Ep. 212: Book for Sale & Clamshell Practice

I wrote a book. I finished it. I put it up for sale on Apple iBooks. You can download it, read it, and, hopefully, enjoy it. 

City of Cocks is a “literary” Murder Mystery which means the characters are stronger than the plot although the plot is important.

Sol is accused of murder. His wife and a friend have to prove he was innocent. However, the friend is a some-what violent alcoholic poet who sees ghosts. Not the most reliable of witnesses or character witness. During the investigation and trial, we learn a lot about many of the people in this small Oregon coast town:

Sol’s wife Anne and the poet who talks to ghosts and lives in the bottle, the sheriff and her deputy, a grandfather who might be dead and his grand-daughter who loves to cook chickens, a legless bartender, two barflies, a fastfood shop (Chicken Hut) owner, and the murderer and his very casual approach to relationships.

 

Available at Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble and Scribd 

In Bookbinding, I made two covers and one clamshell box. The clamshell has a red book cloth cover and snugly fits an A6-size pocket book. It has a raised bit on the front cover. It has also, however, very bad corners, so I’m not including any pictures here.

I am, as you can see, showing you the two covers I made.

One is better than the other. The red one is more cohesive and unique while the other looks … like scrap bits of cover material slapped on; which it is.

In the near future, both of these will house Moat Boat Banana content (blank graphic paper notebooks; A6 in size; available for sale; fun to use.)