Release Date Planned - 17th March

I’ve announced on Social Media that Stigma will be available on the 17th of March. Is this a realistic date? I honestly don’t know, I’ve never done this before. There are still a lot of tasks that need to be done, but I feel somewhat optimistic that it should be in at least one store by them.

So, what else do I have to do?

• Get the manuscript back from Abbie - 28th of Feb
• Check/accept her changes
• Create an ePub file, with chapter heading, formatting, etc the way I want them
• Create a PDF file for the paper back. Victoria’s cover has been designed around 338 pages, so I need to ensure I have the correct number in order that the spine looks right.
• Make a copy of the ePub file for the Apple book sample that only has the first 5% of the story
• Upload the ePub to Amazon, Apple, and Google.
• Upload the PDF to Amazon
• Submit the ePub and PDF for approval and publishing
• Create an author page on Amazon and Goodreads
• Update chapter 1 on this website with the copy edited version
• Generate the links for the Apple and Amazon via BookLinker
• Update the website with links to the stores
• Promote / advertise

I’m sure that there are other things that need to be done.

If I had decided to spend a number of months/years trying to get an agent and have Stigma available via a publishing house, then the majority of the above tasks would have been done for me. Not that that is a complaint, the geek in me has enjoyed learning all the bits to get a book into the wild.