The Power of the Cross was originally published back in 2004. Michael was working on a revised edition when he died – one which would be more explicitly designed as a Lenten devotional. Because of that loose end, OSV went ahead and put the book out of print a couple of months after he died.
I have been intending to self-publish it for two years now, and am finally getting serious about it. I have a Kindle edition in process – should be available tomorrow, I hope. (And those of you not familiar with the whole Kindle thing – you don’t have to actually own a Kindle to buy Kindle 
editions and read them. I don’t own a Kindle, but I have the (free) Kindle app on my Android phone and on my computer, so I can buy Kindle books and read them that way. I believe there are also Kindle apps for Apple products? Am I right? Wrong?)
I am working on doing a print edition either through LuLu or CreateSpace or both, but I need a larger version of the cover (that is front & back) before I can proceed, so I am waiting on that.
Anyway, the simplest form of ebook is the pdf file, so that has been my first line of attack. I have the pdf of the final galley proofs (in case you are wondering I have the rights to the content, naturally, but also to the interior design – I checked!).
Brandon Vogt, who blogs at The Thin Veil and who has a book coming out from OSV in the fall on Catholics and new/social media – kindly volunteered to clean up the pdf a bit. Thanks, Brandon!
Andy Kurzen, who did the original interior art for the book, designed a new cover. Thanks, Andy!
The pdf ebook is available through my Big Cartel store. It costs $3.00. Dorian Speed of Scrutinies has done a test-run through of the buying and downloading process for me and reports that it went smoothly. Thanks, Dorian!
Michael did a series of interviews with KVSS about the book. Here are those interviews.
And *do* let me know if you run into any problems in payment/downloading, etc.
Update: I will be publishing the book on Smashwords as well – hopefully later tonight if I can remember how to do it. That should work for the Nook as well as for IBooks if it is accepted into the IBooks catalog.
Kindle is available iPhone, iPad yes. I’ll buy a copy for use on my pc and let you know how it goes.
Wonderful news, Amy! Thank you for pursuing this! I am passing the link on in my blog.
God bless you, sweet Mamma!
Mary Beth, not *my* Mary Beth, but nice choice in a name. God bless you. My Mary Beth and I have been together 27 years now.
Now, back to my regularly scheduled post:
Amy, who can’t afford 3 bucks? Even I can afford that. I reporting back that the transaction was 100% smooth including downloading the PDF.
I really had no idea what my Mary Beth and I would read this Lent but now that’s solved.
It’s extra special that this is the work of your dear Michael, God rest his soul. Thanks for making this available.
Thanks, Owen!!!
God bless you, too.
Thanks, Amy. I’ll download the Kindle version as soon as it’s available. And thanks very much for the info about the Stations. I went and got it even before I wrote this comment.
May God offer you a blessed season of Lent.
Amy,
Are there plans to release this for the B&N nook?
If I publish it on Smashwords will that work for the Nook?
Hi Amy, I just ordered 250 copies of your Reconciled to God to hand out at our parish. Thanks for all of this.
Wonderful! Perfect timing. Looking forward to it!
iPad, iPhone, fine… but how about a standard Apple computer? You know, for those un-tech-y of us (namely me).
Please do post if you find out.
Thanks!
Thank you so much for that! I hope everyone finds them helpful.
Well, couldn’t the pdf file be read on an Apple? (I dunno about those things)….I mean doesn’t an Apple read pdf files???
Owen-my husband band I will celebrate 27 years this fall!
Amy, thank you again for allowing Michael to continue to minister (although, I am sure he is also a powerful intercessor and quite busy with that :).
I became a fan of yours when our oldest son sent me a post about you missing your oldest son – and asked me if that was how I felt (It was. Perfectly). You have been in my mind, prayers, and heart ever since-these last two years.
Nook’s can read Smashword files. Thanks.
B&N and Kindle both have free e-readers for both PC and Mac which can read any e-book downloaded from their respective sites.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/free-nook-apps/379002321/?cds2Pid=35557
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=sa_menu_karl4?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771
You can download the purchase to a mac or pc and read it as a regular PDF. It makes me ECSTATIC that this resources is now available.
AMY – can you contact me about bulk rate to give a piece to my customers via newsletter each week of lent. ‘Cuz just 1 purchase doesn’t seem fair to you.
claudia
GodSpace~Religious Books & Gifts
805-777-7177
If you can just link – that’s fine. Really. That’s payment enough for something like this. I *really* appreciate it!!