Summer Updates

Summer is heating up! In this blog post you’ll learn more about a Click Your Poison update, author life, and new opportunities ahead.

Up first: it’s the 10th Anniversary of MURDERED this year!

As such, I’ll be making a deluxe illustrated hardcover edition to celebrate, full of bonus goodies like a new cover, behind-the-scenes illustrations, photos and stories from my own travels to Brazil, the jungle, and the favelas, and more! (if you have any other ideas, let me know in the comments)

Stay tuned for updates on this project. And if you haven’t heard yet, there’s a 10th Anniversary Deluxe edition of INFECTED and a fully-illustrated hardcover of HAUNTED already in existence!

The Rising Cost of Print Books

It seems like everything is getting more expensive these days, and the publishing world is no exception. The cost of book printing is increasing. In some ways, its a minor miracle that printing costs haven’t changed in my ten years as a professional author, and I think we’re fortunate they haven’t gone higher.

What does this mean for you?

You’ve probably seen some price hikes already, but for my titles, I’ll need to increase prices of physical books by about $1. I keep my margins low, but with the printer increases, I need to raise the price so that expanded markets like libraries can still order my books.

The price change will go into effect by the end of next week, so if you’ve been waiting to complete your Click Your Poison collection or try out Social Vampire, now’s the time!

Check out my full catalog here: https://www.amazon.com/author/schannep

How’s it going?

I’ve been busy since the launch of Social Vampire this spring.

On the writing front, I’ve been working on short stories, which I hope to collect in an anthology later this year. I’ve been submitting a few of these to contests and literary journals, as well as submitting my novel to various book awards.

On a personal note, my wife and I are expecting our third child, who’s scheduled to arrive next month! Hopefully, short projects like these and the deluxe illustrated edition of MURDERED will still be doable with a full house…

I’m also going to do a few book signings, starting with the grand re-opening of The Book Archive on July 1st, which has featured my stories in the Fountain/Colorado Springs area since last fall.

That’s about it for this update. In the meantime, you can find me on social media, on my website, or in my books. Happy summer reading!