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Saturday
Feb202016

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

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