Thursday, January 29, 2026

Grunt Work

That's what today felt like. I spent most of the day working to unpublish and republish my eBooks and paperbacks on Amazon with my own ISBNs. So I had to make sure the manuscript was up to snuff, add the ISBNs on the copyright page, and work my way through republishing. I just checked on Amazon and my republished novella is listed without a picture and the unpublished one has a picture and no availability. Oh wait, I bet it's still in Kindle Unlimited so it won't be all unpublished until the 90 day commitment runs out. I'll figure it out.

 

Anyway, look at what I got in the mail today. It's a hand-carved wooden flamingo head sunglasses holder. I think it'll be just the thing to put on the display table at vendor shows. Six of my books take place on islands so it's appropriate.

 


And I ordered some short battery-powered strings of fairy lights. I thought I'd twine a string around my new release to make it stand out. I had the devil of a time finding just a few sets and short ones. Many I found were 25 feet long, way too long for a little book display, and others had 12 to 20 strings. I finally scrolled down to find 7 foot long strings and a pack of 6. Much more manageable.

 

When I was exhausted and my eyes were tired from staring at the computer all day, I sat down to draw. I was so relieved to see today's flower. It's a Crocus and it was simple to draw. Thank heavens. Just what I needed after a long, tiring day.

 

I just went on my new audiobook distribution website, clicked on the sales report page, and discovered that some libraries bought two copies of Island Dreams this month! Woohoo!!! It's a start.

--Barbara 

1 comment:

Aunt Barb said...

Good way to end a tiring day. Like a little reward for making it through.