More Information on the Release of Lawrence D Kelsey: The Life of the Explorer

       It is not enough to write a book. In today's market, one must also give thought to marketing such a book. One of the strategies to doing so is to create a market for the book prior to its actual release.  I therefore reported that I expected this book to be releases in late November.   This would have been nice from the standpoint that the brothers to this book, my three other books, were all released in November.    Alas, this has been an atypical project and took more time in its final stages than was anticipated.

       It therefore is likely to be available as a perfect bound 6x9 inch soft cover book in the first week of December, and in every form of electronic media two weeks from yesterday.    This should still provide time for those of you who wished to make it a Christmas present. 

      This will also allow the book to be available and ready in multiple media forms before Giedrė Žickytė releases her new documentary film "The Jump" on the subject of Simas Kudirka is released in 2018.   Lawrence D. Kelsey's role in the release of Simas Kudirka is mentioned in this film, and it is also my intent to have my book lead people to the great work of award winning film maker  Giedrė Žickytė.

       Of course, it is also my intent to have shared a view of a remarkable and interesting person, my father, Lawrence DeWolfe Kelsey, in all of his occupations, roles and incarnations throughout his lifetime.

The Process of Suggesting, Refining and Perfecting a Book Cover

This was a starting point, a mock up of the book cover, as it began.

                     I don't know how other authors feel, but I am always very excited at the prospect of the creation of a book cover for one of my books. Book covers are important. We know that most people are drawn to a book by its cover. So many books come to market each year that it's important to have an interesting cover that represents the work itself in some way.

                     Of the four books I have written, this was the most challenging book thus far, to write as well as to cover.  The first issue was that since it is a biography, that a picture of the person himself needed to appear on the cover.  Secondly, I only owned rights to a certain number of photographs.  Authors aren't permitted to use photographs taken by photographers without obtaining their permission.  This can be difficult because a number of the photographs I could access of Lawrence D. Kelsey, Jr. were taken by photographers who have long since gone out of business or died.  I am still not permitted to steal one of their photos.  Secondly, of the photos for which I did have rights, there was some damage. Work would need to be done to repair these photos digitally.  The one that we ultimately selected for the front cover, had significant damage to the original negative.  The prior books I had written had pictures taken for the covers fairly recently and so quality and clarity were not a problem.   Our cover designer is very good at what he does.  His first offering was a picture of an ice cave which included a version of the picture above.  It worked well, but my concern was that the subject of the book spent only two years in Antarctica and then a year in the Arctic, and this book is the story of many more of those years.

                    Then, the mock up you see above came.  This version showed the man, was clear as to what it was, and also tells the reader that this will tell a story from the recent past.   This week, the front cover and back cover were undergoing refinement.  I promise, it will be available to all of you soon.





                     

Coming Very Soon !

Lawrence DeWolfe Kelsey, Jr.   The Explorer

                       As soon as the cover is completed, and approved, and then married to the book itself, then my fourth book: 

 Lawrence DeWolfe Kelsey: The Life of the Explorer 
 will be ready for sale and for worldwide distribution, in English.

                        I am excited about this, and I can't wait until its completion.  I have said, in the past, that my favorite part of writing a book is the moment when you receive the very first bound copy that can be held in your hands.

                      I'll let you know as soon as it's available on Amazon and at other book sellers.