Proper format is everything...  Sigh.  I have tried to upload a POD cover for The Ghost Downs three times now. Hope the third time is a charm...  I got a note on the first upload that I messed up the spine width...  I used the template - but somehow got it wrong.  I was very careful in the spine width on the second upload - but it got kicked back with a "general format error" kind of message. Poking around, looks like I didn't leave room on the back for the ISBN.  I MEANT to... but I didn't... Crossing my fingers...

The frustrations of being a one-man show are legion - but this appears to just be inattention on my part.  I forget that POD needs a barcode so I lay out the cover like I would for PDF - trying to get the elements in pleasing balance...

If this was my job, I should be fired... But it's a hobby.  As frustrating as this whole cover thing has been, I've learned a lot and I'm enjoying the process (does that sound contradictory?  Maybe it is...)

Over the past 24 hours there was an uptick in downloads of the Northern Tier hexcrawl, so I did a quick search for reviews and found one!  Thanks for the review!!

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I have three items uploaded to OneBookShelf:

The Northern Tier - a hexcrawl set in the Rosewood Highlands (150 pages). The PDF is currently free, the Print version is $12.99 (bundling the PDF is, of course, free).

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The Ghost Downs - a partial hex within the Northern Tier (70 pages). This region uses maps from Dyson Logos for a half dozen or so encounter areas. $3.99 for the PDF, $9.99 for the print, probably be $10.99 for the combo, though I'm leaning toward just making the Print OR the Print+PDF $9.99.

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The Shrine of Fallen Angels - a single small (16 page) dungeon location.  This was the first thing I wrote for the Northern Tier and the Rosewood Highlands.  It's not live yet, but will be soon.  I plan on putting this with a couple of the other smaller adventure location PDFs together for an omnibus printing - though I'm considering offering saddle stitched versions.... Not sure yet.  Anyway, $1.99 in PDF.


Yet to be done...

I'm working on another larger (about 60 page) manuscript for the Palace of the King Under the Water, Blackfalls Hall.  Again, this adventure location uses several Dyson Logos maps. The layout is almost complete (it looks like two more pages have to be done) and then the covers. The price points should be close to the Ghost Downs.

The Hall of the Gnome King is in layout.  It's looking like about 20 pages. The Rusted Tomb is being re-edited and will have some additional content added before it's ready for layout. It should also be around 20-24 pages.

The rest of the Highlands Locations are still in the writing phase.
I've got some other things to talk about, of course... future reflections forthcoming...

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