Hi everyone! I know–it’s been a while. A lot has happened in my life
(good and bad) since the last time I posted. One of them being the fact that I
decided to switch publishing companies and therefore revamped my books to look
entirely different. The result? I made an excellent choice. Check out these
gorgeous booksà
Aren’t the covers amazing??? Their artwork was created by Merilliza
Chan*–a very talented and amazing artist. I saw the work she did with another
author’s novels and I just had to reach out to her for my new covers. I’m glad
I did!! She brought my characters to life beautifully and captured their
essence to the T.
So I originally published the first two books in the Omordion Trilogy
with Abbott Press. Yeah, I was a novice at the whole self-publishing world and
also extremely naïve. I went into the world of publishing thinking that I was
making the best decisions. In the end, I had products that were way too
expensive ($23.99/paperback, ($39.95/hardcover)—ridiculous you say? It only
gets better. My royalties per book sold was only a couple of dollars. I was
also convinced to spend over $400 on a press release that simply did not work
or was never used, they could never give me a list of where it was actually
sent so I can follow up with the companies. The only things I liked was the
fact that the books looked really professional and I could always fall back on
the ebook if my readers thought my books were too expensive. After taking a
chance to publish my second book with them, hoping that things will get better
since I was a returning author, I found out that Writer’s Digest had dropped
them earlier that year and everything sort of spiraled downhill from there. The
communication took weeks between email correspondences, I couldn’t reach anyone
by phone anymore, and it took forever for my second book to finally be
released. Within a couple of months after the release of my second book, I found
out on my own that Kindle delisted all of Abbott Press’ ebooks. All of them! I
called the company and they basically said there was nothing they could do
since Amazon made the decision. So now I had two books that were too expensive
with no ebooks to share!
I decided then to go on a search for a new publishing company and was
recommended to check out Gatekeeper Press by another bestselling author and,
ever since I made the switch, I have never been happier. Their motto is ‘Where
Authors are Family’ and they really treat you as such. I was able to set the
price of my books to $11.99, which is much better for my readers and I now have
ebooks once again. Kelly Santaguida was the consultant I worked with this year
for my second book and she was just awesome. She always responded right away to
my emails and she paid excellent attention to the details I wanted. When it was
all said and done, I have two book babies that I’m proud of and am very happy
to share with my readers.
*Find Merilliza Chan and her amazing artworks on her website here and you can
also find her on Instagram @merilliza
Nande Orcel is the Author of Secret of Omordion and Rise of Jmugea.
Learn more about her and her epic fantasy novels at www.nandeorcel.com. Be sure to visit
Nande’s Bookstore for autographed copies or any of your favorite online
bookstores (Amazon, B&N, Google Play, etc.) to purchase her works.
Free Chapters available on Wattpad: @nandeorcel
Reviews are welcome! Questions, comments, likes, and criticisms are also welcomed :)
Contact: nandeorcelbooks@nandeorcel.com
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