Cover Reveal Times Four

In early October, my four older backlist titles, Funerals For Horses, Earthquake Weather and Other Stories, Electric God, and Walter's Purple Heart are coming back into "print." Figuratively speaking. They are coming back as ebooks. And they will never go out of print again.

For those of you who love physical books, there's a reason these are being released as ebook only. Because there are plenty of new and good-condition hardcovers floating around on the web. It didn't make sense to create a $15 paperback when you can find a new hardcover through a used book service for just a few dollars plus shipping. In general, I'm not going ebook-only with my new titles. But for these four, it was the perfect way to bring them back to market, and introduce them to a whole new audience of readers. (Hello and thank you, brand new audience of readers. And if you've been my reader all along, thank you for that, too.)

So this is my cover reveal. These are the four brand-new covers for the new releases. Compare them to the original editions and tell me what you think! 

I've revised the book pages for these titles and put a lot more information on each one, so you might go take a look. I'll definitely sound the horn when these are available. 

Thanks for staying tuned!

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When You Were Older Giveaway!

Updated on Friday, August 31, 2012 at 9:46AM by Catherine

Updated on Saturday, September 1, 2012 at 9:11AM by Catherine

Seems it’s been a while since I’ve given books away on this blog. And it’s been even longer since I gave away paper books. Ebooks are a fun and easy giveaway for me, because they’re inexpensive, and I don’t have to mail them. But…

Yesterday I got a shipment from my UK publisher. A carton of paperback copies of When You Were Older. It’s my newest UK title. It came out in the spring in hardcover, and it’s coming out at the end of August in paperback. And…now for the really exciting news: the US edition will be arriving soon. It’s about three months down the road. I just saw a mock-up of the cover this morning. I wish I could show it to you, but it’s definitely not final. As soon as it is, I’ll do a reveal on this blog. Nothing against the UK cover, but…wow. Our US edition is going to have one terrific looking cover!

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Remember Hiking and Travel?

Ella at Tomales BayMe, too, though it was a distant memory for a while there. I used to post blogs about my hiking/camping/outdoor trips three or four times a year. Sometimes more. But it's been a tough year. Most of you know my mom passed away in March, and I've managed not to get out the door since. That means last time I went somewhere fun in the motor home was my failed Grand Canyon hike last November.

This is not said to elicit sympathy, nor am I feeling sorry for myself. It was just time to get back out there.

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