1581809417
Yep, that’s the ISBN of my first book. The idea was hatched in January 2006, I started working on it in April, I finished it in August, I proofed the pages in October and got my first actual copy of it in March 2007. Tomorrow, May 2, it’s available to everyone, though it already started shipping on Amazon.
This blog will document the rest of the journey: Release, promotion, sales, reviews, etc. The good, the bad, the fun, the fruitless, everything (I guess I like to put things up on the web). You can see the web site that was the genesis for the project here: grocerylists.org.
Grocery lists? Yes. The book is about found grocery lists. Funny ones, sad ones, healthy ones, unhealthy ones, short ones, ones with notes, ones for parties, ones by old folks, and on and on… In fact, on and on for 240 pages. In full color. with a hardcover! And it’s all thanks to HOW Books. Thanks, HOW Books!
It’s a weird thing putting a book out with your name on it. I’ve been publishing in a variety of ways since 1988. ‘Zines, magazines, newspapers, music, web sites. And although I’ve been a contributor to or subject of a number of books — this is my first book. It’s all mine, so I figure I ought to keep track of what happens.
May 2nd, 2007 at 12:26 pm
…and your 13-digit ISBN (which will soon, if not already, be industry standard) is… 9781581809411.
Thought you might want to know. Congrats on a great book.