I just approved the 8×10 paperback format for Astrid Maxxim and her Amazing Hoverbike.  You can purchase it right here from the blog, and hopefully soon you will find it at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other online sellers of paper books.

I don’t expect to sell many paperbacks, but I thought it should be available to help the visibility overall.  I expect to get paperbacks of all the rest of the books out this summer.  I chose 8×10 because it worked best with the cover art and it was different.  This is a kid’s book, so I thought it was fine to stand out from my other books.

I’ve been vascilating over which if any of my books should go to paperback.  I don’t really sell any, though I do give some away.  On the other hand, my ebooks are starting to sell.  Still, I thought of all my books, Astrid Maxxim deserved a paper treatment, as it is aimed at young readers, who might not have access to an ereading device.  I chose an unusual format– 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 98 pages.  I did this for a couple of reasons- 1) it just works better with the cover illustration, and 2) I wanted it to be different than my other books, since this one is aimed at children.  As I write this, the proofs have already shipped and I should have them by the time you read this.