My First Cookbook is Live on Amazon!
Hey everyone! I may have spilled the beans in my post title, but I can't help but be so excited that my first cookbook is up on the online market!! You may recall from a previous post around the holidays that my dear @dksart surprised me with the first version of the book. He pulled some of the best recipes from my blog and edited them together into a stunning collection. The book came out so well we worked together on a few edits to put it out on the market. I never would have thought I was ready for that without him going ahead and putting in the work to make it a reality!
We are definitely both still in the learning phase about self-publishing, but we managed to get this one live on the third round of edits to get the file just right. It really is such a fantastic time to be able to actually get your content out there without having to get signed on by a publisher. I don't expect to sell tons of copies, especially on my first attempt, but it is still really neat to be able to market it for people I know who find value in having an actual book in hand. Now I need to take @blockurator's advice and set up my author page as I am excited to work on the next volume!
I have plenty more to say about what this means to me, but it is almost farmers market time here and that takes priority over all else on Saturday mornings! 🥕🍅 I just couldn't help share the news as I consider so many of you friends. Thank you to anyone who has been any part of this journey of mine from starting blogging and recipe creating just 18 months ago to now having a first edition cookbook out there! The more I share and create, the more confidence I have in that what I put out has value. Not just monetary value, but a true place in helping encourage others to enjoy wholesome food for a full and healthy life! Thank you all so much!
Congratulations!
Thank you!
Congratulations!
At least somebody is doing something on real paper and not on some mysterious blockchain. 😉
Haha, thanks! I figured I'll just hedge my bets and dabble in it all! Hopefully being active on multiple fronts will help strengthen each of them in turn!
Congratulations Katie! This is fantastic! I am thinking about doing that too in the future, so I will be picking your brain, about the marketing, lol.
I hope you do Lena! Your photos and recipes are so fantastic that they deserve to be packaged in book form! How are you feeling?
You are so sweet Katie, thank you, but they still need little improvement. I just ordered new camera on Amazon, so after I recover I will be working on honing my skill, lol. And I am feeling fine, thank you for asking, Tylenol helps, but I have to take an easy.
Life wouldn't be any fun if we didn't have things to work toward and talents to improve upon. 😊 I am still just using my phone for all of my food photos, but some day I would love to dabble into learning more about photography.
Glad you are doing well and getting some rest! It's quite the blustery winter day here today, so I'm taking it easy myself, as well. 😉
I can't agree more Katie and I've done quite a bi of that. I even used to sow my own clothes, lol.
We have quite the real winter day finally. Pile of snow, -16C and sunny. Very windy too and that is kind of ruining everything. Well, I am cozy inside anyway, lol.
Congratulations Katie, this is amazing! I'm super excited to see it there on Amazon and will be buying a copy soon as the winter bills are payed! What a wonderful achievement, and I dearly hope through this publication you inspire many healthy choices all around the globe... the cover certainly looks very enticing :-) xx
Aww, thanks so much!! My boyfriend did such a good job pulling recipes from the blog and piecing it all together for the book. It's just a small first volume, but makes me so excited to think about what else I can put out in the future! Without your early support I don't know if I would have stuck around with the whole blogging thing long enough to get to this point. Now I'm just happy to continue to find ways to put those little gems of positive energy out across all different platforms and share lots of veggie-packed food all around.
I hope you are staying warm and happy this winter! Thank you for popping by and making my day with your friendship! :)
Congratulations. It's a great feeling, isn't it?
Thanks! It really is such a cool moment. I am definitely looking forward to delving into more of your tips for the next one! :)
Congratulations!
Thank you! It's a great way to start out the new year!
Such AWESOME news!! 😍
Congratulations BeautyFull!🎉💯💖
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I appreciate the shared enthusiasm! 🤗🤗
Awesome!! Exciting!! Such a fulfilling accomplishment! Congratulations Katie! Just wanted to pop by and congratulate you on your accomplishment. Would love to check out your vegan recipes. My daughter is now vegan so it offers opportunity to explore a whole new world of cooking possibility. I am imagining the extra beautiful grin you'll be sporting today at the farmer's market! Totally awesome 😁 Hugs ❤
All the kind words really do mean so much! I don't think I would have ever had the nerve to put an actual physical book out there without taking the time learning the whole last year through this blogging experience. My grin got even bigger when one of my favorite farmers said she'd love to keep a few copies to sell at her booth alongside her fantastic veggies! It really is heartening to see the trickle effect of putting yourself out there. 😊
I’m glad I didn’t miss this article. A congratulations and enter whatever else you want me to say right here ______ @plantstoplanks. As excited as I am for you, I can’t imagine your excitement.
Bravo, chef!
Thank you @dandays! It really is an awesome feeling. Even more so to have my online foodie family to share it with!
I'm sooo happy for you!!!! This is defo newsletter material =)
Thank you my friend! So happy to have such a great vegan crew of online friends to share the excitement with!