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My Book is Finally Out - Used DS to Make the Cover

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  • jakibluejakiblue Posts: 7,281
    edited December 1969

    maraich said:
    Oh, boy, now I'm nervous. My copies aren't supposed to arrive until Monday, so you'll get to see the printed version before I do!

    Okay, I found the very first version of my book cover. This one is very purple. I'm surprised, it's not as horrifying as I expected it to be. :gulp:

    I still like that cover! LOL. That's the one that is on the epub version of your earlier draft in my iPad. :D

  • maraichmaraich Posts: 494
    edited December 1969

    Miss B said:
    IT'S HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    It arrived this morning, and I just got it (and 4 other books I ordered) from my doorman a few minutes ago.

    You will be very pleased with it. It looks gorgeous!!!! Can't wait to start reading it. :coolsmile:


    It is a relief to hear that the cover is showing up in good condition and print quality. I still won't lay eyes on my copy until tomorrow, and I've been quite anxious about it.

    Of course, the more important issue is does the content meet your expectations. I hope it does. Fisty's comments give me a lot of hope.

  • Serene NightSerene Night Posts: 17,680
    edited December 1969

    I bought the kindle version. Nice work getting published. =-)

  • Miss BMiss B Posts: 3,071
    edited December 1969

    maraich said:
    Miss B said:
    IT'S HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    It arrived this morning, and I just got it (and 4 other books I ordered) from my doorman a few minutes ago.

    You will be very pleased with it. It looks gorgeous!!!! Can't wait to start reading it. :coolsmile:


    It is a relief to hear that the cover is showing up in good condition and print quality. I still won't lay eyes on my copy until tomorrow, and I've been quite anxious about it.

    Of course, the more important issue is does the content meet your expectations. I hope it does. Fisty's comments give me a lot of hope.
    I'm sure it will. I'm leaving shortly, and won't be home this evening, so hope to start reading it tomorrow. :coolsmile:

  • FistyFisty Posts: 3,416
    edited December 1969

    maraich said:
    It is a relief to hear that the cover is showing up in good condition and print quality. I still won't lay eyes on my copy until tomorrow, and I've been quite anxious about it.

    The printing is damn near perfect, and the paper is very heavy, like 3 times as thick as a common paperback, I kept thinking I was turning 2 pages by accident at first. The color is good on the cover too, I know printing is often too dark compared to the screen so either you lightened it before sending them the graphic or the printer did.. either way it's spot on. Only physical thing I can complain about is the fault of Amazon or the post office, or both.. the back cover of mine got kinda crunched in shipping.

    Of course, the more important issue is does the content meet your expectations. I hope it does. Fisty's comments give me a lot of hope.

    Well I'm on chapter 11 and I got barely any work done yesterday when I should have...... LOL And I love your gallery picture here with the painting on the wall fixed to be the right version of the story. :lol: Your story telling style is much like RA Salvatore who is in my top 2 favorites (other being Neil Gaiman.) The pacing is perfect, I haven't run into any spots that seemed to be dragged out too long or gone too fast for enough detail. It's so far been scary, disgusting, romantic, playful, horrifying, and saddening.. it really runs the gambit of emotions, but it does elicit strong emotions so I would definitely say it qualifies as art.. good art.

  • maraichmaraich Posts: 494
    edited December 1969

    SereneNight said:
    I bought the kindle version. Nice work getting published. =-)

    Thank you, SereneNight! All the support and good wishes folks have sent my way is quite heartwarming.

  • maraichmaraich Posts: 494
    edited December 1969

    Fisty said:
    maraich said:
    It is a relief to hear that the cover is showing up in good condition and print quality. I still won't lay eyes on my copy until tomorrow, and I've been quite anxious about it.

    The printing is damn near perfect, and the paper is very heavy, like 3 times as thick as a common paperback, I kept thinking I was turning 2 pages by accident at first. The color is good on the cover too, I know printing is often too dark compared to the screen so either you lightened it before sending them the graphic or the printer did.. either way it's spot on. Only physical thing I can complain about is the fault of Amazon or the post office, or both.. the back cover of mine got kinda crunched in shipping.

    Of course, the more important issue is does the content meet your expectations. I hope it does. Fisty's comments give me a lot of hope.

    Well I'm on chapter 11 and I got barely any work done yesterday when I should have...... LOL And I love your gallery picture here with the painting on the wall fixed to be the right version of the story. :lol: Your story telling style is much like RA Salvatore who is in my top 2 favorites (other being Neil Gaiman.) The pacing is perfect, I haven't run into any spots that seemed to be dragged out too long or gone too fast for enough detail. It's so far been scary, disgusting, romantic, playful, horrifying, and saddening.. it really runs the gambit of emotions, but it does elicit strong emotions so I would definitely say it qualifies as art.. good art.

    I finally got to see a copy of the final version of the book. One of the guys at work had a copy and he allowed me to paw it. Extremely happy that it isn't overly dark. I did lighten the image quite a bit before I sent it in, and I'm glad I did. As for the heaviness of the paper, they had the option of going with white or cream. A friend had warned me that the white was pretty light weight and cheap, so I went with the cream.

    Sorry to hear about the munching of the back cover. You'd think with all the fancy packaging and such we have these days they could avoid that.

    Heheheh, glad you liked the image. I'd forgotten I'd uploaded that here. I guess I could dig out some of my other old pictures that relate the story and post them. I'm kinda curious myself at this point how far back things go. I may be pretty horrified to find out how long I've been obsessed with this story.

    Wow, that's pretty illustrious company to compare me too. I hope my neck can support my rapidly swelling head. P Thank you!

    I'll be interested in how you find the ending. One of my friends wanted to hurl the book at me, but fortunately, she was a beta reader with an electronic version, so I survived her virtual assault. :bug:

  • FistyFisty Posts: 3,416
    edited December 1969

    I'd love to see more of your renders, I'm sure I've seen some of them but probably only a small fraction.

  • FistyFisty Posts: 3,416
    edited December 1969

    GGGGGAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    YOU'RE TOO FAR AWAY FOR ME TO THROW THIS AT YOU!

  • FistyFisty Posts: 3,416
    edited December 1969

    *composes self*

    Okay, hurry up and write the next one. =D

  • Miss BMiss B Posts: 3,071
    edited December 1969

    Fisty said:
    *composes self*

    Okay, hurry up and write the next one. =D


    OK, so does that mean I might be up all night reading??? Hmmmm, I better make sure I'm comfortable enough to do so. :coolsmile:
  • maraichmaraich Posts: 494
    edited December 1969

    Fisty said:
    GGGGGAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    YOU'RE TOO FAR AWAY FOR ME TO THROW THIS AT YOU!


    Oh, dear!

    I was going to ask you to go write a review at Amazon (and Goodreads if you have an account there), but now I'm not sure that's a good idea! ;-)

    I am so pleased it left you wanting more.

  • maraichmaraich Posts: 494
    edited December 1969

    Miss B said:
    Fisty said:
    *composes self*

    Okay, hurry up and write the next one. =D


    OK, so does that mean I might be up all night reading??? Hmmmm, I better make sure I'm comfortable enough to do so. :coolsmile:


    I recommend a bowl of something chocolate. But then I recommend a bowl of something chocolate regardless of the circumstances. :)

  • Miss BMiss B Posts: 3,071
    edited December 1969

    maraich said:
    Miss B said:
    Fisty said:
    *composes self*

    Okay, hurry up and write the next one. =D


    OK, so does that mean I might be up all night reading??? Hmmmm, I better make sure I'm comfortable enough to do so. :coolsmile:

    I recommend a bowl of something chocolate. But then I recommend a bowl of something chocolate regardless of the circumstances. :)
    Ohhhhhh, sounds good to me. :coolsmile: I'm always game for chocolate. ~rofl~
  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 14,330
    edited December 1969

    You said the magic word

  • FistyFisty Posts: 3,416
    edited December 1969

    Indeed.. get chocolate and comfortable and don't expect it to let you sleep until you finish it.. and probably not even then for a while 'cause you won't be able to get your head out of the story..

  • FistyFisty Posts: 3,416
    edited December 1969

    maraich said:
    Fisty said:
    GGGGGAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    YOU'RE TOO FAR AWAY FOR ME TO THROW THIS AT YOU!


    Oh, dear!

    I was going to ask you to go write a review at Amazon (and Goodreads if you have an account there), but now I'm not sure that's a good idea! ;-)

    I am so pleased it left you wanting more.

    Oh I loved it, best book I've read in years.. just a doozy of an ending. Our Amazon account is under my hubby's email so I have to figure out how to log in as him to leave a review.

  • FistyFisty Posts: 3,416
    edited December 1969

    Reviews done. =)

  • maraichmaraich Posts: 494
    edited December 1969

    Fisty, I can't thank you enough. What a lovely review.

  • FistyFisty Posts: 3,416
    edited December 1969

    Thank you for the lovely novel to read, it's been the only bright spot in an otherwise dreadful week. I desperately needed something to take my mind off work and it was perfect.

  • FistyFisty Posts: 3,416
    edited December 1969

    Suggestion: Put that cover art somewhere where we can buy prints..

  • maraichmaraich Posts: 494
    edited December 1969

    Does Redbubble count? If not, I can look into some other places. Here it is at Redbubble.

    http://www.redbubble.com/people/maraich/works/12233544-exiles-redemption-cover?c=32220-elves

  • FistyFisty Posts: 3,416
    edited December 1969

    maraich said:
    Does Redbubble count? If not, I can look into some other places. Here it is at Redbubble.

    http://www.redbubble.com/people/maraich/works/12233544-exiles-redemption-cover?c=32220-elves

    Yep! bookmarked =) Do you know if they take paypal? I couldn't find it on any of the faqs

  • maraichmaraich Posts: 494
    edited December 1969

    Yep, they most definitely take Paypal.

  • ZwytZwyt Posts: 138
    edited December 1969

    Awesome cover! I am an avid reader of fantasy so you have not only shown me some nice cover art but have given me a new fantasy series to start reading. The cover did say "The Chronicles of Shadow Book I" right? That means that there is more to come... right??? Hehe they say never judge a book by its cover but I am wanting to read the sequels and they haven't even been written yet. ;)

  • Miss BMiss B Posts: 3,071
    edited December 1969

    maraich said:
    Does Redbubble count? If not, I can look into some other places. Here it is at Redbubble.

    http://www.redbubble.com/people/maraich/works/12233544-exiles-redemption-cover?c=32220-elves


    Hot Damn!!! That looks great on the burgundy T-Shirt!!! :coolsmirk:
  • FistyFisty Posts: 3,416
    edited December 1969

    maraich said:
    Yep, they most definitely take Paypal.

    Sweet! Now I just have to wait to have more than 0.00 in there LOL

  • maraichmaraich Posts: 494
    edited December 1969

    Wow, just in case people were unaware, reviews really do make a difference. After Fisty posted her review, three people clicked on the button that said the feedback was useful to them. Three people then bought my book. Fisty, if we're ever in the same neck of the woods, I owe you a dinner.

  • FistyFisty Posts: 3,416
    edited December 1969

    YAY! :-)


    . . . . .

  • Miss BMiss B Posts: 3,071
    edited December 1969

    Well, a little over 3 hours and 6 chapters later, and I can tell you this is one very very good book!!! I would highly recommend it, and before you prompt me to do so, I plan on leaving a review as well. :coolsmile:

    Not quite 1/2 way through the book, and I'm already looking forward to book #2. ~gets in line next to Fisty to wait~

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