I'm in the process of revising the Second
Edition of Dolphins Dance, and I have
decided to share with you the first draft of the cover – once again, the
photograph is courtesy of Bradley Wong and the Photoshop work/design is by
Daisuke Maehira. What do you think?
A little
background... Dolphins Dance was my
very first book published, with the vanity press organization called Publish
America. I signed a seven-year contract with them, very foolishly. They set
their prices much too high, asking readers to pay $25 for a paperback copy and
$10 for the e-book – quite ridiculous. I didn't realize it at first, but they make
their money NOT by selling books to readers, but by selling their bogus
services to new authors like myself. A definite scam to be avoided... I argued
with them for a couple of years, and finally they offered to sell the rights to
my book back to me for $100. So now, I can revise it and publish through
Amazon, set my own price, and have complete control over my first book. I'm
very excited About it – I hope to be ready with it By early March 2014.
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