Since I call this blog my journey to publication, I think I'll continue to chronicle every step of the way. From writing the book and revising it, to querying, to finding interested publishers asking for partials and fulls, and onward to being accepted by Virtual Tales.
Well, lately, I've been working with the Marketing and Promotional Director at Virtual Tales. She's working on the news release of THE VASE, and getting everything ready for my introduction to the publishing world. You know, the author's bio. They need a photo for their website, and one for the book itself. What I didn't realize was the high standard of everything digital that is required for the printing press. It just goes to show how much I have to learn on that side of the road, and I will share it all right here for anyone who wants to take these steps with me.
I had already sent photos that I thought might make a good impression of me, but then I found out that there is a strict guideline for that. Photos for the printing press must be at least 300 dpi, which stands for dots per inch, (thank you answers.com,) and 1868 pixels wide and 3114 pixels high, which I learned was the equivalent of 3 inches by 5 inches. I've got nothing on my computer that matches that.
Looks like I'll have to mail her a photo the old fashioned way. I guess in some ways I'm still in the twentieth century. Just like Professor Weiss in THE VASE. But you'll learn about that when you read the book. Well, I hope you read it. That's all.
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