I am pleased to announce that, with the help of IngramSpark, you can now purchase physical and eBook copies of The Dream King's Daughter, my YA urban fantasy set in rural Saskatchewan.
If you've been following my blog, you'll know about the Novel that Got Away. The Dream King's Daughter is a story about a young woman who can see what people are dreaming just by looking them in the eye, whether she wants to or not. It was written around 2007-2008, accepted for publication by Scholastic Canada for 2018, and then delayed and ultimately cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To pay off the work I invested in this book, give it a little love, and also promote my other stories, I decided to serialize it on this blog chapter-by-chapter over twelve weeks at the start of this year. These chapters remain available for all to read for free, but I'm making the story available in book and ePub form at what I hope is close to at-cost, in case people want to read it in a more accessible or even physical format.
Besides, this gives The Dream King's Daughter its very own ISBN, and I believe that it deserves an ISBN, just like its siblings.
Ingram Spark is a book printer, which is useful for independent authors who want to self-publish and get their books out onto catalogues and into the various eBook venues, including Apple Books and Amazon. They also offer promotional services, but I've heard that these sorts of things from all such publishers aren't worth the funds you'll pour into it. Their book production system was easy to use, however, with only a minor complication coming from uploading the cover, and some confusion over how to upload revised versions on the system (note to Ingram Spark: a note stating that books need to be improved before you can upload revisions would go a long way to avoiding said confusion).
I've ordered a small number of phyisical copies for my own bookshelf and possible sale at book shows, so I'll be sure to tell you about the quality of the work then, but I am pleased at what I was able to do on my own using Adobe InDesign, Scrivener and Spark. I also would like to thank Susan Fish at Storywell, who gave the manuscript a thorough proof-read, and Alisha at Bibliofic Designs for designing such a great cover for the novel.
So, if you want to read The Dream King's Daughter, and you don't want to scroll through reams and reams of blog text on a screen, consider picking up the eBook copy, or buying the physical book. Enjoy a story that I had a lot of fun writing, and thanks to everyone for their support.
You can purchase physical copies of The Dream King's Daughter from Ingram Spark itself, or by asking for it at independent bookstores like McNally Robinson (who deliver), or on (shudder) Amazon. And you can purchase eBook copies of the story very reasonably at Ingram Spark, Apple Books, Indigo's Kobo, and Amazon's Kindle.