Oops Part II

HRG CharityYesterday I talked about creating a big error in my book.  Well I did it again, sort of.  I was setting up my newest book for publication at Smashwords and created a really big error.  The error wasn’t in the book, but in Smashwords itself.  Instead of typing the title as His Robot Girlfriend: Charity, I typed His Robot Wife: Charity.  Since I typed it in the title section, I couldn’t just edit it.  I had to start the process all over (The Smashwords meta-data reviewer probably hates me).

In any case, it shouldn’t affect the publication timetable.  His Robot Girlfriend: Charity is available for preorder at Amazon now as well as Smashwords, and should be available for preorder at all other ebookstores soon.  It is still slated for release on January 16th, 2015.

Oops!

Astrid Maxxim and her Hypersonic Space PlaneWhen you publish your own books, you’re always on the lookout for errors.  Of course the most common is the typo.  I work very hard to find and correct all the typos.  Every once in a while though, you have a much bigger mistake.  I’ve just dealt with one of those.

I discovered that on one of the title pages for Astrid Maxxim book 4, it actually had the title for book 3.  This was because I was pasting in the pages from the earlier book (which I knew had correct formatting) and then changed the text.  Well, I forgot to change all of it!

If you are one of the first 24 people to buy Astrid Maxxim and her Hypersonic Space Plane, you’ve got the error.  You should be able to download an updated file from any of the bookstores by now.  Or you could keep it.  I doubt it will ever be as valuable as the Beatles original Here, There, and Everywhere album cover, but you never know.

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