This is the OLD blog... it was mostly about the writing, publishing, and promotion of the book. I am switching to a NEW blog here... the reason: On this old blog posts are forced to be sorted reverse chronological order. On the new blog I'm going to switch to a way that I can sort by importance. I find myself more and more disliking the concept of prioritizing by newest. I'll do a table of contents that includes dates to help see what is new to you, but otherwise, put what I consider most important at the top.

I fixed the snafu that was preventing my e-book from being free everywhere, so NOW you can download it for free from a wide variety of sites, including www.puertopaz.com, of course.
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Definitely free:
Amazon/Kindle
Barnes & Noble/Nook
Kobo
Google Play Books
Vivlio
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Not sure whether free (I don't own any Apple products so they won't show me the price):
Apple 
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It is also on, or in the process of being loaded onto multiple lending site, but often those distribution channels require a minimum $0.99 charge:
BorrowBox ; Baker & Taylor ; Overdrive (in progress) ; Tolino (in progress) ; Bibliotheca (in progress) ; Hoopla (in progress) ; Scribd (in progress) 

Puerto Paz is now available in Indie Massachusetts, a collection of books from local indie authors available exclusively on the BiblioBoard Library mobile and web platform. This collection is available to patrons of participating libraries all across the state/region.

http://library.biblioboard.com/.../08f0d021-33aa-48c8...

If you see your library does not currently have access to Indie Massachusetts, please let me or Indie Massachusetts know so we can let your local librarian know how they can adopt the indie author programs to easily promote local authors!

​http://library.biblioboard.com/content/08f0d021-33aa-48c8-9bd4-af1a850743db?fbclid=IwAR0qOdzYD-bGZHr13X4375eMXpQ9tX1s2KXTt1mWVrxm8g2NCYQpi7ze9JY

I'm releasing the book for sale today! The print book will start out being available only on Amazon, and the e-book only on Amazon and Barnes & Noble, but I'll be making it available on other platforms as soon as those other platforms complete their review and approval processes.

Formatting of the book hit a few snags, and has been proceeding more slowly than anticipated. I'm currently planning to release three versions of the book relatively soon (hopefully by April 15, and maybe sooner so that people stuck at home during the Covid-19 pandemic can have something new to keep them entertained): 

1. The mobi e-book for Amazon (Kindle): Formatting of this version is about 99% complete.
2. The e-pub book for Barnes & Noble Nooks (and likely other devices/sites too): Formatting of this version has not yet begun, but it sounds like once the mobi version is completed, making the e-pub version should proceed very quickly.
3. The paperback print version: Status of this version depends on whether I convert my Word document manuscript directly, or have it formatted through my professional formatter. Once we get to this version, it should go very quickly too though. I'll make this version available via both Amazon and Ingram.

The book is currently in the hands of formatters ("interior design"). Estimating release in March, 2020, perhaps April.

Getting ready to send the book out for final editing. Have I mentioned previously that everything takes way longer than anticipated, especially when you're fitting writing in around a stressful day job with long hours? 
The editing process has been way more difficult than writing the first draft. I'm now at the point where the story is what the story is, and I'm just looking to clean up the grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. before getting the book formatted and ready to publish.