Pressing Matters is way late this week because of a systemic hosting outage when we would ordinarily have posted. Did you miss us?
Pressing Matters: Week of July 29-August 2, 2013
Acquisitions
- A few announcements forthcoming – we’ve signed an epic YA that we’ll be able to talk about soon, and some other interesting projects are in the pipeline….
Editing
- Many edits! All the edits! I have a feeling a certain Unnamed Newly Contracted Author is going to either laugh uproariously or weep when reading the margin comments.
Production
- One batch of bonus material for City of Devils is done and laid out; one more batch is being designed; a third batch is with an illustrator. Oh yes, this one is going to be epic…
- Text design for City of Devils is just about done, and Special Advance Copies have been sent to the author for…
Reviews, Promotions, and Buzz
- Scare LA! On August 10-11, Justin Robinson will be whooping it up with his creepy compatriots at Scare LA at LA Mart in downtown Los Angeles. Stop by to say hi, and pick up a special advance edition of City of Devils!
- Keep an eye out for cool C&G contests and giveaways coming soon…we have Plans!
Sundries
- Whether or not you’re an author, it’s well worth reading this piece from The Guardian about why authors need to suck it up and engage with PR and marketing. The bottom line is, yet again, what we keep saying over and over: It’s about the readers. It must always be about the readers.
- Gorgeous bookstore/reading ads. Ooooh, eye candy!
- The existential crisis of Alexander the Great.
- Here. Have some cute.
- The cute helps us cope with the fact that the C&G company credit card number was apparently stolen in early July, and used to buy a large batch of plane tickets to Malaysia. We’re mostly upset that the thieves didn’t invite us to come along. Company trip to Kuala Lumpur!
- (Don’t worry, the credit card company has resolved the issue and we’re on track. It was just a very shocking and stressful day there…)
- And speaking of financials, we’re trying to get our royalty software working smoothly again. Amazon changed its report structure, and now things aren’t importing. And believe me, manually entering all those orders? NOT HAPPY FUN TIMES. Royalties soon, children. We promise.
