Book 7 News

Can you handle this? It's time to tell you that Book 7: Revolution is the FINAL book in the series. I'm shooting for a June 24/25th release, just waiting on some beta reader feedback. As is typical for many books at the conclusion of a series, this one is about double the size of an average book, but for reasons that are destined to surprise...

You are very much encouraged to snap up this book quickly because I'm leaning toward a fresh sales strategy here at the end of the series. 1) Publish Book 7: Revolution as a stand-alone novel, as usual (priced at $0.99 US). 2) After 3 4 months (Septermber October 2014 after a delay due to starting a new job), publish the final compilation, including all 7 previously published books as a single volume (priced at approximately $6.99 US). 3) As the final compilation is published, I'm considering discontinuing all previous individual novels EXCEPT Book 1: Reintroduction, which will continue to be free. What do you think? Yay or nay? If you think it's a bad idea, what would you suggest instead?

The final step (after September the October 2014 publication of the full compendium) will be getting the best, most reasonably priced hardback (and possibly paperback?) version(s) of the series published. I've heard good things about CreateSpace, which is Amazon-owned print-on-demand. I know there are plenty of readers who prefer physical books, and I appreciate your patience on that front. Due to the expense and "permanence" of a physical book, I have been waiting until the end of the series to take this big, important step. In fact, it is out of respect for the vaunted tradition of final hard copies that I have waited so long. As an indie author, I wanted to take as much time as I could to get it just right. It won't be perfect, of course--nothing ever is in this world--but once I'm ready for physical publication of the full series, well, then the books will be well and truly done, won't they?

It's really an open question that I'd like to turn over to you, dear readers. What kind of ULTIMATE Legend of the Elementals reading experience do you want? Please keep in mind that the fancier the experience, the more expensive it can get. That's not a problem if you're willing to "fork over the cash" and/or "show me the money," but I'm sure realistic expectations will prevail. Although... if there are any movie/TV producers and/or animators and/or video game designers among you, please do, you know, speak up. Speaking of which, massive thanks as always to Victor Edison for the fantastic cover art. Check out his super-accurate, daily-updated series Life in Japan at http://www.victoredison.net/