Kate Shaw
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20+ projects backed in 2026
1 day ago
Project Update: Progress and a Small Slowdown
Here's a quick update about how close we are to fulfillment!
First, the voice actor I've hired to narrate the audiobook has already started her preliminary work! She doesn't play around when it comes to voicework, and is developing a spreadsheet with notes about each character and how she wants to present each voice. She's got some other commitments to finish before she can actually start recording, but says she hopes to have her schedule cleared by the end of 2026. That means the audiobook might be done in the first half of 2027!
I was hoping to have the hardback and paperback proof copies in hand by now, but B&N estimates that they won't be delivered until Oct. 5. I had to go with B&N for the hardbacks since other services didn't offer hardbacks in 5x8 format.
What I might do is get the paperbacks printed through Amazon, since I already have a proof copy and it looks okay (not as good as I'd like, for various reasons). I need to check with my cover designer to see if he can update the back cover copy, since I have rewritten it approximately 20 times. He's moving this week and is probably completely sick of needing to make updates to the cover, but we'll see.
The ebook is ready to go, but I want to wait until Small Mysteries is ready too so that I can fulfill all the digital rewards at once. That's going to take at least another week. I have to make a bunch of illustrations for it too!
We're still well on target to get the digital rewards out by early October and the paperback copies out by the official publication date of Oct. 20, 2026. I always expected the hardbacks to take a little longer. It does actually look like larger orders of 20+ copies take a lot less time to be printed than just one, so we might all be pleasantly surprised.
This turned out to be a longer update than I expected.
We still have about ten folks who haven't yet answered their surveys. Don't forget to get that done soon! Once I have the proof copies, and can therefore figure the shipping costs, we'll be very close to locking down everyone's orders!
First, the voice actor I've hired to narrate the audiobook has already started her preliminary work! She doesn't play around when it comes to voicework, and is developing a spreadsheet with notes about each character and how she wants to present each voice. She's got some other commitments to finish before she can actually start recording, but says she hopes to have her schedule cleared by the end of 2026. That means the audiobook might be done in the first half of 2027!
I was hoping to have the hardback and paperback proof copies in hand by now, but B&N estimates that they won't be delivered until Oct. 5. I had to go with B&N for the hardbacks since other services didn't offer hardbacks in 5x8 format.
What I might do is get the paperbacks printed through Amazon, since I already have a proof copy and it looks okay (not as good as I'd like, for various reasons). I need to check with my cover designer to see if he can update the back cover copy, since I have rewritten it approximately 20 times. He's moving this week and is probably completely sick of needing to make updates to the cover, but we'll see.
The ebook is ready to go, but I want to wait until Small Mysteries is ready too so that I can fulfill all the digital rewards at once. That's going to take at least another week. I have to make a bunch of illustrations for it too!
We're still well on target to get the digital rewards out by early October and the paperback copies out by the official publication date of Oct. 20, 2026. I always expected the hardbacks to take a little longer. It does actually look like larger orders of 20+ copies take a lot less time to be printed than just one, so we might all be pleasantly surprised.
This turned out to be a longer update than I expected.
We still have about ten folks who haven't yet answered their surveys. Don't forget to get that done soon! Once I have the proof copies, and can therefore figure the shipping costs, we'll be very close to locking down everyone's orders!
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