The royalties are in

The folk at Focus were in touch today to let me know that the first royalty cheque for Homepages reached them this morning.

They’ll keep receiving royalty cheques every quarter for as long as there are sales of the book, so please do keep the orders coming in

Ratings and reviews

I’m hearing from lots of people that their copies of the book have arrived – delighted they’re making it in time for Christmas! My own arrived last Friday and it’s a real thrill to see the printed article.

Much like Amazon, Lulu have a ratings and reviews area – I’d be much obliged if anyone who’s read the book could take a moment to go over here and add a rating or a review (or both!)

Thanks so much to all who have supported the project so far. It’ll still be on the “shelves” in the new year, so if you’ve missed the boat for Christmas, there’s still lots of time to order a copy.

Happy Christmas!

Progress update – one week on!

Well, that week flew.

Seven days after going on sale, Homepages has sold 125 copies and raised almost €600 for Focus Ireland. As of this morning, it’s riding high at number 9 on Lulu’s weekly sales chart. (And yes, I’m aware that it’s in some, um, interesting company!)

I also got my mitts on an actual printed copy of the book this morning! It looks fantastic – great paper quality and a lovely glossy colour cover. Lulu appear to be shipping promptly – so far so good.

And last but not least, a huge thanks to the Irishblogs crew for making this their blog of the week, and hi to anyone who’s clicked over from there – here’s a shortcut to the important bit.

Sales update – P-day plus four

As of this afternoon, 104 copies of the book have been sold. That’s a whopping €479 for Focus in less than five days. Hurrah!

My WordPress dashboard tells me that there are scads of posts linking to this site, which has helped hugely – thanks a million to everyone for all the plugs so far. A wee mention in yesterday’s Metro was lovely to see, too.

One quick note on shipping – Lulu have extended their Christmas shipping deadlines, and there’s still one day left for guaranteed delivery to Ireland via standard shipping (more details here). It’s approximately €12 and I’m told this covers up to three books.

It’s published!

I’m thrilled to announce that Homepages – Tales From The Irish Blogosphere is now available to purchase here for €14 plus P&P. €4.61 of this will go directly to Focus Ireland. It’s a busy time of year, so get ordering…

Thank you so much to all of the contributors, and to everyone else who assisted along the way!

Please do continue to spread the word so we can raise as much as possible for Focus in the run up to Christmas.

And do feel free to come along to Le Cirk this evening (Monday 8th) at 7pm to celebrate!

The final touches

The cover’s ready, the foreword’s written, the proofreading is (almost) finished, the nitty-gritty formatting work is underway.

All being well, this book will hit Lulu’s virtual shelves on Monday. I’m dead excited.

I’ll be posting a list of contributors here tomorrow, so stay tuned. Full purchasing info and details of virtual launch party to follow!

A quick update

Things are progressing with the book – it’s all sitting in one document and looking rather lovely as of this evening. There’s still some proofreading to be done (to those who volunteered, I may be taking you up on this tomorrow!), as well as some formatting work. I’ve also received a cracking cover design from the lovely Katharina, which is being finalised this week.

All being well, the book should hit Lulu first thing December 8th, if not a little before – stay tuned for more news…

Extra time to submit!

What with the long weekend, mid term breaks and Halloween coming up, it’s a busy week ahead. So I’m extending the deadline for submissions for the book until Friday November 7th. Yup, a whole extra week to send in your photos, stories, recipes etc. to homepagesthebook [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com. Please keep ‘em coming!

Getting there

There are just over two weeks to go until the October 31st submission deadline – please keep your submissions coming! The stories and photos I’ve received so far are really great – they cover everything from homecoming tales to fiction with a twist to vintage-style vignettes.

Check out the Submit page for details on how you can take part if you haven’t already – and keep spreading the word…

Thank you

To all those bloggers who’ve linked to this site over the past week – some multiple times! – thank you so much for helping to spread the word.

Huge thanks also to those who’ve sent in submissions so far – you’ve had me laughing and crying (in all the right places, I promise).

I suspect I’ll be saying thanks quite a few more times before December 8th. Thirty more days to get your submissions in…