This week, Ashtor expresses his doubts as to Hardin’s plan — though readers know he’s never been too keen on it. Though with the attack on Deltrada growing closer, Ashtor’s course appears just as irreversible as Hardin’s own.

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Boston Comic Con was absolutely incredible last weekend! As I mentioned in the comments last week, our 50-copy run of Beyond the Western Deep: Volume 1 completely sold out early on Sunday. Friday was pretty slow, but there was a run on the things on Saturday, cutting my stock down to a mere 14 books for Sunday (which sold out by about 1pm).

I know Rachel put up a picture of the booth last week, but I figured I’d repost it with the appropriate before-and-after!

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This is what the table looked like at 8:30 am on Friday when I rolled in, half-awake and sorely in need of coffee. The picture we put up last week was the booth on Friday, but I tweaked a few things around Saturday and Sunday based on my observations of people walking past the booth.

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So here’s the booth on Sunday! It’s a subtle change from what was there Friday, but one of the biggest things I did was elevate the pricing sheet so people could actually see it as they approached the table. I also bumped the book on the right closer to the edge of the table so people wouldn’t feel as weird about picking it up and leafing through it. I discovered that once people had a chance to check out the artwork in the book and saw it mirrored the quality/color/style of the cover art, they were WAY more likely to pick it up.

Speaking of picking things up, check this out!

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That, my friends, is a palette of Beyond the Western Deep! 450 copies, to be precise! The UPS guy was apparently very confused about it, since I don’t think my suburban neighborhood gets much in the way of palettes of things. Lugging those suckers up the stairs was also not that much fun — but it was totally worth it because…

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Now we’re restocked with books! :D I got the web domain and back-end for the web store all squared away, and once we get a few polish bits finished up, we’ll be ready to update the site with a link to the store so you all can buy your own copies. I appreciate all your patience as we get this set up, and I’m looking forward to being able to get the books out there to everyone who wants one!