We've been riding the emotional roller coaster called "tax preparation" lately; Christina keeps finding wrinkles in even the supposedly simple process that we have go through. It seems that if one partner in a married couple itemizes his taxes, the other member of the couple can't claim a standard deduction, even if they file separately. Oy. I don't know if running Stomp Tokyo as a business is such a great proposition in this case, especially since Christina doesn't have much in the way of itemizable expenses. Or at least I don't think so, since the world of Schedule A is pretty new to us. But since ST will (hopefully) be making money this year with sales of the book, we're going to keep operating under the rules for sole practitioners. Christina has been an angel, dealing with the math end of things and navigating the stupid forms like a pro. We've got our Turbotax in hand, but that only really works if you've done your organizing before you put the CD in the slot.
The book brings a host of problems I'm not ready to face, like shipping and credit card orders and whatnot. The outlook on digital postage for the Mac is predictably dismal, although there is a product called SimplyPostage that theoretically runs on the Mac. Only the barest mention of SimplyPostage for the Mac exists on their web site. Add to this the fact that Scott doesn't drive, and so the burden of the shipping these books will most likely fall to me. Great.
Ah, I see that I've been bitching for two whole paragraphs. Time to say something nice.
100 pairs of 3-D glasses came in the mail today. At $40, it was a sound marketing investment. We'll get stickers printed up with the book's title and URL on them, and stick those on the earpieces of the glasses. Then we'll include the glasses in our press kits for the book. Since we devote nearly an entire page to the history of 3-D movies in the second chapter, it will be a nice hook for the "P.S." in our cover letter and hopefully a way to make our book stick in the minds of book critics. Or maybe I just blew forty bucks.
The book brings a host of problems I'm not ready to face, like shipping and credit card orders and whatnot. The outlook on digital postage for the Mac is predictably dismal, although there is a product called SimplyPostage that theoretically runs on the Mac. Only the barest mention of SimplyPostage for the Mac exists on their web site. Add to this the fact that Scott doesn't drive, and so the burden of the shipping these books will most likely fall to me. Great.
Ah, I see that I've been bitching for two whole paragraphs. Time to say something nice.
100 pairs of 3-D glasses came in the mail today. At $40, it was a sound marketing investment. We'll get stickers printed up with the book's title and URL on them, and stick those on the earpieces of the glasses. Then we'll include the glasses in our press kits for the book. Since we devote nearly an entire page to the history of 3-D movies in the second chapter, it will be a nice hook for the "P.S." in our cover letter and hopefully a way to make our book stick in the minds of book critics. Or maybe I just blew forty bucks.
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