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swan_tower ([personal profile] swan_tower) wrote2008-02-02 03:42 pm

new faces for old books

I got cover flats for the re-issues of Doppelganger and Warrior and Witch yesterday, and in looking today, I see that Amazon has them listed. So if you've been curious about them, they've been recast as Warrior and Witch -- not the most original retitling ever, but man, I tried and failed to come up with anything better. At least this way it's easy to tell the books go together, both in terms of titling and covers. (And no, they didn't just flip the picture over for the new cover, though obviously it is meant to be extremely simliar. It is a new picture.)

So yeah. August street date for those, both at the same time, so anybody who finds me via Midnight Never Come will easily be able to lay their hands on other stuff I've written. I have no idea if the old versions will get pulled when that happens, of if they'll coexist for a little while on the shelves. At least they've printed on the backs of both that they're reissues of old titles, so people won't feel like we're trying to pull a fast one on them; also, they've made the sequel's cover copy a little bit less spoilericious. Not completely so, but I'm not sure it's possible to write useful cover copy for it that won't have any spoilers.

It'll be neat to see myself suddenly jump up to a more substantial shelf presence, with three books out there at once. I don't know what quantities they'll be shipping of any of them, but it should be pretty good.

[identity profile] d-c-m.livejournal.com 2008-02-02 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow!! Those new covers are awesome!! I shall have to buy them they are so pretty. :)

Thanks for sharing your experiences about being a published author. It is very fun.

[identity profile] swan-tower.livejournal.com 2008-02-02 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm curious to see how many people who already bought the books before will re-buy them, just out of enthusiasm or a liking for the new covers.