Yes!

  1. What the hell is wrong with you?

Preorder your copy here!

The Writer’s Coffee Shop Publishing House author page

As of today you can find me listed at the Writer’s Club Coffee Shop Publishing House’s author page.

Also as of today I will be calling them TWCS_PH so as to avoid carpal-tunnel.

My author page

Book pages

Also up today are the book pages for both Immortal and Hellenic Immortal.  You will find there the publication dates, the pre-order dates, the new covers, and the book summaries.

Immortal Page

Hellenic Immortal Page

Appropriately cryptic

Unlike the last cover I showed you (for Immortal) the cover for Hellenic Immortal is likely to be something you’re not going to fully “get” right away, in the sense that it’s depicting something from the contents of the book.  Thematically, the new cover is linked to the previous cover in obvious ways and still retains the “ancient man in modern world” motif.  I hope you find it interesting.

New design

This is a draft, but it’s pretty close to what the new cover of Immortal is going to look like.  More language might be added to the front (“New edition” and/or “Bonus short story: On Gods and Succubi”, or not) and the back cover language and layout hasn’t been dealt with yet. But the hard work is done.  And now, on to Hellenic Immortal.

New publisher

As I explained here, Immortal is changing publishing houses, and Hellenic Immortal is on board with the same publisher.  That publisher?  The Writer’s Coffee Shop Publishing House, henceforth known as TWCS because that’s a mouthful of a name.

I met some folks from TWCS at the Indie Book Event over the summer, and honestly I think the only reason it took this long to inquire about working with them was that I thought they only handled romance.

You will find that TWCS has a website!  And marketing!  And promotions!  And you will likely find that the least expensive place to buy their books is directly from their website, so keep that link on-hand.

Publishing dates

The new edition of Immortal will be available February 9, 2012.  This edition will have a new cover design (about which you will hear more about just as soon as we figure out what the hell the new cover should look like) and it will be marketed as having a bonus chapter/teaser for Hellenic Immortal.  I would LOVE it if you, a fan who has already read Immortal, picked up a new copy of the book.  But I’m going to be honest with you: the bonus chapter is the same thing I shared with you at the beginning of the summer.  You can read it for free right now here.

The publishing date for Hellenic Immortal is April 5, 2012.

Keep in mind these dates are written in very dark pencil, not ink.  Ahead still is: editing; cover design for both books; navigating the mayhem likely to ensue when attempting to issue a new edition of a book from a different publisher than the one who published the old edition, which is going to wreak havoc with online retailers.

Now then: anyone want to pitch a cover idea to me? I’m open to anything.

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