{"id":281,"date":"2011-10-20T17:19:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T22:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.judsonroberts.com\/?p=281"},"modified":"2011-10-20T17:25:38","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T22:25:38","slug":"progress-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.judsonroberts.com\/?p=281","title":{"rendered":"Progress Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although it took longer than I\u2019d hoped, I\u2019ve now finished the re-editing of The Road to Vengeance<\/em>, book 3 of the Strongbow Saga. The next step is designing its new cover. That process I do jointly with my good friend Luc Reid ( http:\/\/www.lucreid.com\/ ), a fellow author and an absolute wizard with computer programming and graphics work. Basically, I come up with a rough idea, we jointly look for images that might work to implement it, then he turns everything into a finished cover\u2014a task that is far outside of my own skill set. Once the new cover is ready, I\u2019ll post an image of it here.<\/p>\n

Luc and I will follow a similar process for the map that will be included in the new edition: I\u2019ll draw a rough version, and he\u2019ll convert it into a polished final product.<\/p>\n

HarperCollins has confirmed that they will revert the rights to book 3 back to me in November\u2014the event which is driving the tasks described above. Once that happens, I will finally again own my series. My goal between now and November 1st is to try and complete the new Kindle edition of book 3\u2014I\u2019ll do the work for that myself\u2014and have the files for the new paperback edition finished by then, too, a task which Luc handles for me. After those editions are ready, but probably not by November 1st, an EPub formatted version of the e-book, which is the format sold through Barnes & Noble and Google E-books, will also be prepared by Luc. The new Kindle and Nook editions of The Road to Vengeance<\/em> will, by the way, be priced at $4.99, the same price as book 2, Dragons from the Sea<\/em>. I\u2019ve long wanted to see a lower price on its e-book editions, but HarperCollins has held the price at $9.99.<\/p>\n

Obviously, Luc is heavily involved in every phase of publishing the Strongbow Saga\u2019s new Northman Books editions. His help and extensive work on the series (he has also been one of my first readers for my early drafts of every book in the series) are invaluable.<\/p>\n

So\u2026if everything goes according to schedule (and does anything ever happen as and when it\u2019s planned?), by mid-November I should be free to resume writing book 4.<\/p>\n