Nov 18, 2018
In this update:
We’re 4th! | We need another 220 pre-orders to win... | A special gift to you
WOW! First, a huge thank you to all of you – especially those of you who’ve pre-ordered in the last few days. I’m now in a solid 4th place, and only 7 pre-orders behind 3rd.
However... in my excitement, I had a quick reskim of the competition rules – and had something of a chilling revelation. Inkshares write that prizes of publishing contracts will be given to "the top three projects as determined by the highest unique reader pre-order counts (as long as they have a minimum of 250 unique readers)".
That emphasis at the end there is mine – and I’d completely missed that element before! So although I’m only 7 pre-orders away from being worthy for a prize, I’m still 220 pre-orders away from being eligible!
Gulp! I really want to be focused on editing the final draft of the manuscript so it gets to you as soon as possible after the competition closes – and also so you can preview a few more of the chapters here on Inkshares’ website before then. But it looks like I need to concentrate on getting a fair bit more crowdfunding support first...!
Please could you help? If each of you can interest at least 3 others in pre-ordering the ebook, I’ll be nearly 50% closer to sharing the ending with you. That’s one family member, one friend, and one colleague each...
When recommending others to www.bit.ly/ripeforexecution, please feel free to also point out that they’ll get their £10/£8 back if I don’t win the competition or hit the funding goal.
Another way you could help, though, would be to leave a review and/or a comment about the book so far on the Discussion and/or Review tabs on the book’s webpage. Should the book go into print, I vow to visit a bookshop in every town where a commentor resides to make sure they get a signed physical copy of the book as a thank you.
That will be my special gift to you, wherever you are in the world. So please get commenting – and please get sharing!
Ciao for niao...