Fishy Business: How to be a Mermaid

[Tasha Mermaid]

Oh Raina this is such a good idea, how exciting for you.
sign me up for a autographed hardback copy PLEASE
i am all about supporting my friends and fellow artist/musician/author's.
i think even if some mer's here feel they dont need it, it is still important to support our community and our fellow mer's, and if buying a book (i adore books) helps then i am more then happy to buy it and recommend it to anyone who is interested .

[Ariel-Starfish]

YAY can't wait!

[Aziara]

When will the book be out? I think if I could show them that yes, people actually make money this way, my mom and husband might think I was less crazy to want to make a tail and do birthday parties. I mean, summer lasts for 8-9 months where I live, and 1 out of 3 people have pools.
anyway, I want to buy it when it comes out.

[Carolina Mermaid]

Likewise! My mother feels I can't make money out of this

[Mermaid Pickles]

I am most definitely going to buy the book! I'm super happy for you, Raina!

[AniaR]

May. I was supposed to do the photoshoot for the book cover tonight- but we had a family emergency So I don't have the exact date for everyone yet. But yeah, May Very excited to get it out there!

[Thalassa]

Oh, dear. I hope everything is all right!

As you know, I'm looking forward to the book.

(My birthday is May 28th. How cool would this be to get myself as a birthday present?! *squee*)

[AniaR]

Here's our cover mock-up!

[telzey.amberdon]

Will it be a whale of a tail? (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

[Ashe]

So cool!!! It looks lovely

[Mermaid Pickles]

EEEEE! -practically spazzing I'm so happy- I can't wait!
And does his shirt say Mermaid Wrangler? ><

[AniaR]

it does indeed say mermaid wrangler haha

[Mermaid Pickles]

Niiiiicce....Say, I have a spontaneous question. Do you ever get snagged for photos nonstop for hours on end?

[AniaR]

yes. lol

[AniaR]

Here's the final book jacket

(obviously digitally compressed, in real life it wont be all blocky)



I published the book and ebook last night. I am eagerly awaiting my copy to arrive in the mail. I set up a website for it too. Once I get my copy and approve it all, I'll set an official release date and we'll be having an online livestream release party where Mermaid Ama and I will be available to ask questions. I'll know the date within a week

It's been a really insane process. I have learned so much, and I want to write another because I learned so many things the hard way, now I can do another and already know what to do haha. Carolyn's foreword is amazing. I read it out loud at least a dozen times. It really got me jazzed and I hope it does for you all too.

So my goal was to keep it under 20$ and I just barely made it, haha.

Physical copy (Trade 6x9) will be 19.95$ USD
pdf copy will be 9.99$ USD
Limited edition (Trade 6x9) with an autograph and a signed print will be 30$ (to cover the cost of shipping the book to me to sign, and then shipping it to customers) I wasn't going to do the autograph thing but I've had so many people ask I've decided I'll just do a limited amount.

We decided to go with pdf because it can be read on your computer, smart phone, tablet, or ereader. This way I could avoid the fees associated with converting it into epub- and a whole wack of fun extra formatting issues.

I did my best to keep the cost manageable but as I mentioned earlier there were associated fees and some issues I had to get around if I wanted to be able to sell the books to anyone outside of Canada. Thankfully, there are LOADS of coupons for Lulu (what I published through) that can be found online and applied, and I can set discounts up

Canadian price looks like it has a 12 cent difference, which is lame because we're pretty much on par. :/ when I view it on my laptop it says american prices but when I checked it from my parents it said Canadian which made it an odd number, like 20.07 CAD

I'm not sure how expensive shipping will be- but there are loads of coupons to offset that. When I ordered my copy to approve, I paid rush shipping and it was only 5$, for standard it was like, 2$. SO I'm hoping shipping will be reasonable for everyone

[Ashe]

That looks so cool Raina! I love the front picture, so cute

[Aziara]

*happy dance* Oh YesYesYes!!! So excited!

[MerMatt]

Definitely would love a autographed copy. Looking forward to the release date.

[Ariel-Starfish]

Awsooooome!! I'm so hoping to get a signed copy :o <3

[AnnaAbyss]

I would totally buy this when it comes out. I have Doreen Virtue's book 'Mermaids 101'. I hope to have a big collection of mermaid books. Congrats Raina!