The Way Back 2nd Edition
To borrow from Cher, “Ladies and gentlemen and flamboyant gentlemen,” the second edition of The Way Back is now available at Amazon, All-Romance ebooks, Barnes & Noble, and CreateSpace for paperbacks. The Amazon listing for the paperbacks should be live in a few days. I signed up for the Matchlight program for this book just like I did for Out of the Blackness, so if you purchase the paperback at Amazon, you can get the ebook for $1.99.
The rejected cover. Elements may not bleed off the page.
The ebook is priced at $3.99 standalone, and the paperback is $10.49. I tried to make them as affordable as possible for now since you may have already purchased the original version. I have a story planned for Eric, which you’ll get a tiny glimpse of in the bonus short. Once The Way Home, Eric’s book, comes out, the prices of The Way Back will revert to traditional novel pricing across the board.
This second edition contains approximately 10,700 new words. The short story bonus at the end is a little over 6000, which means another 4000 in the original story. I changed a few things around to make it easier to follow, added some clarification and nuance to Riley’s thoughts, and expanded a couple of scenes, but there are no new scenes in the original story. And don’t blame the last scene of the bonus short on me, that was all Jason’s doing!
I am ridiculously happy with how the new paperback looks on the digital proofer, so I hope it comes across as awesome in actual print. I spent a lot of time on it (too much time, truth be told). Also, we went through nine variations of the cover trying to get CreateSpace to accept one. Sadly, I couldn’t cajole them into accepting our first version because of the bleed. The above image is what that would have looked like.
The accepted version. All in focus. Ahhh.
Instead, we ended up following their rules. (Those of you who know me will understand how infuriating that was!) When it’s all said and done, though, I think this might be a stronger cover even if it is lacking the excitement of the first version.
That’s all for now. Be sure to let me know what you think about the new edition, and if you’re so moved, reviews and ratings at Amazon and GoodReads are always appreciated.
