Just in case you didn't see it

[msagara]

The cover for Cast in Fury, which is due in October of 2008. Which, by normal calendar, is generally called September of 2008.

This is the cover flat that is used in sales kits, rather than the cover that will be bound; it's also called a cover proof. The front is what I've posted, and the back -- which I should have had scanned, and will if anyone wants to see it -- has the marketing tips and information that are in theory more relevant to selling the book to bookstores.

One of the points listed in my Luna publishing history is that Cast in Secret had a 6 week Sales Velocity of 57%. I still haven't remembered to ask a rep what "Sales Velocity" means, but I am assuming that a Six Week Sales Velocity of 57% means that the book in question (the previous volume in the series) sold 57% of the total number to date at that time in the first six on-sale weeks.

ETA: Because I never upload images, I didn't realize that this one would be smaller than the actual .jpeg; if you want to see a larger version (with slightly more legible text, it's here.

Comments

[msagara.livejournal.com]

Ummm, and this is not meant to be argumentative or at all critical -- I have a minor paralyzing fear of certain types of detail, and am feeling that lovely sense of mild panic that occurs when I'm in no way certain that I haven't been doing things wrong because everyone was too polite to mention it =/.

[lyssabits.livejournal.com]

Never even crossed my mind that you were being either argumentative or critical. I sorta feel bad, since I'm not that good with reading physical description either I'm not sure I should be critiquing anyone's writing of them. It's not always a bad thing, not being too descriptive. ;) My biggest complain with RJ's books was they spent a lot of time describing what everyone was wearing that the characters didn't have time to do much in each book.