State of Verdan

This post will provide the latest update on the status of publishing and marketing each book in the Verdan Chronicles.  I will periodically update this post versus new posts, at least for 2016.

The Fourth Age

• Publish start 11/20/2014
• Publish complete 1/15/2015
• Days to Publish 56
• Duration of Author Effort - 16 days
• Duration of Lulu Effort - 40 days
• Offer through Goodreads (In progress, ordered 10/7, questionnaire returned 10/10, marketing draft received on 10/20, but rejected due to focus on wrong book).  Still waiting on corrected draft (not a good experience).  On 12/15, they started the process over and once again requested a questionnaire be filled out.  I sent it back to them on 12/15.  On 12/19 they acknowledged receipt of the questionnaire and once again will start the process over to draft something.  Ugh.  Last time it took them 10 days to send me a draft.  I guess I  prefer doing a good job over a fast job, so with the holidays I don't expect to get anything until after the 1st of the year. 

Dark Passages

• Publish start 2/10/2015
• Publish complete 4/23/2015
• Days to Publish 72
• Duration of Author Effort - 30 days
• Duration of Lulu Effort - 42 days

Heroes of Bardoom

• Publish start 9/1/2015
• Publish complete 1/6/2016
• Days to Publish 117
• Duration of Author Effort - 12 days
• Duration of Lulu Effort - 115 days

Broken Circle

• Publish start 12/28/2015
• Publish complete 1/28/2016
• Days to Publish 31
• Duration of Author Effort - 10 days
• Duration of Lulu Effort - 21 days

Against All Gods

• Publish start 2/5/2016
• Publish complete 3/9/2016
• Days to Publish 33
• Duration of Author Effort - 15 days
• Duration of Lulu Effort - 18 days

Council's End

• Publish start 9/9/2016
• Publish complete 11/11/2016
• Days to Publish 68
• Duration of Author Effort - 16 days
• Duration of Lulu Effort - 52 days

Out of Time

• Final Draft - Complete
• Format and Review - Complete
• Final Edit and Review - Complete
• Cover Subject Agreed Upon - Complete
• Cover Illustration - Complete
• Submission to Lulu - Complete
• Content Evaluation - Complete
• Lulu Cover Design - Complete
• Lulu Interior Design - Complete
• Final Proofread and Corrections - In Progress (Cover - Complete, Interior 85%)
• Softcover published on Lulu - Not Started
• eBook formatted and published on Lulu - Not Started
• Softcover available at Retail sites - Not Started
• eBook available at Retail sites - Not Started

Blood and Magic

• Final Draft - Complete
• Format and Review - Complete
• Final Edit and Review - Complete
• Cover Subject Agreed Upon - Complete
• Cover Illustration - Complete
• Submission to Lulu - Not Started (target January 2017)
• Content Evaluation - Not Started
• Lulu Cover Design - Not Started
• Lulu Interior Design - Not Started
• Final Proofread and Corrections - Not Started
• Softcover published on Lulu - Not Started
• eBook formatted and published on Lulu - Not Started
• Softcover available at Retail sites - Not Started
• eBook available at Retail sites - Not Started

The Fifth Age

• Final Draft - Complete
• Format and Review - Complete
• Final Edit and Review - Complete
• Cover Subject Agreed Upon - Complete
• Cover Illustration - Not Started (Amy estimates January)
• Submission to Lulu - Not Started  (target March 2017)
• Content Evaluation - Not Started
• Lulu Cover Design - Not Started
• Lulu Interior Design - Not Started
• Final Proofread and Corrections - Not Started
• Softcover published on Lulu - Not Started
• eBook formatted and published on Lulu - Not Started
• Softcover available at Retail sites - Not Started
• eBook available at Retail sites - Not Started

Last Updated on December 26, 2016