Mike Mongo's Astronaut Instruction Manual is launching!
The above photo arrived in an email last night from the team at Inkshares. Newly-unboxed from the printers, The Astronaut Instruction Manual has arrived.
Better yet, as pictured above, it is immediately being readied for immediate distribution to backers and buyers–The AIM is on it's way to your [confirmed mailing address] now! As my people say, yes!
I tweeted out two sentences that kind of says it all: “I am a published author. My first book has arrived from printer to my publisher.”
Look for your copy in the mail this week! And once again, thank you. We would not be here today with you. Thank you supporters, backers, friends, and family. (And of course the whole entire team at Inkshares–you all are family too!)
When The Astronaut Instruction Manual arrives, be sure and drop me a note or, even better, a photo of you with your new book. It's my first! And it's on it's way to you!
Tomorrows jobs are in space,
Mike Mongo
WOOT! We made it! I am so grateful to all of you who have helped me bring It's All Fun and Games to life. I have to say the last hours of the contest were nerve-wracking, but now that it's all over I'm heaving a great big sigh of relief.
I've been informed that we've reached the print publication goal, and that's all the info I've got so far. As I learn more about the process of bringing the book through editing, etc., I'll be sure to keep you updated. While there's still a little spit and polish to do, the book is probably 95% complete, so hopefully we'll be able to move into production soonish.
Now I have one more favor to ask of you. If you shared my book and earned some referral credits, consider tossing them at The Catcher's Trap. Ricardo's book came in 6th place, falling just 3 supporters short of me. What I've read of his book so far is excellent, and he deserves to bring this baby to print. There are 48 days left in the funding window, which is plenty of time to get the remaining 360 or so book sales to hit 1000 (or at the very least 130 to get to ebook). I, for one, will be buying another 9 copies for myself with my own credits. Let's get Ricardo published!
That's all for now! Thank you again!