20,000 books in all, are being printed for these schools. We have 5000 NCSU, 5000 UNC, 2500 ASU and 2500 ECU books that will soon be shipped to our warehouse. NCSU and UNC will arrive toward the end of August, which is good because we have a book signing set up on September 1st and I turned down tickets to the Tennessee - NCSU game in Atlanta. ECU and ASU should get to us in late September.
Originally we had planned to release UNC, NCSU and another big school this fall, but that other school has shown no interest in the book. This worked out great because very few fans of this other school seem to care or know that they have a football team. This pushed ECU and ASU to the front which works out great because football is a major deal with these fans.
Fear still drives her boney fingers into my chest at 2 AM. Nothing like coming out of a great dream to wonder why no one has purchased a single book off of our Amazon.com page. Or will the sales company reps that I just signed with, be as big a believer in the books as I am? Will they be able to convince retailers to carry the books? Why have I not gotten a retail order since I went with them 3 weeks ago? Why does my wife turn my fan away from me in the middle of the night? Why did I leave the my car keys on the floor next to my bed for me to step on! ouch.
The Atlanta Gift Show starts this Wednesday. We will have 3 books there for store owners to see. This could be a major week for us, or it could be the bearer of ominous news. Hootie and head down next Sunday to meet Gib and the crew. I am praying daily that he will hand us a bunch of orders, though my expectations are not very high. I am going to get back to my vacation, thoughts, worries, hopes and beers...
Cheers.
