Distribution

Although 'Shallow Poet' (out in less than a month now) is going to be released with an ISBN and full distribution, we are still seriously considering removing all the poetry books from distribution to retailers. This would allow us to offer them at a considerably reduced price. The ISBN's  cost is negligible; it is the mark-up for retail that hurts, and nearly doubles the price on these smaller books (it's somewhat less noticeable on a thick novel).

Be all that as it may. This release will be distributed and we'll worry about changing anything of that sort further down the line. Of, course, 'Shallow Poet' will be free as an ebook (PDF and EPUB) at the Arachis Press site. In the mean time, I am doing re-reads of most of my stuff and inevitably discovering the occasional typo or such. New editions will appear as necessary, though none of it is at all pressing.

Shallow Poet Proof

i have a proof copy of the print edition of 'Shallow Poet' in my hands, and have approved it. All is ahead of schedule for it official release on April 21. Now to get all the details of its release worked out, listing it here and there, getting the free ebooks up at Arachis Press, and so on.

Yes, the ebooks (EPUB and PDF) will be free, as with all my other books. Print will be for sale 'everywhere' as we are going for full distribution, with ISBN. To be honest, these poetry books end up overpriced with distribution and we are giving thought to selling them direct only. This is not so much of a problem with the thicker novels and such, though it still means tacking on several dollars more.

Here is the author himself with his copy of 'Shallow Poet.'

Announcements

Announcements—that's pretty much the purpose of this blog. Announcements of the 'professional'  doings of Stephen Brooke, his art, his writing, and so on. We already have a personal blog so there won't be much of that here. And there is a Stephen Brooke site at stephenbrooke.com. So, here we go: our first announcement!

A print copy of the new poetry collection, Shallow Poet, is in our hands and been approved, a month before its official release date of April 21, so all is well there. We'll let you know when something else of that sort happens. That's why blog is here.