Stay Out Super-Late Tonight (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} copperbadge) wrote,@ 2009-05-01 09:30:00 |
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Christopher, the only bookseller in the small farm town of Low Ferry, lives an uneventful life -- until one day he encounters a shy newcomer named Lucas, and accidentally sells him the wrong book. What follows is a journey for both men, in vastly different ways, set against the strange, ritualistic, magic backdrop of a midwestern winter.
A tale about the masks people wear and a meditation on the power of magic and place, Nameless revels in the simple pleasure of storytelling.
This book was the product of an intense three-draft editing process conducted entirely online.
It is available currently for $10.50, and the price will rise to $12 on May 10th. It is also available for free as a PDF download. Those of you who have inquired about ebooks -- I'm in the throes of HTML editing now, so it is coming!
If you are interested in a signed copy, please do not purchase a book! Scroll down to the cut below.
If you know a high school student who will be entering university in the fall, now is a great time to combine your postage and pick up my college guide, Other People Can Smell You, as a gift. If you're a senior yourself and strapped for cash, Other People Can Smell You is also available as a free PDF download.
NOTE: LULU POSTAGE TENDS TO BE EXPENSIVE. If you are overseas and finding postage prohibitive, please leave a comment on this post so people can contact you about workarounds. Likewise, if you are willing to combine postage to lend a friend a hand, please check the comments. It may be cheaper to have someone in the US purchase a copy with theirs and then send it to you, or split postage with someone in your area.
Signed Copies
Signed copies are a bit difficult to untangle because of all the postage issues. I have decided to sell a limited number of signed copies at $30 each as a charitable fundraiser.
FOR NOW, I will be limiting the number to five on a first-come-first-served basis, because I am disorganised and five is what I think I can handle. If you know that you definitely want to purchase a $30 signed copy, please comment on this post and let me know. I will be keeping a running list of the overage so that if five proves manageable, I will be selling more.
The $30 for the book includes at-cost price of the book and postage from Lulu to Chicago. Depending on where you are located it will also include all or part of the postage to you (this is something to sort out once I have your location). The remaining proceeds will be donated to either The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, working for LGBT rights around the world, or Children of Uganda, a secular support organisation for Ugandan AIDS orphans and other children in need. Feel free to let me know if you have a preference between the two.
(lest you think this is a weird combination, Children of Uganda has been my personal charity for years, since Ganesh sent me to them in a dream. No lie. Not that this is any less weird, now that I look at it.)
Publicity and Reviews:
I am more than happy for you to publicise this book on your own journal if you want. You are of course welcome to do your own writeup if you like; if you have critical comments I won't be butthurt or anything (believe me, after all that we've done already, a little more crit won't kill me). If you'd rather just copy and paste, you can use the texthere:
Sam/Copperbadge just self-published Nameless, his first novel, edited and designed with the help of LJ readers.
Christopher, the only bookseller in the small farm town of Low Ferry, lives an uneventful life -- until one day he encounters a shy newcomer named Lucas, and accidentally sells him the wrong book. What follows is a journey for both men, in vastly different ways, set against the strange, ritualistic, magic backdrop of a midwestern winter.
You can check out more about Nameless at his blog post:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/copper
or buy Nameless from Lulu here:
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-b
A Final Note
Thank you. THANK YOU, OH GOD. This book would not be here without you. I had friends who pre-read Nameless, and I know some of you don't think you are part of "The 2500" BUT YOU ARE; I had a cafe who went to town on this thing and made it so much better than it was.
Originally it was dedicated to Dog and Crash, the two canine troublemakers who inspired Nameless-the-dog. Dog, rest his soul, is weeing on the carpet in heaven; I'll bring Crash a lovely treat next time I see him, which I suspect he will appreciate more than lasting literary fame.
Instead, this book is dedicated to you.
