Hey everyone! I may have spilled the beans in my post title, but I can't help but be so excited that my first cookbook is up on the online market!! You may recall from a previous post around the holidays that my dear @dksart surprised me with the first version of the book. He pulled some of the best recipes from my blog and edited them together into a stunning collection. The book came out so well we worked together on a few edits to put it out on the market. I never would have thought I was ready for that without him going ahead and putting in the work to make it a reality!
We are definitely both still in the learning phase about self-publishing, but we managed to get this one live on the third round of edits to get the file just right. It really is such a fantastic time to be able to actually get your content out there without having to get signed on by a publisher. I don't expect to sell tons of copies, especially on my first attempt, but it is still really neat to be able to market it for people I know who find value in having an actual book in hand. Now I need to take @blockurator's advice and set up my author page as I am excited to work on the next volume!
I have plenty more to say about what this means to me, but it is almost farmers market time here and that takes priority over all else on Saturday mornings! 🥕🍅 I just couldn't help share the news as I consider so many of you friends. Thank you to anyone who has been any part of this journey of mine from starting blogging and recipe creating just 18 months ago to now having a first edition cookbook out there! The more I share and create, the more confidence I have in that what I put out has value. Not just monetary value, but a true place in helping encourage others to enjoy wholesome food for a full and healthy life! Thank you all so much!
Congratulations!
Thank you!
Congratulations!
At least somebody is doing something on real paper and not on some mysterious blockchain. 😉
Haha, thanks! I figured I'll just hedge my bets and dabble in it all! Hopefully being active on multiple fronts will help strengthen each of them in turn!
Congratulations Katie! This is fantastic! I am thinking about doing that too in the future, so I will be picking your brain, about the marketing, lol.
I hope you do Lena! Your photos and recipes are so fantastic that they deserve to be packaged in book form! How are you feeling?
You are so sweet Katie, thank you, but they still need little improvement. I just ordered new camera on Amazon, so after I recover I will be working on honing my skill, lol. And I am feeling fine, thank you for asking, Tylenol helps, but I have to take an easy.
Life wouldn't be any fun if we didn't have things to work toward and talents to improve upon. 😊 I am still just using my phone for all of my food photos, but some day I would love to dabble into learning more about photography.
Glad you are doing well and getting some rest! It's quite the blustery winter day here today, so I'm taking it easy myself, as well. 😉
I can't agree more Katie and I've done quite a bi of that. I even used to sow my own clothes, lol.
We have quite the real winter day finally. Pile of snow, -16C and sunny. Very windy too and that is kind of ruining everything. Well, I am cozy inside anyway, lol.
Congratulations Katie, this is amazing! I'm super excited to see it there on Amazon and will be buying a copy soon as the winter bills are payed! What a wonderful achievement, and I dearly hope through this publication you inspire many healthy choices all around the globe... the cover certainly looks very enticing :-) xx
Aww, thanks so much!! My boyfriend did such a good job pulling recipes from the blog and piecing it all together for the book. It's just a small first volume, but makes me so excited to think about what else I can put out in the future! Without your early support I don't know if I would have stuck around with the whole blogging thing long enough to get to this point. Now I'm just happy to continue to find ways to put those little gems of positive energy out across all different platforms and share lots of veggie-packed food all around.
I hope you are staying warm and happy this winter! Thank you for popping by and making my day with your friendship! :)
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I’m glad I didn’t miss this article. A congratulations and enter whatever else you want me to say right here ______ @plantstoplanks. As excited as I am for you, I can’t imagine your excitement.
Bravo, chef!
Thank you @dandays! It really is an awesome feeling. Even more so to have my online foodie family to share it with!
I am so proud of you! This is amazing, and based on what you share with us here it's going to be a hit! Way to go Katie! :)
Thank you so much my friend! You are such a big part of my crew on here. Without such wonderful support and friendship I may not have gotten to this stage in my growth. And now I have this collection to be able to pass down to the next generation in my family because of it! 🤗🤗🤗
What an exciting news! Congratulations Katie!
I've tried to follow the link that you shared but it doesn't work.. just wanted to let you know so that you can check it and people don't miss the opportunity to purchase your ebook ;)
Thank you! I totally botched that link trying to get it up quickly! It should be correct now I hope... :)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
What an amazing moment for you!
Thank you! I haven't stopped smiling since I got the final confirmation it was live! 😁
Oh I can imagine!!
Such a momentous event!
I wish you sales and sales and more sales!!!
Congratulations. It's a great feeling, isn't it?
Thanks! It really is such a cool moment. I am definitely looking forward to delving into more of your tips for the next one! :)
Congratulations!
Thank you! It's a great way to start out the new year!
Such AWESOME news!! 😍
Congratulations BeautyFull!🎉💯💖
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I appreciate the shared enthusiasm! 🤗🤗
Awesome!! Exciting!! Such a fulfilling accomplishment! Congratulations Katie! Just wanted to pop by and congratulate you on your accomplishment. Would love to check out your vegan recipes. My daughter is now vegan so it offers opportunity to explore a whole new world of cooking possibility. I am imagining the extra beautiful grin you'll be sporting today at the farmer's market! Totally awesome 😁 Hugs ❤
All the kind words really do mean so much! I don't think I would have ever had the nerve to put an actual physical book out there without taking the time learning the whole last year through this blogging experience. My grin got even bigger when one of my favorite farmers said she'd love to keep a few copies to sell at her booth alongside her fantastic veggies! It really is heartening to see the trickle effect of putting yourself out there. 😊
I'm sooo happy for you!!!! This is defo newsletter material =)
Thank you my friend! So happy to have such a great vegan crew of online friends to share the excitement with!
Congratulations!!! @plantstoplank
This is exciting news ...;D
Thank you! I kept waiting to be able to share all week, so I was super stoked once the third version was finally accepted!
I can imagine 😊
Wow, congratulations!
looks fantastic. So happy for you. Xx
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All the entries into #fruitsandveggiesmonday paid off with improving my skills enough to do this! Thank you so much for the well wishes! :)
That must be a great feeling I say CONGRATULATIONS
Thanks! It's a wonderful mixture of feeling like such an adult to put something like this out but then also giddy as a child with excitement!
That must be a great feeling
This is the best news I’ve heard all day! You are pretty amazing. And you make it look so easy but we all know you’ve worked really hard. Great job @plantstoplanks. You deserve this and I wouldn’t be surprised if you sold more copies than you expected. Don’t let up sista!
Sending many virtual hugs out today to all of you who fill my heart with all of this wonderful support! It is equally exciting to have the book actually out there, but then also to know I broke through a huge barrier of fear to make the jump to do it. Fear has held me back from a number of things, and I'm so glad through the support of such a talented man at my side and the best group of folks around me that I have busted through and opened up a whole door of new opportunities! This is just the beginning, and I cannot wait to see what lies ahead for all of us! 🤗💓
I love that attitude of gratitude @plantstoplanks. You got this, fear, shmear! I always have fear about everything but when I ignore those voices and proceed full steem ahead inspire of, magic happens. I’m so looking forward to reading all about the magic that unfolds for you this year. You’re an inspiration to all of us Steemit chefs :)
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Congratulations!!! I am on my way to Amazon to purchase this baby! I have long-loved all the recipes you put out!!!
This is an amazing feat and you deserve some major kudos for making it a reality! Hugs to @dksart!
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Aww, thanks so much Denise! It was a true team effort. I'm very lucky to have someone so digitally creative because otherwise I may never had put something like this together! It makes me excited to keep on moving forward and see what else we can create! 😊
Well, I am awaiting its arrival! Thanks for the heads-up!
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Congrats!! Maybe one day we'll publish our book full of travel adventures so we might come to you with some questions :)
Thank you! Oh that would be so awesome! I'm sure you have lots of wonderful stories and pictures that would present so well in a book. I don't think I ever realized that is part of the value of blogging--it makes you think even more about taking good photos and logging your thoughts and experiences so that they not only make for good reading now but also to be able to pull it all together later.
Congratulations @plantstoplanks! I know what a good feeling it is to have a book out in print. I did mine in Kindle format too. Do you have a digital copy of your Cookbook? @HomesteadersCoop A free marketplace for you to transact in STEEM, Steem Backed dollars plus US dollars. They can handle selling digital books or physical copies too for that matter.
I'm putting together a compilation Flip book/EBook for the Natural Medicine community here on Steemit that we'll be putting up in the Homesteaders Coop.
I think books are a great medium for sharing knowledge to help keep it alive.
Thanks so much @porters! I just started with the physical copy, but will try to work on a digital version, as well. I have seen a few posts about the co-op, but I need to go check it out. That's such a great idea and initiative. The Natural Medicine community puts out some great posts, so I will definitely be looking out for your compilation!
Congratulations on this milestone!
Keep it up!
Thanks @sgbonus! It's great to use this as a jumping off point for many things to come!
This is so cool! Congratulations! 😃
Probably one of the coolest things I have ever done. Thanks so much! 😊
Congratulations @plantstoplanks, I want to do the same but simply can't find the time! Well done:)
I appreciate it @lizelle! My boyfriend really was the one who put in a lot of time on this. I mean obviously it took time over the past year and a half to create and write up all of the recipes he used, but that was all spread out and not one big chunk of time like he put in to lay it all out and edit the photos for print. I hope you can make it happen some day because I know you have a whole bunch of recipes that would make for a wonderful collection!
I really want to get that done in at least an e-book format, well done to both of you!
Congratulations! It looks great! Well done, hope you sell loads of copies
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Many thanks! The good thing is that I have no expectations about the numbers, so they will be exceeded no matter what! 😉
That's so awesome! Congratulations on the self-publish! I had that euphoric feeling over Xmas when someone bought my music from my website, which is the biggest gratitude!
Hope it brings you success not just in monetary terms but also in learning experiences. Now you are well equipped to make more books :)
Congrats to you, too, then! I can imagine the music industry is especially hard when people almost expect to be able to listen for free. It is really wonderful when someone actually acknowledges the hard work you put in with a purchase. I try to be really aware of that and buy the creations that I really enjoy to make sure I am supporting the artists who inspire and entertain me whether it is music, books, or any other outlet.
I agree with that, imagine a world without music. Your favourite movie with absolutely no film score, a night club with no dance music. When people say they don't like music, I laugh at them. It's not possible!
I do what I can to help the artist whether it's sharing, leaving a comment or playing their track out in a show if I like what I hear.
Sorry, appear to have completely taken this way off your original post. Congratulations once again on the Amazon release! Hope it brings you success my friend 🙂
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Congratulations! What a big achievement to have your book published! My wife and kids want to move to a more plant based diet, maybe I'll have to check this out and bookmark it for the next Amazon order!
EDITL Oh poop, only US store at the moment... no European ones...
Thanks so much @bengy! That's great to hear your wife and kids are interested in the lifestyle. I think my boyfriend is going to edit the file a bit to maybe offer in online in PDF version, as well. It's all recipes I have shared previously, but it is nice to have it in one pretty package. :) I'll let you know once I have something else available outside of the US!
Well... My wife is definitely interested! My kids want to be vegetarian, but only if they can still eat ham.. And sausages... And...
Wow, congratulations on the cookbook! What a fantastic accomplishment! Love it when Steemians do great things!
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Thank you! There are lots of talented people on the platform doing all sorts of neat things, so I know it has definitely motivated me to be surrounded by others! I'm glad I can return the favor and inspire some other folks to go after their own dreams, as well! :)
I'm SO pleased for you lovely lady, I tip my hat to you both for creating and publishing such a masterpiece! I can't wait to see what the future holds for you... more cookbooks I hope!
Aww, I appreciate your kind words so much! It was a lot of fun to see it come together, so I definitely already have lots of ideas for the next one (or ones...). :)
This is fantastic, congratulations! See? I told you a few month ago to publish a book and here you are :)) Well done!
Haha, yep quite a few of you believed in me more than I believed in myself. That's one of the reasons why a supportive community is so important. Having people to push and encourage you makes you more likely to go outside of your comfort zone and do big things. Thank you for the continued support! :)
Would have been such a waste not to have your own book, your recipes are so good and helpful! I'm very proud of you, well done! Have a nice weekend 😘
This looks great. I will definitely check it out. Always nice to have new vegan recipes on hand.
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Thanks so much!
Well holy shit! This is simply amazing news! I can not express how happy I am for you Katie. I guess that @dkstart fella has gone and done good! Well deserved. I will plug this little bad boy for you on my training series too.
You ROCK girl!!
Thanks my friend! Wouldn't have done it without the support of good friends to motivate me to do more! :)
Howdy plantstoplanks! What fantastic news! So happy for you..how long did it take to get it published?
Thanks @janton! It took my boyfriend a few weeks to compile all of the photos and recipes, then lay it all out. Once we had it where we wanted it Amazon sent it back a few times before we finally had the file correct for printing. Really only a week from when we first submitted it to it being live on the site, though! That's the nice thing about self-publishing I suppose--it's pretty quick if you have someone like my boyfriend who can design it! :)
howdy again plantstoplanks! oh well that sounds wonderful and fairly easy. I mean I know it's not easy unless someone else does it for you! lol. I'm thrilled for you though!
He really is a gem. It's great that we have different talents so we can support each other where the other is perhaps not as inclined. To be fair, it really does take a lot of time to photograph and cook all the food to be able to share, but I consider that a labor of love. Well, sometimes I get annoyed if I'm hungry when I need to snap a pic, but it is usually worth it to share vibrant wholesome food to inspire others to eat some more veggies! I've already got more ideas for the next editions, so we'll see how long it takes to put the next one together. :)
oh you are already planning another one! wow you guys are awesome, are you a vegetarian?
I'm vegan, he's mostly there since he eats what I cook. I would love to do a book paying homage to my local farmers market since they supply some amazing produce!
Howdy plantstoplanks! Yeah your husband doesn't have alot of choice but I bet he's thankful. Is your vegan eating because of health or ethical reasons?