Things were starting to look good. Although the book was half the size of its original form, it was solid. The pacing felt right, as did the imagers, which needed very slight tweaks. The feedback was really positive too. 

The only thing that was a challenge was Amazon's book publishing software. They allow you to self publish on their store for free and their royalty payments seemed to be fair. But my goodness the tools they give you are not great. They work but the quality of the paper, fonts and developing a cover made it a tough experience. I got there but in hindsight I should have hired a designer. Next time I will