It's Here!

After two long years, the day I have dreamt about is here. Wayback is now available to the public. I hope you enjoy it, but perhaps more to the point, I hope it creates a lot of discussion.

Today had a strange sense of finality to it - somewhere between the graduation of high school and college and less intense than the birth of a child. This is the end of the creation process and the beginning of promotion and sales. The book ended up better than I could have hoped.

Here I am opening the first box of influencer copies...

Two dozen "Waybacks" all nestled together!

The gratuitous "author and stack of books shot."

I even had a well-wisher on-line from my editor, Rachel Starr Thomson

Blessings,

Sam

The Timeline for Writing Wayback

Since this blog over time becomes a kind of diary, I wanted to post the timeline of events that led to Wayback being published. I know that during the process I always wondered what was next and how long that particular task would take, so perhaps this will help other writers who are curious.

Oops, blogger doesn't give us much space here - here's an enumeration of the events:

• May 2007 - Manuscript started, originally titled "Chronology"
• May 2008 - Manuscript submitted to Manuscript Submission Network
• July 18, 2008 - VMI Publishers extends contract
• Endorsements - from Aug 2008 to Nov 2009
• Edit - from late November 2008 to Feb 15 2009
• Web Site development - from December, 2008 to Feb 2009
• Typesetting - March 2009
• Printing - April 2009
• Available to the public May 1, 2009!

Blessings,

Sam

All Systems are Go! T-Minus 8 days!

I just got a note from the publisher that the books are almost done with printing and will be shipping out to warehouses and booksellers on May 1,2009 (which was the originally planned ship date).

If you've not already ordered your copy you can go to any of the following sites to order it...

• Amazon.com
  
• Barnes & Noble
  
• Target.com
  
• Tower Books
  
• Books-A-Million
  
• ChristianBooks.com (CBD)
  
• Powell's Books
  
• Cokesbury
  
• eCampus.com
  

...and many, many more.

If you'd like a signed copy you can click here.

If you enjoy the book, consider supporting me by doing any or all of the following...

• Send an email to your friends and encourage them to read the book.
• Write a review on Amazon.com
• Have your local church bookstore or private school library get some copies for their shelves
• Ask you local Christian bookstore dealer to carry some copies
• Join the Facebook Fan Site and socialize with other fans and read fan reviews.

If you enjoy the book, send me e-mail (sam@sambatterman.com), I'd like to hear from you!

If someone needs ordering information (a bookstore proprietor, etc.), here it is...

Contact STL Distribution (http://www.stl-distribution.com) 

Phone: 1-800-289-2772

Fax: 1-800-759-2779

Be sure to check back often at www.sambatterman.com for news of other books and how Wayback is doing.

Blessings,

Sam

Covers - what might have been

It's always interesting to consider "abandoned" paths in life - as long as it doesn't cause discontent and fixation on that path.

Since the cover is now done and the book is at press I thought I'd show everyone what the covers could have been...I'm very happy with the "Blue Concept" choice that we ended up with...but the others are interesting too.

Enjoy,

Sam

Full Color Cover of Wayback

This is it! The book is off to the presses!

Here's the full color cover...

Blessings,

Sam