The second volume of my dream diaries is now available in paperback form! (news)

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Hello, all!

I've had some free time recently, so I've created a paperback edition of my second dream diary. It took a lot more work than my lazy self thought it would! Even though I already had an eBook cover and an eBook manuscript, it still took about 1.5 days of concentrating pretty hard to put together something for a 1st edition paperback. (And I always fail to catch mistakes or change my mind about decisions I made for a book, so there will probably be subsequent editions one day. But I think that the quality of this edition will be decent. I ordered a proof and thumbed through it. There aren't a bunch of large mistakes as far as I can tell.)

There are a couple things about the paperback that frustrate me already though. One is the length. This book is over 600 pages long. I tried to save on paper by having new dreams appear on both the left and right pages. In the first dream diary, new dreams only appeared on the right.

The other big thing that bothers me is the price for the paperback. It costs $24.99. I wish I could bring that price down, but I only get a little over $1 in royalties for every copy sold at this price. The royalties can't get much lower than that. The book just costs a lot to print, and Amazon's cut is so large that it's quite expensive to produce the book. 

But the eBook is much cheaper at $6.99, so that's still an option.

It's much more economical to purchase and produce eBooks, but some people really prefer paper. And at least for me, the author, paperbacks have their advantages in spite of the expense. Paperbacks are really nice to have at live, in-person events. They're good for readings and they're good for selling at a table. I also like to drop off paperbacks at the free little libraries in town. It's easier and more satisfying to gift physical books to interested friends. And I can sign paperbacks.

So! In summary, if you are a paper person, and you like my dream diary posts, this is now an option. 

Thank you for your attention.

Link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Back-School-Naja-Tau-ebook/dp/B0BZXNMMMQ.