My Books are going on the Internet

Dear Reader,

Because you are faithful and true, you should be the first to give me your input on the changes that are taking place on the covers of my books. The first to be published online are the trilogy The Volga Flows Forever. I just was informed of the new cover design, which was chosen by committee. I like it because of its background story. It is a copy of an authentice Russian post stamp. The cool thing about this stamp is that it unifies the trilogy in appearance. I hope my upload will open to view and you can tell me which of the two images you prefer. I will mention the one chosen by committee in my next blog. By the way, my books have finally left the sheltered environment of academia and the Volga German community and found their way into libraries. My daughter did a double take when she saw Catherine in the new arrivals of the amazing Camarillo library.

Well, I just tried to open the image and I could not. I have to beg the experts to explain to me what went wrong. I am beginning to believ that the computer has been invented for the sole purpose to keep me mentally alert, involved and frustrated.