Ever have one of those moments where you think: "Well, I'm done for."?
I put in a revision for the interior and cover of my hardback to Ingram, and for those of you that saw the review on youtube, you know why. Didn't realize it hadn't gone through (possibly something I did wrong) until just now. And I won't be able to try again until Tuesday. Which is the 26th.
Which is when the hardback releases.
No problem, I tell myself. I can get it in at 10am, it'll go through by the next morning. Only one day lost, and I can let all my family and friends know not to buy it until the final version is cleared.
Except that I just found out the hardback is up on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In fact, Amazon bought a single copy (not the 1 New Available thing, but they actually bought one single copy), I guess so they could have one in stock and offer it up for Prime. They're not doing the multiple days or weeks to ship thing, which I've heard they do with Ingram books. It's available for Amazon Prime, and only says "In stock. May require 1-2 extra days before ship". And they've discounted it 10%, which is cool.
But now I'm freaking. Because I NEED to buy that one copy so no one will get the proof version instead of the intended version. But I have to time it just right so that Amazon won't order more copies of the proof before the intended version clears the system.
I'm a mess right now.
EDIT: The moral of the story is, DON'T FLY BY THE SEAT OF YOUR PANTS. I always wait until the last minute, and things like this always happen as a result. NOW I understand why I should have proofs sent, reviews submitted for, and everything set up months beforehand.
EDIT 2: I bought a fancy new webcam. It will be here tomorrow, and I'm going to start video blogging on youtube, since I can't into traditional blogging well.
EDIT 3: Ah crap it's up on Books-A-Million, too. It's probably up everywhere. Damn Ingram's amazing distribution power.
On a related matter, do any of you have experience with Amazon and hardcovers that aren't CreateSpace? Right now the hardback and kindle are on separate listings, and I'm wondering if there's a way to combine them like most books are on Amazon, or if it will do that automatically once Amazon realizes they're the same book.