Paperback Version of Saturday Morning Wake-Up Call Available

As we mentioned in a previous post, we moved forward with the plan to make Saturday Morning Wake-Up Call available in paperback. We used the CreateSpace publishing service to get that done. The direct link to the book on CreateSpace is found below:

• Saturday Morning Wake-Up Call on CreateSpace

Saturday Morning Wake-Up Call is also available at Amazon. Here is the link to the book page there:

• Saturday Morning Wake-Up Call on Amazon

We have enrolled the book in the "Kindle Matchbook" program with Amazon. If you buy the print edition through Amazon, then you can buy the Kindle edition of the book FREE. If you choose to buy from another retailer, then let us know. We will send a gift copy of  Saturday Morning Wake-Up Call from Smashwords.

Book Available at the World's Largest Bookseller (FINALLY!)

We have spent close to a year and a half simply waiting for Amazon and Smashwords (our eBook distributor) to work through the technical difficulties of bulk distribution of independent authors to the Amazon store. So, for a year and a half, Saturday Morning Wake-Up Call was missing from largest bookseller in the world. In our stubbornness (or laziness), we had chosen not to investigate the Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform that Amazon offered us.

Well, those days are over. Over the last few days, we went through the process of preparing the electronic format required to publish on KDP. So, simply follow this link directly to the Amazon store site for Saturday Morning Wake-Up Call. We believe that the only thing left to do is to investigate the print version of the book with CreateSpace.

Other Retailers

Smashwords has (long ago) provided the book to many retail outlets including its own retail site. As a side note, we get a higher royalty percentage for Smashwords sales, AND you get the book in any format you want (.mobi, .pdf, .ePub, .lrf, and .pdb as well as the ability to read online). This means that you don't have to be locked into an eBook eco-system by purchasing our book. Finally, if you think you would like to copy of the book and will agree to review the book, we will send you a coupon to download a free copy at Smashwords. Simply email us at arkansasfootballbloggers@gmail.com with the subject "Book review" and we will send you that free copy.

Saturday Morning Wake-Up Call is available at these retailers:

• Smashwords
• Amazon
• Apple iTunes
• Barnes & Noble
• Sony
• Kobo
• Diesel
• Versent
• Inktera
• Blio
• You have to search for "depriest" because Blio isn't handling direct links to the version of the book page correctly at this point.
• Flipkart
• For those in India

Saturday Morning Wake-Up Call is also available through these "Netflix for eBooks" type apps:

• Oyster
• Scribd

2014 Kickoffs and Updates

Saturday Morning Wake-up Call

We have decided to permanently lower the price of Saturday Morning Wake-Up Call to just $0.99 while we move on to our next project - a "Quads" playbook.

The price change has taken place at Smashwords (our eBook distributor). However, the change often takes a few days to a week or more to ripple through to the other retailers. As a side note, we get a higher royalty percentage for Smashwords sales, AND you get the book in any format you want (.mobi, .pdf, .ePub, .lrf, and .pdb as well as the ability to read online). This means that you don't have to be locked into an eBook eco-system by purchasing our book. Finally, if you think you would like to copy of the book and will agree to review the book, we will send you a coupon to download a free copy at Smashwords. Simply email us at arkansasfootballbloggers@gmail.com with the subject "Book review" and we will send you that free copy.

Saturday Morning Wake-Up Call is available at these retailers:

• Smashwords
• Apple iTunes
• Barnes & Noble
• Sony
• Kobo
• Diesel
• Versent
• Inktera
• Blio
• You have to search for "depriest" because Blio isn't handling direct links to the version of the book page correctly at this point.
• Flipkart
• For those in India

We are still deciding how to handle Amazon distribution because they have dragged their feet with respect to bulk distribution from eBook distributors such as Smashwords.

Saturday Morning Wake-Up Call is also available through these "Netflix for eBooks" type apps:

• Oyster
• Scribd

Quads Playbook (We are still working on the final title)

We have the essential outline of a quads playbook that will illustrate successful plays out of the 4 x 1 formation against multiple coverages and defensive schemes. The book will include QB read progressions as well as receiver responsibilities for each of the plays in the book. We are still working on drawing the plays in the proper format for eBook distribution as well as deciding on the final price point. Our plan is still be finished by the time coaches and teams gear up for 7-on-7 tournaments in late Spring 2014, but our progress has been slow thus far.

Arkansas 7-on-7 Football Site Updates

Over the next few weeks, we will be completing the 2013 Arkansas High School Football Scoreboard page while taking down the 2013 schedule page. We will be contacting high school coaches in the state to find out tournament and team camp dates. We will also ask for their input so that we can construct the 2014 Arkansas High School Football Schedule page. In addition, we will make our annual request to the college football coaches and sports information directors in the state to get their schedules for the summer. So, please visit us often to get the most complete information on summer football activities in Arkansas and some of the surrounding states.