Verdan Chronicles

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