Ready, set, ...

I'm so nervous, I could cry.

I finished the formatting and reformatting to get the book converted for the Amazon Kindle.  The book cover is uploaded, the book text is uploaded and converted, the pricing selected.  All I have left to do is press the Submit button.  Twelve hours after I do, the book will be live.

O... M... G...

I'm planning to push the Submit button soon after midnight of May 4 Friday.  I'll talk about why I chose that date.  And also about the pricing.

Usually, "1-4-3" stands for "I love you."  But in Tagalog (my native language), "I love you" is "Mahal kita"... 5-4 ... May 4.  The price of the book will be US$8.54.  "8" for infinity.  Okay, okay, so it's kinda cheesy.  But I had to pick some numbers!  Might as well pick numbers that have some meaning, eh?  :D

Anyway, I am enrolling it in KDP Select, which is a program where Amazon will promote my book as free for a total of 5 days within the 90-day period that my book is in that program.  At the same time, I cannot sell it as an e-book anywhere else, so I cannot put it in Barnes & Noble until after the 90-day period is over.

I haven't decided yet when those five days will be (they don't have to be consecutive, I think), so if you want to find out, be sure to get on the mailing list in the book website: www.LoveLikeDimSum.com.

I have to finish some marketing tasks and materials.  I have to update the website.  I cannot create an author page in Amazon until after I press Submit, so I have to do that afterwards.  I also have a lot of work to do with the cover and the formatting to prepare it for print-on-demand for those of you who want a paper book.

Okay, back to work for me.  Lots and lots to do.  I'm just giddy and nervous and all that....

OMG... OMG... OMG...