Hey readers!!
Exciting news: I’ve got my hands on the actual paperback copies of my novel The Love Fool! And I have to say: This whole thing seems so surreal. I never imagined I’d hold in my hand a book that I’ve written. Wow!
I can’t believe it’s almost pub date for this labor of love (no pun intended). And thanks to those who have pre-ordered The Love Fool, your contribution has made my publishing dream a reality.
These particular copies I hold are for the funder pre-orders only; and I’m signing each and every one of them before they ship out. So, paperback funders: Your pre-ordered signed advance copies of The Love Fool are beginning to ship. Please check your mailboxes. (Ebook funders: ebook download details ready soon TBA.)
In other news: The official website for The Love Fool has been launched! Check it out at www.thelovefool.com
Guys, MARCH 13 is The Love Fool publication date and it’s almost here!
Lorenzo Petruzziello
We’re up to 327 orders!
6 of those are from today so that’s $6 so far I’ll be sending to Room to Read, an organization that supports literacy and gender equality in education. Please help me send more their way! I’ll be giving $1 for every order I get before midnight.
In other exciting news, I was featured on the website of the Bonner Foundation today! The Bonner Program "provides diverse, predominantly low-income students with an ’Access to Education and Opportunity to Serve.’ It was such an important part of my college experience and I’m so proud to still be a part of the Bonner community! Check it out here:
http://www.bonner.org/news/2018/1/25/bonners-write-novels-too
Please keep sharing the book with your friends and family! Thank you all for your amazin support so far!
Hello dearest readers!
The Love Fool production process has been going smoothly thanks to the Inkshares team.
First: Many of you may have noticed, I’ve recently posted the official book cover for The Love Fool. (For fellow writers, the cover was designed by the team talented team at CoverKitchen.) It’s a total deviation from my temporary photo, and I like it because it’s a better representation of what is written inside.
I’m writing this as I begin the final review of the official print proof of The Love Fool. And it’s hitting me again: THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING. Wow! In a couple of months, my book will be in your hands and hopefully we’ll all find ways to discuss it.
With that said, The Love Fool is now listed on Goodreads – so if you are a member of Goodreads, please add The Love Fool to your “To Read” list - and be sure to follow my author profile. Of course, if you are a member of other online book reader websites, please do share – and I will make sure The Love Fool is on it.
Note: An official The Love Fool website is coming soon.
Guys! It is an awesome feeling to see The Love Fool popping up on online bookseller websites including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, IndieBound, Hudson Booksellers, and Canada’s Indigo. And I hope to see the book on store shelves too – I’ll definitely be working on that, folks.
Nervous. Excited. Anxious. Cannot Wait!
Lorenzo Petruzziello
Good day readers!
All is moving wonderfully with THE LOVE FOOL publication. As many of you already know, the official release date is 13 March 2018.
You can now see THE LOVE FOOL listed on prominent retailer websites like Barnes & Noble, Amazon, but more importantly on IndieBound - where readers can find their local independent bookseller and hopefully pre-order. (More on this later.)
We are in the final stages of completing the book cover design. I’m working with a designer recommended by the wonderful staff at Inkshares. And I cannot wait to share it with you all.
As far as the publication process, the manuscript should be in the galley proof stage by now, and would be coming to me for another review sometime soon. We’re on schedule for the March release and it is super exciting.
The official THE LOVE FOOL website will be coming early 2018.
I’ve also been working on other publications: I’ve been contributing to a lifestyle, food and travel magazine called Intermezzo Magazine; and you’ll see a classic aperitivo drink recipe I contributed to SIP the Magazine – a cocktail focused publication. Look for them in your local newsstand, bookstore or subscribe to each (see links).
I wish you all a festive holiday season, a Merry Christmas, and a happy & safe new year!
-Lorenzo Petruzziello
Hello Readers!
We have a release date: MARCH 13, 2018
If you follow me on social media, you already knew this.
As you can imagine, this is absolutely exciting!
I’ve already got the first rounds of edits back from the copy editor and I’ll be hard at work on the notes. Wow guys! This is really happening and I cannot believe it. Round 1 has begun!
Keep up to date with the process by monitoring my social media or checking The Love Fool page here on Inkshares.
Oh! And for all you Goodread members out there, I just listed The Love Fool on the website.
One super excited author,
Lorenzo
p.s. The Inkshares team are pretty awesome to work with. I hope I didn’t annoy them yet....
Hello Readers,
I recently heard from Inkshares and it looks like a production schedule should be coming my way. This is great news! It means we are closer to getting the book in your hands. I am waiting for final confirmation on the release date and will announce as soon as I get it. The production and publishing process does have several steps so it will take some time. The manuscript has to go through a round of Inkshares edits that may or may not be needed. This process usually takes about a month or so. In addition, the document itself needs to be set up for printing, making sure all the text lines up correctly for each page. And, not to mention assigning an ISBN number to make the book available for retail. Plus, we have to finalize the book cover. There’s a lot more detailed items, but that’s the gist.
In the meantime, I wanted to share some other EXCITING NEWS: I have recently become a contributor to Intermezzo Magazine – a food and travel publication available by subscription, at bookstores, or newsstands across the country. My first contribution – a gorgeous photo of potatoes – can be seen in the current issue available now; and I’m working on something for the next/future issue.
Final note: The Love Fool website is moving along. I will update as soon as it’s ready to launch.
Things are bubbling, so that’s good news.... Ciao for now! -LP