4/7 Book Business

It's been about half a year since my book was published in Estonia. 

The feedback has been lovely and warm so far. My favorite moments are those when I hear from someone whom I really didn't expect to hear from. The last two people who have contacted me and given me feedback have fallen precisely into that category. It was just last week when I got an unexpected phone call from a relative of mine. He is not a Christian but he called me to say that one of the sermons he had read recently really touched a nerve in him, and asked me where he could purchase my book for a friend of his. And about a month ago I got a message from a lady who is the general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation - we had brief contact when we were both members of the Estonian Council of Churches. I went on to become a local church pastor, she went on to, uhmmm, run the Lutheran church worldwide. She said she had picked up my book on her recent visit to Estonia and thought it was wonderful that a woman would write and publish such a book. I was so moved.  

I am completely new to publishing business so I don't really know what numbers they operate with or what is considered a success or a failure but my gut feeling tells me my book has done pretty well. Only one fifth of the books that were printed are still in stock, and I am praying and hoping that this sermon collection would find its way to many present piles under Christmas trees in December. Just the thought that it has and will reach people whom I would personally never reach makes my heart so very glad.

I also have some wonderful news - the publishing committee here in Sweden has read (the AI translation of) my book and decided that it is worth translating and publishing here, too. I am impatiently waiting for this process to set into motion now. If all goes well, I will hold a hard copy of the Swedish translation in my hand sometime next year. I can't wait!

The next (logical) big step would be finding someone who wanted to publish it in English. But here I am totally out of my depths, and I don't know exactly where to go or which doors to knock on. If you have any recommendations, I am open to them!