The e-book editions of 8: Eight-word Poems will be available this Friday, October 27th. You can pre-order at the links below…
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8: Eight-word Poems: Now in the marketplace!
The print edition of 8: Eight-word Poems is now officially available! I do not have any copies myself yet, but the book is available for ordering on Amazon and Barnes & Noble—and Barnes & Noble is still discounting it at $13.86. The links appear below…
8: Eight-word Poems Update
Files for the e-book editions have been uploaded to Smashwords and Kindle Direct Publishing for review. I have also uploaded a slightly revised interior to IngramSpark, since I found a numbering error as I was formatting the e-book documents—just the excuse I needed to fix the remaining seven-word poem (which is now eight), and make a word substitution to another poem (so it would make more sense).
I have set up the e-book editions to become available on 27 October from Smashwords and several Amazon sites (US, UK, India, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and Australia); they should be available for pre-ordering next week.
The pre-order links and preliminary info from the last update are repeated below.
8: Eight-word Poems Pre-order links!
8: Eight-word Poems is now available for pre-orders on Amazon and Barnes & Noble:
Amazon
US:
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/099887812X/
Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/8-Eight-Word-Poems-Kevin-OConner/dp/099887812X/
UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/8-Eight-Word-Poems-Kevin-OConner/dp/099887812X/
France:
https://www.amazon.fr/8-Eight-Word-Poems-Kevin-OConner/dp/099887812X/
Germany:
https://www.amazon.de/8-Eight-Word-Poems-Kevin-OConner/dp/099887812X/
Spain:
https://www.amazon.es/8-Eight-Word-Poems-Kevin-OConner/dp/099887812X/
Brazil:
https://www.amazon.com.br/8-Eight-Word-Poems-Kevin-OConner/dp/099887812X/
India:
https://www.amazon.in/8-Eight-Word-Poems-Kevin-OConner/dp/099887812X/
Japan:
https://www.amazon.co.jp/8-Eight-Word-Poems-Kevin-OConner/dp/099887812X/
(Amazon sites currently show the book as ‘Temporarily out of stock’, but you can still order.)
Barnes & Noble
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/8-kevin-j-oconner/1127205543?ean=9780998878126
(Bonus! Barnes & Noble currently have it priced at 23% off the $18 list price, or $13.86.)
More links as I become aware of them.
In the meantime, here is the obligatory preliminary details recap, in case you prefer to order from your favorite local/indie bookstore:
8: Eight-word Poems
Kevin J. O’Conner
Softcover, 8.5″ x 5.5″
152 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9988781-2-6
Retail price: $18
Publication date: 20 October 2017
Stay tuned—and thanks for playing!
(10 October 2017)
8: Eight-word Poems—proofs
Finally got the printed proofs today. IngramSpark made a slight change to their proofing procedure, so now you have to approve the e-proof before you can order printed copies—had I known this, I would not have ended up waiting so long to get my proofs. Anyway…
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8: Eight-word Poems—proof ordered
After a cursory check of the soft (PDF) proof, I have ordered print proofs, which I hope to have in hand within the next couple of weeks. Continue reading
8: Eight-word Poems submitted for proofing
I have been working quickly with this one. I spent part of today proofreading a printout, then making the necessary edits. I have already uploaded the interior and book cover PDFs for review; the next step will be proofing. Continue reading
An unexpected development—coming soon!
I thought I might collect my eight-word poems from August in chapbook form—until I discovered they took up about 140 pages or so. So… Continue reading
Fun with cover drafts
My next self-published opus is still a ways away, since I took some poems out of the running temporarily by entering them in competitions (one for a chapbook, one for a full-length book). But I’m not letting that stop me from drafting some possibilities for the cover.
When I talked about working titles a while back, I jokingly mentioned Fred: The Lilac Years as a possibility. Well, except for the Fred part, I have decided to go with that. Here are some of the drafts I have come up with so far: Continue reading
ART 65 #5
Just finished setting up the title with IngramSpark and uploading my files. Continue reading
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