Pre-release of The Sky Caller

Alright, friends. So as some of you already know, I have decided to make a pre-release of my book. This is the "unofficial" release of The Sky Caller until I can save up enough money (which may be a while) to have it professionally edited. I have edited the book myself a couple of times but I'm no professional so there are still some grammar and sentence structure issues to work out. However, it's not in such a state that it's completely unreadable! I've had a couple of friends read it already and have said that there are some mistakes but not enough to make it not enjoyable.

So, I present to you The Sky Caller. Follow that link to view my Lulu page and to be able to purchase my book! (For a complete link: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/scottjcallaway)

For the pre-release, I have decided to publish with www.lulu.com. When my book is completely polished I intend on publishing it elsewhere but because Lulu doesn't charge a set-up fee I thought that the best way to go. The only reason I'm making a pre-release is because people would like to read my book, and knowing that it'll be a long time until I can get it edited I have decided to publish my own edited version early for them. But some of you may ask "why would you do this if you felt it isn't ready to be shown?" Well, I wasn't going to release it at all. The idea of people buying my book knowing that it wasn't perfect made me sick to my stomach. But enough people want to read it that I thought if they are willing and purchase it with the knowledge that this IS an unedited version (as far as professional editing is concerned) then I won't feel bad about it. I didn't write this book to make money. I wanted to tell a story. If people want to read my story with that knowledge then I have no problem with it. But like I said, I don't think it's in that bad of condition. Inside the book I have added an Author's Note explaining what I've just said also.

Unfortunately, because Lulu doesn't offer the exact dimensions I wanted for my book, I won't be able to use Jolene McKay's cover art. This brings great sadness to me. However, for the official release of my book I will be definitely be using it. I'm also going to be using it for the ebook version too. For this version I'm using a generic cover design provided by Lulu. It's not bad but nowhere near as awesome as the one Jolene made. Here it is:

So there you have it. For those of you who decide to read my first novel I hope you like it! I am proud of my story and hope as many people as possible can enjoy it.