Time for another segment in the Saga that is Just Another Monday. To keep it brief (and easier to read) here are the bullet points:

• We debated and hemmed and hawed and then…

…decided to start a publishing company!

• SWAK publishing, LLC is born

We paperworked, ran numbers, filled out forms, looked into printables, etc etc

• Just Another Monday gets more refined

The dummies (copies we print as samples) have copyright and dedication pages. Pictures are shifted this way and that by mere pixels. We add the bio page into the back. You get the idea.

• We decided to get some help and ran a kickstarter campaign to raise $$$

Phew, one sentence for a month of insane work! If you want to know more about it, we’ll answer any and all questions.

• During the kickstarter campaign, another printer contacted us and, because of the lower quote, we get to have thicker paper.

Thicker paper = sturdier tabs = more durability for eager little fingers

• That brings us to “now”

Now, we’re doing upkeep and waiting on our paper dummy – which I will add pictures of absolutely as soon as it gets here. We’re posting on facebook, pinning on pinterest, tweeting, blogging, talking about our book, lining up launch locations (possibly the Duluth Children’s Museum in the Clyde Park Complex!), setting up news articles, packing media kits, talking, reworking our sell sheet, networking, printing labels, talking, packaging kickstarter rewards, printing business cards, and…you guessed it…talking about our book to anyone who will listen 🙂 especially if they’re half as excited about it as we are!

Woohoo! We’re truly a publishing company, with a book on the way. All that hard work is starting to settle into place – I can’t wait for the book to be sitting in my hand (or better yet, in your hand 🙂 ). I feel like that moment just before the top of the rollercoaster where you realize exactly what you’ve gotten into, the top will be a few weeks before our launch date, and then the wild ride down. We’ve signed ourselves up for quite the adventure this time!

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