sunken treasure goes on sale

Sunkentreasure_by_wil_wheaton
As promised, Sunken Treasure is now officially on sale!

I have created two editions, a US Edition and a World Edition. They are identical in content, but the World Edition is in a slightly larger format, so it's $2.00 more. The trade off is that you don't have to spend a million dollars on shipping if you're not in the US. NOTE: Canadian customers have informed me that, by choosing the US edition, they can save $2 + GST. Yay!

Everything you ever wanted to know about Sunken Treasure (but were afraid to ask) can be found in this entry. Here's the book's description at Lulu:

Sunken Treasure is a short collection of my favorite pieces from my books and blog, including a production diary from my 2008 role in Criminal Minds, and excerpts from a collaborative fiction I took part in called Ficlets. As a bonus feature, it also includes the never-before-seen script to a sketch I wrote and performed at the ACME Comedy Theater.

If you ever wanted to know where to start with all my writing, Sunken Treasure is the book for you.

The book is 90 pages long. The US edition is $13 + shipping, and the world edition is $15 +shipping.

Some of you may notice that I missed my noon Pacific release time today by about an hour. That's because, at 11:30 this morning, I got a crazy awesome idea (one in a series, it would seem): As a bonus and a thank you, for the next 48 hours everyone who purchases the book will get to download a live audio performance of See a Little Light, an outtake from Happiest Days of Our Lives, which I included in Sunken Treasure, because it turns out that I liked it a lot, and shouldn't have cut it from Happiest Days in the first place. When you place your order, you should get a thank you e-mail, which will have a link to the file's download location. I'll keep that link alive until about 1pm Pacific on Friday, when it will be sent to the land of wind and ghosts.

I'm super crazy excited that everyone who wants this, no matter where they are in the whole world, has a chance to get it, and I can't wait to hear your feedback.

I know that some of you are interested in the practical nuts and bolts of how this whole thing came together, what it was like to use Lulu, why I'm trying out Lulu, and some other publisher-y things. I've kept a lot of notes about this whole experience, and I'll put all this stuff in its own post, probably next week some time.

65 thoughts on “sunken treasure goes on sale”

  2. Just placed my order, right on the heels of finishing up the audiobook of Happiest Days! Can’t wait for it. In fact, tonight i’m ordering the audiobook of Just A Geek, to hold me and the gf over until shipping.

  3. Hi Wil! Bought the book and got the email with the link, but for some reason can’t get the mp3 to save to my computer; instead I get a dialog box telling me I need to buy QuickTime Pro. I’m running OS X (10.4.9) on an iMac and tried both Firefox and Safari as browsers. Not sure what I’m doing wrong. Sorry to bug you with this, as I know you have more important things to do with your time. Thanks for making this available, even if I can’t hear it. It’ll be great to get the book and read it!

  4. That’s weird.
    Try right clicking and saving the file, and see if you can open it in iTunes.
    If that doesn’t work, there’s a GREAT media player called VLC that I swear by.

  5. Absolutely. Media Mail is awesome. I’ve used it myself to ship books to where I’m moving to because I just can’t be bothered with getting a larger trailer and driving it to Texas myself.

  7. Right clicking brings me the same message, even after I downloaded and installed VLC. All I get from the link is a blank page with a small bar in the center; was able to hear the file but still can’t save it. Not sure what to do at this point. Thanks for your suggestions–at least now I’ve heard the file. It was great!

  8. Hi, Wil. My order status is Waiting_Funds. I paid with PayPal, at least the order says I did. The site says Note: If you pay by eCheck on PayPal (directly from a bank account), it will take 3-4 days for your eCheck to clear and for the status of your account to show Paid. I don’t pay by eCheck, I pay by credit card via paypal. So I don’t know what’s wrong. I think lulu didn’t connect to paypal correctly. I can’t find where to send a note about this. Sigh.
    So, can I still get that bonus download? I’m really trying to buy your book.

  10. Hrm. I don’t know what that means. Maybe PayPal is treating the credit card like a debit card? Email me a copy of your receipt and I’ll get you a link.

  11. I am sad. I just saw your post that the MP3 ends at three pm pacific. I just placed my order, but alas it is 410 pm pacific now. oh well.
    PS I bought the audio of Happiest Days and laughed my butt off, then cried with you. so good!

  12. I wasn’t emailed a receipt, so I don’t know if Lulu really knows I want your book. I can only see my order status online. I don’t know how to connect my order to paypal to pay for the book. Maybe it does think I paid by eCheck although I don’t think the way I pay is set up that way.
     
    I suppose I could do a screen cap of the online order if you really want it.
     
    This company looks to be very geared to authors. I didn’t find it very consumer friendly with the lack of buyer faqs and little information about order troubleshooting.
     
    I’ve submitted a problem ticket. I’ll see what response I get. I might be internet-less this weekend, but I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.
     
    Loretta

  13. Just ping me once you get everything sorted out. I know you got your order in under the deadline, so I’ll make sure you’re taken care of.

  15. Mine just came in the mail! wOOt!
    Off to read in a sec. So far, I’m impressed with Lulu. I was going to buy this book no matter what, but to be honest, I was also checking out the POD process. I may be using it in the near future, so this was a trial run for me as well as for you.
    So far, so good.
    Off to read.
    p.s.-I had mine sent regular (not media) mail. Took 3 days for the entire process.

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