It’s here!

What a fun ride this one was.

‘The Boy Whose Room Was Outside’ has officially arrived in ebook, paperback and hardcover format! Featuring gorgeous illustrations/paintings/digital photographs by my friends Sandra & Miranda and also featuring fantastic drawings done by each of ‘The Kids’ this one is a labour of love!

So, what’s it about?

Synopsis;

Imagine how amazing it would be, to go to sleep one night and then wake in a whole new world.

A world filled with animals that could talk and who became your friends?

For young Peter, that’s just what happens.

He wakes in a magical forest and quickly discovers that the animals who live there are just as excited to see him, as he is them.

But something lurks.

Something that doesn’t want Peter to be visiting the forest.

Through the help of his animal friends and a giant, Peter wants to get to the bottom of why this figure doesn’t want the young boy visiting.

A coming-of-age, middle grade/YA story of fantasy, family and courage, ‘The Boy Whose Room Was Outside’ is sure to warm the hearts of new readers and fill the souls of their parents with nostalgia.

How rad does that sound?

This book came about for a few reasons. I have a lot of friends who say – “I want to read something from you, but all your normal stuff sounds too scary!” So, this one is a bridge story – a book that has darkness and thrills but no gore, swearing and no deaths!

I also wanted to write something that inspired my son, nieces and nephews! Hence ‘Steve Stred & The Kids.’ Each of the little folks in my life gave me their favourite animal and an activity which I fit into the story!

So the ebook and paperback haven’t synced yet on Amazon – so here’s the link to the ebook which is and will remain 99 cents!

 

Lastly – a quick note on the paperback and hardcover pricing. The paperback is released through Amazon. Due to the color photos and the gorgeous cover (another stunning Mason McDonald design!) it has made the book a bit more expensive. When we release books through Amazon we get a minimum release cost. That means, that based off of printing, this is the lowest price Amazon can offer it for.

The same holds true for Lulu, where I’ve released the Hardcover. I’ll talk about the Hardcover in a second.

So the paperback is $20 US or $25 CAD. I understand it is a decent chunk of change, but I really did want to keep the pictures and paintings etc in full color! For full disclosure – I’ll make $0.32 off each US paperback and $0.25 off each CAD paperback. This was never really about making money though, this was about releasing something amazing and inspiring to the little ones.

As for the Hardcover – after having numerous issues with the artwork being usable on the Hardcover, I took a different approach. One of the inspirations for a story like this was “The Neverending Story.” I decided to keep a minimum front cover and went gloss black with purely the title. So, when you open the book, page one is the stunning full color artwork.

The Hardcover as well also fell victim to wanting to keep the color images. I probably won’t sell any (ha!) because the Hardcover is $47 and again – full disclosure – I’ll make $0 on each sale.

If you are looking for a gorgeous collectible – link is here;

http://www.lulu.com/shop/steve-stred/the-boy-whose-room-was-outside/hardcover/product-24471989.html

 

Alright – let’s finish this up.

We know the world’s in a poor place. So if you are looking for a distraction, the next chapter of ‘Wound Upon Wound’ is now live!

Getting close to the ending now.

You can read everything here;

https://stevestredauthor.wordpress.com/wound-upon-wound/

So, that’s it for this week.

I hope you and yours are safe and healthy and here’s hoping life slowly begins to return to a semblance of calm.

Steve.