My First Novel, The City of Smoke & Mirrors is now Available!
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That's it, I'm telling Mom! North_Ranger!!!
North_Ranger
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YOU SIT YOUR ASSES DOWN RIGHT THIS INSTANT OR I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL TURN THIS THREAD AROUND!
AND DON'T EVEN THINK OF WHINING FOR A HAPPY MEAL, YOUNG MAN!
AND DON'T EVEN THINK OF WHINING FOR A HAPPY MEAL, YOUNG MAN!
I just pictured North_Ranger in a wig, heels, and a gingham dress and spat my drink all over my monitor.
Thank you, ThatNickGuy. Thank you very much.
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Oh hey look what I got today
Nice job guys! Now which to start first...
Nice job guys! Now which to start first...
I'd offer an objective suggestion, but the books are so different that it's hard to say. On the one hand, his is shorter by 150 pages, so you might want to read that first. On the other hand, his book is humor and action, while mine's suspense and kind of grim, so you might want to read mine first so his can be more of a pick-me-up.
No one can.
Me...Grimlock?
Decided that since it's just come out and it's on my mind, and I'd rather read a good book unlike the lameness I've read over the past couple months, I'm reading City of Smoke and Mirrors again.
I want you guys to understand, you're not getting this out of a favor to Nick just because he's one of us. You're getting this because it's a good book. I love it and you should too.
I want you guys to understand, you're not getting this out of a favor to Nick just because he's one of us. You're getting this because it's a good book. I love it and you should too.
Got it on Kindle. It's been a really fun read thus far and I cannot forget to say tha I love seeing someone use the word "vamoose". Shame it's fallen out of the popular vernacular.
Also, I can see movie possibilities from this. If not a film, then an animated series.
Also, I can see movie possibilities from this. If not a film, then an animated series.
Wait a minute, hang on, hold the phone.
Are you telling me people are actually reading it? I thought everyone was buying it to support me and let it sit on their shelf to collect dust!
...oh God, what have I done?
Are you telling me people are actually reading it? I thought everyone was buying it to support me and let it sit on their shelf to collect dust!
...oh God, what have I done?
I just had a table that needed to be balanced, and your book was the perfect width to put under the leg. I use QMP's book for rolling papers.
Don't worry, he'll use yours for rolling papers when QMP's runs out.
Who do you think you are, the 1%?
Bah! I don't make as much money from a digital sale as I do a print sale. So, screw you and your instant, gratifying frugalness! Screw you AND the Kindle you rode in on!
(But seriously, enjoy it.
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You should self-publish next time, if you want to make money from Kindle sales. Publishers are pushing the more for books/less for kindle option right now because it makes them more money and they are trying to take advantage of authors who might not be familiar with the market.Bah! I don't make as much money from a digital sale as I do a print sale. So, screw you and your instant, gratifying frugalness! Screw you AND the Kindle you rode in on!
(But seriously, enjoy it.
I still wouldn't make more money for a digital sale than print, either way. It really has nothing to do with being released independently or through a publisher.
To increase Kindle revenue would mean jacking up the Kindle price. I'm glad his publisher isn't one of the big six dicks who jack up the Kindle price to the same as the paperback and say "it costs the same to produce an ebook". Um, no it fucking doesn't. There's no paper, no printing--all you had to do was format it for the ebook. And half the time they don't get that right. My ebook of The Hunger Games changes font size at different times. A Stephen King story collection ebook I bought has sudden paragraph breaks in mid-sentence throughout random points in the book, messed up italics that go beyond where the italics should've been, and a myriad of other problems. And it cost the same as the paperback would have. Ridiculous.
In my opinion, it's appropriate for the ebook to cost much less than the paperback.
In my opinion, it's appropriate for the ebook to cost much less than the paperback.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand ordered! Love a good mystery, especially if it has mutant armadillos!
That's some oddly specific tastes, but I'm glad I was able to provide you with such entertainment!