Good News for you Hardback Completists

I'd thought it was going to take much longer for the hardback of Doomsday Game to show up on Amazon, but lo and behold, it's live.

I might as well mention I've already published the paperback of Doomsday Game in advance of the ebook release in a few day's time. At the moment it's mainly available only through Amazon, but it's possible you could get it through a local bookshop if you want to support their business.

The same goes for the hardback, by the way. If you do want to order the hardback in particular from a bookshop rather than just online from Amazon, use the ISBN when placing your order: 978-9574364596.

Here's the link for the hardback on Amazon UK and on Amazon US.

...and here's the link for the paperback on Amazon UK and Amazon US.

And I might as well drop in a universal link for the Kindle pre-order that'll land you up in whatever Amazon serves you. mybook.to/DoomsdayGameKindle.

That's right: I'm doing a simultaneous release of all three formats so you can pick whichever one you prefer.

Keep in mind, by the way, that the ebook will also be available through Kobo, Google Play, and others, and that the cheapest place to get the hardback, if you're particularly price conscious, is always going to be here. 

The hardback of Doomsday Game is now out...

...but only from one retailer for at least the next several weeks.

It's worth reminding you at this point-and possibly some of you still aren't aware of this-I'm publishing this book myself, and that places some limitations on what I can do which don't apply to big publishers. Plus, I'm still figuring some things out about how the indie publishing business works.

The hardback of Doomsday Game will become available through channels such as Amazon, Barnes and Noble etc, but not for another six to eight weeks - nearly two months after the paperback and ebook will become available. I don't have any say in that, unfortunately-I suspect it's part and parcel of the snail-like pace with which much of the print industry still moves.

However, it is already available directly from the company that prints it - and also to some extent distributes it - that being Lulu.com. So if you want to get hold of the hardback, click on that link in the left sidebar or click here.

The bad news is, not being able to manufacture massive numbers of copies for distribution like a full-scale publisher, the price is consequently higher. The good news is it's still significantly cheaper to buy from Lulu.com than it will be from Amazon.com or anywhere else. If you'd prefer to or are used to buying from Amazon.com or elsewhere, I'll post here once it clears the main distribution channels.

If you happen to work in a bookshop and like my stuff, this of course means you should be able (far as I know, anyway) to order it from the distributor's catalogues.

The paperback will be £8.99, and will be made available a few days before the release of the ebook. It'll have a price match, meaning if you buy the paperback you'll also be able to buy the ebook for half-price or less.

It, too, will receive expanded distribution, but will, so far as online sales go, be available directly and only from Amazon. Why? Because Amazon. Because capitalism.

Feel free to drop me a line either in the comments or the contact box if you've got more questions (also: as you can see from the pictures, I received my own proof copy of the hardback this morning. And let me tell you, it looks fabulous).