Atlantia Ready for Beta-Copies
I’ve ordered proof copies of Atlantia, the upcoming short-story collection featuring various stories set in the World of Water and Sky.
I am very excited for this book’s release! I do believe this will resonate well with fans of the series. Unfortunately, spinoff books like Cassidy have not typically done as well as regular entries in the series from a sales standpoint. Anytime you have to explain to someone what something is, it makes it tougher to sell. But much like J.R.R. Tolkien writing the appendices after Return of the King, this was a book I wrote more to finish what I felt was an incomplete story than it was a book I wrote to make money. This is my chance to fill in the holes I felt were left open-ended and a way to close everything out.
In essence, my motivation in writing and publishing Atlantia was to complete what I felt were incomplete portions of the series.
Will Atlantia sell? A bit, probably. Will it be a money-maker? Doubtful. But again, it wasn’t really meant to be a money-maker. I predict this will resonate with a few passionate fans who love the series, but not much beyond that.
That’s not to say I don’t think Atlantia is a good book. On the contrary! I think Atlantia is really interesting! As I said in my second paragraph, I am really excited for people to read it. I genuinely think this will also appeal to people who may be unfamiliar with the other books.
Beta copies should arrive sometime in the next few days, just in time for me to leave for an extended beach vacation. I may end up editing while on my trip, which would be nice. I find it fitting to be editing a book about the ocean while at the beach.
In the past, editing beta copies has been an extremely useful process which has allowed me to spot many sometimes obvious errors. I’ve written about that extensively in the past. Seeing the physical book in person, not on the computer, allows me to catch so much.
Given the pace that everything is proceeding, I would say an August release date is likely.
