Well….. I said on my website last week that I’m out of stock of Prodigal Journey. I’m pleased to report that more books should be in by next week and I’ll get your backorders finally filled! Yay.
Also very important is that there are about two cases of Refining Fire left in print in the known universe. That’s about 60 books, folks. Unless I find more copies hidden somewhere that I’ve forgotten about–but I think that’s it.
I’ve been offering a great discount on this one, but I need to go back to cover price to make sure the stock holds out for a while – I have no plans to reprint it until after I’ve printed the third book, and I’m too busy right now to figure out electronic copies, Palm Readers, Kindles, and all that. I do want to do that someday – but not now. I think most all of you would agree with me that getting the third book done is more important!
Also, I got word from my distributor that the 1200 copies of Prodigal Journey still left over (yes… it was a huge initial print run, and when everything went haywire, I got stuck holding the oversized bag of books) are pretty much taking up space. So… I can put THAT title on a deep discount, once my stock arrives. Cool? Cool.
I would also like to offer anyone in a Utah school district in need of a fundraiser the supremely low price of $50/case for 24 books if any of you would like to use them for a school fundraiser. The list price is $14.95, so this is a much better deal than the 50% cut most fundraising products offer. What’s the catch? You’ll need to fetch them from my distributor (in Brigham City, UT). Send me a note through my website, comment here, OR email linda@lindaofficial.NET if you’re interested. I still have to clear this big idea with my distributor, and I’ll most likely need to issue you an authorization code which allows you to pick up the books.
And if you just really, really want 24 copies of Prodigal Journey – and can pick them up in Brigham City – talk to me about that bulk discount. None of these will be signed, unless you want to buy me a plane ticket to come speak and sign books at your school – which I also would be glad to schedule. Keep in mind these are high school to adult level books. Not many 2nd graders really want to go home with a signed 500-page chapter book with no wizards or dragons! Ha.
In unrelated news, I’ve bought a new DOMAIN NAME for my website:
I thought I’d snag a good idea from Adam Lambert, whose site is “adamofficial” – since “lindaadams.com” has never been available, and nobody can spell my maiden name correctly (twenty years of living with it taught me this 80x over), I figured why not try this route? This domain is good for the next 10 years. Yeah!
I couldn’t get “lindaofficial.COM” – which belongs to a singer in a Spanish-speaking country, where I’ll bet the name Linda is much more popular than it is here in the USA. (I haven’t seen or heard of a baby “Linda” in ages! have you? nope!) And yes, I do know my name means “beautiful” in Spanish. Thanks. My reply to that pick-up line? “Yes, and did you know your name means ‘ugly iguana’ in Cantonese?”
If ”lindaofficial.com” comes open, I’ll try to catch it. Meanwhile, try hard to remember to type .NET and NOT .com.
My http://www.alyssastory.com domain is still valid, and both domains point to the same website. I’ll keep that name until at least next February, so there will be some overlap. But it does get me funny looks sometimes, when I pass out my business card and have to explain that ALYSSA is the main character in my STORIES…. eh, anyway, it was time for a change. Simplify.
Oh–and while I was simplifying, I changed my Twitter ID to “LindaOfficial.” If you were already following me, no big deal, but if you’re looking for me there – that’s what to search for. Side note: a really, really nice teen in Europe had “LindaOfficial,” but I wrote to her and asked how attached she was to it, and she changed it for me! That was SO nice. I was so impressed and so pleased I could get the same name everywhere. Branding, branding, branding – right? (If only changing your username on MySpace was so easy… heh. Well, MySpace is mostly dead, anyway.) So, one more official shout-out to Linda in Europe: Thank you so much for your kindness!
OK. That’s the business news for today.
I’m still writing and hope to press forward in faith and get this manuscript done. School starts the end of August, and I’ll have my quiet time back to forge on ahead.
Thanks for listening, and have a great day. ~~Linda~~
