During last night’s taping of Webcomics Weekly, I got an instant message from Joe Keatinge at Image comics informing us that he’s pretty sure we’ve sold out of How to Make Webcomics at the distributor level.

This means Diamond Comics no longer has books to send to stores who reorder them, and we no longer have extra stock to send to Dave, Brad, Kris or myself until we reorder. This does not mean that the book is not still available at Comic book and larger book chains across the country.

This also doesn’t count any books I have set aside for outstanding orders. We should have plenty to fill our outstanding orders.

The performance of this book has shocked all of us. I know that I put the book on sale without any inventory restraints unaware of how fast and how many would go through the PvP online store. Because of this, and our miscalculation of how much personal stock we would need at the studio, we’re horribly behind on fulfilling orders.

It’s a problem. A frustrating problem, especially for those waiting for books. But of all the problems to have, I guess this is the best one to be saddled with: Demand is outweighing supply at the moment.

Dave, Brad, Kris and I got to spend our first moments together as authors at the Emerald City Con this last weekend. It’s the first time we’ve all been together since we finished the book. We’re all extremely proud of what we’ve done here and hope that the book is helping and inspiring others to start their own webcomics. The book is far from a bible or an instruction manual. It’s no guarantee of success. Just a collection of our experiences and conservative advice about setting out to make a go at this.

I want to thank everyone for doing their part to make this book a success. I’ve never had a trade-paperback sell out two months after it debuted in stores. It’s certainly never happened with a PvP book :). This took us all, including Image, by surprise.

We’re going to go in and correct some of our unfortunate typos and get this baby back in print IMMEDIATELY. And although our online stores may be out of books, that doesn’t mean you can’t still find it at a local comic shop or Barnes and Noble so don’t be afraid to make a call of visit a local store.

Thanks again for your support and patience.