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Plates

• Read plate-specs.md (38 specs) and strike what you don't wantopen
• Mark each remaining spec: photograph or drawing
• Send me the ones to draw (maps, coin plates, diagrams)
• Source or commission the photographs at 300 dpi
• Decide about the cover sculpture note (reconstruction)

Copyright

• Register Book 1 with the US Copyright Office (~$45–65)open
• Register Book 2 with the US Copyright Officeopen
• Add the © 2026 line to the copyright page of both books

LLC

• Form the LLC with your state (~$300 in Texas)open
• Get the free EIN from the IRS (never pay a third party)open
• Open the business bank account and separate the money
• Register ISBNs and imprint in the LLC's name

ISBN

• Decide: free KDP ISBN or paid ISBN ($125)open
• Buy ISBNs — one per format, per book (paperback, EPUB)open

Files

• Export the interior PDF at 150 × 210 mm, fonts embedded
• Send me the final page count so I can fix the spine width
• Send me the store links to fill into the site
• Upload index.html + the two cover JPEGs + the resource PDFs

Website & domain

• Point kingezana.com at the hosting (nameservers, at your registrar)open
• Upload the site files to Hostinger (public_html)
• Add the buy links (Amazon, Apple, direct) to the landing page when the book is live
• Publish the Amharic and Tigrinya sheets after a native check

Upload to the stores

• Create the KDP account and upload: interior PDF + cover wrap + EPUBopen
• ISBN: take the free KDP one, or buy one ($125) for shops, libraries and Apple
• Put the ISBN and barcode on the back cover, then rebuild the wrap
• Create the Apple Books account (or use an aggregator like Draft2Digital)open
• Order a proof copy and read it on paper before it goes on saleopen
• After the site is live: make the two QR codes and place them in the book

New chapters (11 & 12)

• Ch. 11 — No Bishop, No Church, No Bible: drafted ✓
• Ch. 12 — Ethiopia's Bible Was Translated From the Greek: drafted ✓
• Add the section “The Bible in the Room” — the Greek Bible Frumentius taught Ezana from
• Fill the 20 “source to confirm” footnotes with real sources
• Renumber chapters 11–16 and rebuild the interior + cover

Plates to make (prompts ready)

• 1 · Arrested on the Red Sea prompt
• 2 · Brought before the King (Ezana's father) prompt
• 3 · Taken out of prison — advice to the King prompt
• 4 · The ride to Alexandria prompt
• 5 · Consecrated first bishop prompt
• 5b · Alternative — first liturgy in Axum prompt
• Send the images to Ammaniel's agent → plates composed at 150 × 210 mm

Publish (KDP + Apple)

• Create the KDP account open
• Paperback: upload book-interior.pdf + cover-wrap-final.pdf — 6 × 9 in, bleed Yes, matte settings
• ISBN: free KDP one, or buy — then send me the number (I print it on the cover)
• Kindle: upload King_Ezana.epub open
• Apple Books: same EPUB open
• Price + description + keywords — copy from the publish kit open
• Order one proof copy and read it on paper

Before publishing

• Native-speaker check of the Amharic and Tigrinya sheets
• Finish the VERIFY.md page-reference reads
• Approve the Book 1 Ezana date fix (c. 320–360)
• Read both books once, end to end, as a reader
• Order a KDP proof copy before the paperback goes on sale

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