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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Not The Actual Cover!

I will share a little bitty thing I find funny.  My publisher really wants to run with that January 10th date to start pre-orders, but isn't sure the cover art will be ready.  So... they made up a placeholder image to put on the Amazon page until they can put up the real cover.

Behold, not the cover of the exciting third issue of the Inscrutable Machine!


I think we'll make the Feb 8th full release.  Edits are all done, I wrote the ad copy, formatting the text to be all pretty doesn't take TOO long, and I've seen the WIP on the cover, so that shouldn't be more than a few days.  I bet if they pushed, my publisher could release the full book on Jan 10th, but my books are a big deal for them.  I think they want to get a lot of background sales prep done.

10 comments:

  1. I notice it's a green recoloring of the exact goggles/gears/workbench used on the first cover with just a blueprint/design-doc background added in red, but it's kind of a perfect "coming soon" graphic. I'm always impressed with a graphic artist who knows how to give something the right kind of impact.

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  2. I actually like the cover, all it needs is like all the club members in front of it with a massive sillhouette of Penny behind them in the classic "The world will be mine" Dr Wiley / Mr Eggman pose :D

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  3. I just keep picturing Penny surrounded by a bunch of Minions.

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  4. Pre-order is up on Amazon - I just reserved it!

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  5. Got my preorder in. Now to wait...

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  6. Possibly a silly question but I'm not seeing it answered on the site (I could just be blind, it wouldn't be a big surprise). When I check out the Amazon Pre Order I only see the Kindle version. Is a paperback/hardcover version coming or is it one of those things where if there's enough interest they'll start the presses? I'm an old fashioned dead tree reader and I love the books so I'm hoping for a paperback soon.

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    1. Paperback is coming! They're just slower to get ready than the electronic version. Odds are good the paperbacks will be orderable by the time the book is officially released.

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    2. Woo hoo! Thanks for letting me know. I'll keep my eyes out for the paperback to be available for order. You've just made my day.

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  7. Fyi, the new cover is up at Amazon.

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  8. Fyi, the new cover is up at Amazon.

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