When you have a blog, it’s only a matter of time before people start asking, “So is the goal of this blog to eventually turn it into a book?”. Truthfully, it never was. I mean if it happened cool, but I wasn’t actively doing anything to work towards that until about 6 months ago. At some point during the winter of last year I thought I should see if I can compile some of my stuff into my own little backpackers guide. Share some popular posts, expand on things, revise things, just tidy my blogs up into a non-fiction chapter style format.
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Shut up and take my money!
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Minor setbacks and plan of action
This process has proved to be much more labour intensive than I had anticipated, and the fear of messing it up my first time around slowed things down. Then, during a wine fueled writing session, I thought, maybe my guide shouldn’t be my first crack at this. I need something more introductory to dip my feet into the world of self-publishing. That way I can learn from my mistakes, and ensure when I release the real deal, I don’t feel like such a bozo.
Dip my toes into 150 Things To Do In Canada
Thus, a pandering ebook nodding to Canada’s 150th anniversary was born. I had already been writing and banking up posts of “things to do in X” posts, and figured I could compile them into a tidy 150 items. A little 13 chapter novella helping readers, travelers, RV enthusiasts, and hopefully some other backpackers spot a few things they might want to do. I buckled down, committing nearly two months of evenings for to this silly idea trying to write it, organize it, format it, brand it, design it, then finally release it.
Official Canada 150 Logo
Somehow or another, the Canada 150 board, in charge of the official Canada 150 logo, allowed me to use their logo on my book after I filled out their application. I thought this was kind of cool, getting to stick my beefy looking logo next to their modern leafy thing. Granted the content isn’t award winning, but I’ll admit when I received my first print copy (thanks Kristian!), I thought it was pretty cool. Flip to a province, noodle through.
Where can I buy the eBook?
Well, as of yesterday night, I was accepted into Kobo, and of course the book can also be found on Amazon Kindle. You can even purchase a printed copy from kindle, but considering how expensive it is ($14.99) you might want to just save a tree and leave this one for the app. You can download the Kobo or Kindle app for iOS and Android, which allows you to purchase eBooks directly through the app. Or if you already have your fancy e-reader, I’m sure you’ve already figured out how to search their store. Nook unfortunately snubbed me, and in fact all Canadians. Not sure why, but us puck-pushers are not able to publish on their platform. Uncool guys, uncool!
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