Book Launches

The past year+ has been busy for me with the task of co-editing an anthology of speculative fiction from regional authors. We received, read, commented on, accepted, rejected and edited stories, dealt with the jobs of deciding on a print/sales venue, book design, typesetting, cover art, back blurb--it's a lot of work to make a book!

I've decided that all that went before was basically a cakewalk compared to the job of organizing a book launch. Venue considerations, refreshments, arranging readings, arranging inventory and sales details, invitations, press releases, posters, flyers, promotional copies, review copies--wow. I have to have lists to keep track of my lists. ;)