New cover! Again! I changed the ground-level details to more closely reflect the book. What do you think?
New cover! Again! I changed the ground-level details to more closely reflect the book. What do you think?
Ladies and gentle men, I come to you with some good news, nay....great news.
Ghosts of War is getting published by Inkshares.
How can this be you ask? Well, today Jeremy Thomas (Inkshares' CEO) announced some changes to the way Inkshares will work going forward and the changes mean only good things for Ghosts of War.
You can read the full blog post about the changes here, and I recommend that you do: http://blog.inkshares.com/post/131749557025/inkshares-funding-goal-announcement
But these are the most important points for right now:
Any project that reaches 250 pre-orders will qualify for the “light-publishing” option with a new, yet-to-be-named Inkshares collection. These books will receive a light edit, an ISBN, and limited distribution (including physical and digital on Amazon.com). Backers will receive physical copies printed through our print-on-demand service. We will reserve the right to push any of these books through our full production process, and as with all of our books, the rights will remain non-exclusive if the author wishes to publish elsewhere.
So that's pretty awesome, but there is a small catch: After October 30th the pre-order prices are going up.
Now this bit is all in bold because it's the most important of important things.
If you pre-order a copy of 'Ghosts of War' before October 30 (or have previously pre-ordered a copy), you will still get it for $9.99 with free shipping.
Any copies ordered after that will cost more, so if you've been on the fence about it, please, dive in, especially those of you who are in Australia or other non-US countries. Right now is when you can get the best deal.
In closing, I want to thank every one of you who's ordered a copy so far, you got me here and it's because of you that Ghosts of War is getting published. I can't thank you all enough.
I think it's going to take a while to sink in that this is really happening, but until then...we can have a party.
Dearest readers and followers, alike. Jeremy Thomas, the CEO of Inkshares, sent out some good news this morning: they are restructuring how they handle manuscripts up for publication ... and those changes greatly benefit Disintegration.
The minimum threshold for "light-publication" is now 250 copies. Currently, we've sold 363. That means, come 10/30, Disintegration will receive the following: inclusion in a new, yet-to-be-named Inkshares collection; a light edit; an ISBN; limited distribution (including physical and digital on Amazon.com). Readers, you made this happen; your support in the contest was immense. Thank you.
As a result, if you've pre-ordered already, you'll receive a physical copy (or copies) of Disintegration, printed through Inkshares' print-on-demand service.
This is great, huh? Well, it gets better.
Now, the full-funding threshold is 750 copies, down from 1,000. That means we're almost halfway there! The one catch is that, on 10/30, the price of a pre-order will rise from $10 to $20, so you still have a week to get on board at the $10 price and get all of the goodness I've already mentioned, above. For the next seven days, you can still play a significant role in bringing this story to hard-cover life for a relatively insignificant price! Think about being able to tell folks: "Yeah, I helped publish this book." (How cool are you, right? :) )
If my book makes the 750 mark, I'll receive a trip to San Francisco to sign copies for you and to have lunch with the Inkshares team. Exciting! Also, I've got one of those wacky signatures that looks nothing like my name, so it'll look great on your copy of Disintegration when you show it off to people. ;)
Please, if you haven't gotten on board yet, come along now and embark on a great sci-fi adventure with deep character exploration. If you love immersive fiction and multi-dimensional characters, you will love this book, even if sci-fi isn't your genre.
Leeloo would also like you to "Please help." How could you say no to Milla Jovovich? :) 
