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June 22, 2017
SEVENFOLD SWORD: CHAMPION cover art
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Here is the cover image for SEVENFOLD SWORD: CHAMPION, the first book of the FROSTBORN sequel series.
As with the FROSTBORN series, the cover for SEVENFOLD SWORD: CHAMPION was done by Clarissa Yeo.
-JM
June 21, 2017
SEVENFOLD SWORD: CHAMPION rough draft finished!
I am pleased to report that the rough draft of SEVENFOLD SWORD: CHAMPION, the first book of the sequel series to FROSTBORN, is now finished at 99,000 words!
I averaged about 5,100 words a day while writing it.
Tune in tomorrow to see the cover image for SEVENFOLD SWORD: CHAMPION. It’s pretty cool.
-JM
the first five FROSTBORN audiobooks now available
I am pleased to report that the first five FROSTBORN books are now available in audio! Links are below.
FROSTBORN: THE GRAY KNIGHT available at Amazon, Amazon UK, Amazon AU, iTunes, and Audible.
FROSTBORN: THE EIGHTFOLD KNIFE available at Amazon, Amazon UK, Amazon AU, iTunes & Audible!
FROSTBORN: THE UNDYING WIZARD available at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Australia, iTunes, and Audible.
FROSTBORN: THE MASTER THIEF available at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Australia, iTunes, and Audible.
FROSTBORN: THE IRON TOWER available at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Australia, iTunes, and Audible.
June 20, 2017
FROSTBORN: THE IRON TOWER now in audio!
I am pleased to report that FROSTBORN: THE IRON TOWER Is now available in audio book, as read by Steven Crossley. You can get it at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon Australia, iTunes, and Audible.
I have to admit that of the first five FROSTBORN books, THE IRON TOWER is my favorite, so I’ve been really looking forward to this one! After all, it does have this scene:
“Was this…was this your plan?” said Mara.
“Not at all,” said Ridmark.
“Then…then you really are just a madman with a stick, aren’t you?” said Mara.
-JM
June 19, 2017
how to price paperbacks?
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A question on Facebook this weekend:
“So out of relative curiosity, how do your paperback prices compare to ebook prices? I automatically assume anything in print will be at least slightly more expensive than the ebook edition.”
That is a good question!
Basically, print prices will always be more expensive than the ebook prices, but it depends on the physical size of the book.
(One exception: if you encounter an ebook that costs more than the print version, it means that the publisher is trying to artificially stifle the ebook sales to drive up the print sales.)
I use CreateSpace for all my paperbacks. Based on the number of pages, CreateSpace does a calculation for the minimal acceptable price (see the screenshot for this post). For GHOST IN THE RING, which was 332 pages, the minimal acceptable price was $12.08.
It’s generally best to set the price so it turns at least a $1 royalty on Expanded Distribution, which is non-Amazon bookstore sales. If it is below $1, small bookstores might refuse to order it for customers because there will be absolutely no profit.
So, paperback pricing comes down rather straightforwardly to page count. FROSTBORN: THE SHADOW PRISON was $19.99 because it was nearly 500 pages, but GHOST IN THE RING was only 332 pages so I could price it at $14.99.
Generally, paperbacks will always be more expensive than ebooks because there are hard costs that can’t be avoided – paper, ink, printing, binding, shipping, and so forth. CreateSpace probably has the most efficient book printing system in history, but the hard costs are still there.
That said, that is one of the nice things about self-publishing. You can get all 19 ebooks of THE GHOSTS/GHOST EXILE/GHOST NIGHT for about the cost of two (2!) traditionally published hardcover books. 
June 18, 2017
GHOST IN THE RING now available in paperback!
I guess when I said that GHOST IN THE RING would be available in paperback “later this week”, I really meant it because it’s available now!
It’s available at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Barnes & Noble, and CreateSpace.
-JM
June 17, 2017
GHOST IN THE RING print version
GHOST IN THE RING should be out in print later this week! Here’s what the paperback will look like.
-JM
June 16, 2017
SEVENFOLD SWORD: CHAMPION update
Now 70k words into SEVENFOLD SWORD: CHAMPION.
I think the rough draft will end up at about 90k to 100k words.
-JM
June 14, 2017
SEVENFOLD SWORD: CHAMPION update
16 chapters of SEVENFOLD SWORD: CHAMPION down, 8 to go!
I’m not at the ending yet, but I can see it there, off in the distance.
GHOST IN THE RING on Google Play!
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I am pleased to report that GHOST IN THE RING (and also the bonus short story collection EXILE OF THE GHOSTS) made the New & Notable list of SF/F books on Google Play.
Thanks everyone! Since I want to write eight more GHOST NIGHT books, that’s a good start.
