This has been an abundant week.

I started my workout routines based on the online fitness planner, but my legs are STILL sore from the half marathon. I got part way through a leg workout and definitely was not ready for sprints today. Tomorrow, however, is upper body, so I look forward to hitting that hard and then picking up the slack on my legs later. It's been a great excuse to lounge about in the hot tub.

I've been doing quite a lot. Finishing the cover and final edits for the book, signing the appropriate contracts for distribution and finding the printer I want to align myself with for the short run orders. I've looked at quite a few places, including Books, Just Books, DiggyPod, and Instant Publisher. I'm more inclined to use the last one, for a few reasons. Their cost to print ink on the inside cover is less (in case I want to put the testimonials there instead of on pages in the book), their cost per book is a bit less, and they handle larger print runs as well, which is something I may do in the future.

Of course, part of what I keep thinking is ... my goodness, all the addresses I'm going to have to update! We're moving in just a month or so, and it is not going to be easy to move over the business address. I am looking for a location that can forward e-mail, etc, so that in the future, I don't have this problem.

I've been dusting off my programming skills as well. A potential affiliate contacted me who wanted to put my health and fitness podcast on their site, but were concerned about affiliate links. So, I wrote an application that allows affiliates to have a full RSS podcast feed that automatically brands the links with the affiliate id, so they always get credit for any sales a customer makes after clicking through with their link.

In addition, I expanded my offerings a bit and loaded up an online fitness store through Amazon. It's interesting because with the interface, I can see reviews on my not-yet-published book that aren't appearing on the main site! Very curious. I know when people are at the site, they don't want to hop around, so hopefully this will provide the opportunity to pick up certain items right there without having to go elsewhere.

Last but certainly not least, I got out this month's issue of the Lose Fat, Not Faith e-Zine. I'm very happy with this edition — there are some really terrific articles and a fantastic deal that a best-selling author arranged for those interested in her book (you can see the details in the newsletter). We've added a lot of content to the site and one of the articles was so well-written that I knew I had to invite the author to an interview. I just completely that today, so you can listen to the interview with Joey Atlas online or downline it to your iPod via the podcast.

I will have to sing a short, silent "happy birthday" to Lose Fat, Not Faith as it is now one year since I officially released the eBook. Thank goodness for the Internet ... it has since been purchased, downloaded, and read by customers in Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, New Zealand, Norway (where people actually know how to pronounce my name), Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and of course our own United States. There are a few more countries I probably missed in the list, but it got around! I'm excited to see the new life we can create for the book when it comes out in paperback.

Now it's time to get some serious sleep and relax a bit this weekend, we've got a big month ahead. In less than a month, I'll be trading mountains for tropics and the beach ... we definitely embrace change!

Blessed be,

Jeremy Likness