Hey all. Another book update.
Building An Empire: The Story of Queensryche was officially released on Monday, October 25, 2021. The paperback edition is shipping from nwmetalworxmusic.com and is available for order on Amazon and other retailers. In addition, our Amazon Kindle version of the book just went live this morning:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09KDPR2Y2A couple notes:
Amazon (the U.S. version) has the paperback edition listing at the wrong page count. It should be 348, not 272. Unfortunately, there's no function to fix that (we've tried, repeatedly). Rest assured, the book is 348 pages. The Kindle version is listed at 432 pages, which should be right, considering the smaller format.
All the content from the paperback edition is in the Kindle edition. It is just formatted differently due to Kindle's specific needs.
Finally, the hardcover edition available exclusively at nwmetalworxmusic.com is still at the printer, and still due mid-November. We were told it would initially be late-October, and pretty much as soon as we submitted the book, they delayed us by two weeks. Apparently that's the "new normal." Annoying, but we're at the mercy of the printer.
Last weekend we did the first book signing for Building An Empire: The Story of Queensryche. Beach, Naron and I held it at the Snoqualmie Inn, in Washington. The band played about five minutes up the road. It was a massive success. We held the Rychean Archyves museum in concurrence with the book signing and had hundreds of people stop through over the course of the weekend to check out all the artifacts from the band's history. We sold a ton of books, and were really happy our marketing idea worked out the way it did. Thank you to any of you who were there.
We also met up with the band after their show at the Snoqualmie Casino. Gave them all copies. They were very enthusiastic and supportive. Really appreciate Todd and Ed who took a ton of time to talk with the three of us about the book. Their show was a lot of fun. Played well. A real heavy sounding version of "Screaming in Digital" was the highlight for me, personally.
Here is a link to a video shot by "Mike the Rycher" detailing the Rychean Archyves -
https://www.facebook.com/queensrychebook/videos/371525831421963/I tried to link to photos of the Rychean Archyves and the book signing that are on FB, but for some reason it didn't work. So just head over to facebook.com/queensrychebook for some snapshots.
Thanks again to all of you who have expressed interested in this project. We're just getting started. We'll be tackling some other QR-related projects starting next year, and are discussing bios on some other NW metal bands.
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