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The "hacky" solution turned out to be more complicated than I thought, but it worked. Now onto the the cover design. Just a warning: it won't be anything fancy. Ed sent me pictures he used for the ebook versions, so I will use those or something like them.
Also, it feels like I am getting mildly sick (not with you-know-what), so it may be a bit before I finally get this first book out the door.
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Well, just so you know Jay, I/we appreciate your efforts doing this for all of us. I literally cannot wait.
I pray health fills your body and His healing hands touch you in a very special way!
Love you, Brother!
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12-15-2021, 10:01 AM
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Praying for you too
You know it occurs to me that the Lord really wants these books in print. The warfare is stirred. Jay is under some attacks. What a ride! I am praying, “ Lord, Grant Jay strength for the battle.”
“I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps; His Truth is marching on.”
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Thanks, you two.
Lulu isn't working out, so I am going with Amazon's printing services. Lulu forces you to set the price of the book with a minimum of revenue added onto the base price, which is ridiculous even if I wanted to make money off of it.
At Lulu, the "at cost" for the first book (683 pages) is $15.99. but I can't list it at that price. They force you to set the list price at double that, so the book would be $31.98 at a minimum. That's not going to work. With amazon, you can set the price so that it only covers the printing cost, plus 60%, which is amazon's mark up. I don't know the at cost of the book on amazon yet, but let's say it's $15.99 like Lulu. That would make the list price $25.58, much better than $31.98. But we'll see when I finish that setup.
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Wow. Inflation is biting everywhere.
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Some good news: finished everything with the first print book. Now I'm just waiting for the review and approval from amazon and it will be live, within a few days. I'll post here when it's up.
More good news: it will cost around $15. Not a bad price for a nearly 700 page book. Please note again that neither Ed nor I are making money on this, so that cost is as low as it can get.
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Amen. I'll order one or more when I get paid at the end of the month.
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Soooooo excited just ordered my copy will be at my door December 29, wooo hooo!!!! Thank you Jay. Thank you Ed. You cannot know how much this means to me.
