Dave Barrett liked the forum thread, Best Wishes to Elena!

Dear Inkshares Community,

After three years, I wanted to let each of you know that Elena Stofle will be leaving the company this week.

For the past three years, Elena has managed operations at Inkshares. She single-handedly made sure your books got to backers, to reviewers at places like Publishers Weekly, and to bookstores in time for your events. Elena accomplished all of this with the skill, efficiency, and aplomb she garnered from her time in the United States Air Force.

While it will be difficult to see Elena go, I hope you will each wish her well as she goes on to pursue her MBA full time. And worry not: all books will still get to where they are going!

In the meantime, please address all correspondence to Angela Melamud, angela@inkshares.com.

I look forward to updating you in the near future on some of the people who will be joining the Inkshares team.

Adam.

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Dave Barrett sent an update for More Fun and Games

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope that 2019 is off to exactly the start you were hoping for.

I recently discovered a review that was posted back in December. That was quite the nice new year discovery!

I wanted to let you all know that paperbacks of More Fun and Games are now available! You can get them the following ways:

Your own friendly local bookstore can order them through Ingram. It’s ISBN 9780578214610
or
You can order them through Amazon
or
If you would like a signed/inscribed copy, you can order them through my own friendly local bookstore, The Briar Patch. If you had previously ordered the ebook on release day, you can use the code EBOOKFUN to save 99 cents on the purchase. You can put in inscription requests in the comment section at checkout.

I’m also determined to write more this year, which at least so far has exhibited itself in the form of working on my webpage, authordavebarrett.com. In particular, I’m going to be writing mini-blurbs/reviews of books as I read them this year. I’ve got two posted already, though I’m certainly not going to maintain a two-book-a-week pace. I’m also going to try to keep up with my blog.

As always, you can follow me on twitter or check out my facebook page.

And not but least, if you’ve already read More Fun and Games and haven’t left a review at your favorite etailers and Goodreads, please do so! A review is like giving an author a hug!

Thank you all for your continued support.

Dave

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Dave Barrett sent an update for It’s All Fun and Games

Happy New Year Everyone! I hope that 2019 is off to exactly the start you were hoping for.

I recently discovered a review that was posted back in December. That was quite the nice new year discovery!

I wanted to let you all know that paperbacks of More Fun and Games are now available! You can get them the following ways:

Your own friendly local bookstore can order them through Ingram. It’s ISBN 9780578214610
or
You can order them through Amazon
or
If you would like a signed/inscribed copy, you can order them through my own friendly local bookstore, The Briar Patch. If you had previously ordered the ebook on release day, you can use the code EBOOKFUN to save 99 cents on the purchase. You can put in inscription requests in the comment section at checkout.

I’m also determined to write more this year, which at least so far has exhibited itself in the form of working on my webpage, authordavebarrett.com. In particular, I’m going to be writing mini-blurbs/reviews of books as I read them this year. I’ve got two posted already, though I’m certainly not going to maintain a two-book-a-week pace. I’m also going to try to keep up with my blog.

As always, you can follow me on twitter or check out my facebook page.

And not but least, if you’ve already read More Fun and Games and haven’t left a review at your favorite etailers and Goodreads, please do so! A review is like giving an author a hug!

Thank you all for your continued support.

Dave

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Dave Barrett commented on More Fun and Games

Hi Michael! Egad! I don’t think I ever sent out the update on Inkshares about it! Yes, you can order it at this link. When you get to the checkout process you can enter any inscription request in the comment.

https://squareup.com/store/briarpatchbooks/item/more-fun-and-games

Thank you for asking! :D

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Dave Barrett liked an update for The Astronaut Instruction Manual

It’s official: The Astronaut Instruction Manual is Amazon Best Seller

As of today, The Astronaut Instruction Manual is an Amazon Best Seller. That’s Top-100 Children’s Books: Science: Astronomy & Space for all age groups. This is the big list. Here’s a screen shot:

Amazon Best Seller! Gosh! So today if you are receiving this message from me it’s because you have been with me all the way here. If you have enjoyed the ride and The Astronaut Instruction Manual, there is one thing and one thing only I am asking of you to keep the momentum going.

If you enjoyed it all, write and post a book review on Amazon for The Astronaut Instruction Manual.

Writing and posting a simple review is how you and I will get The Astronaut Instruction Manual into more hands of more kids who are readers. And that’s all I really want, for kids who love reading (and love Space) to read the book I wrote for them because I was them. Here’s the link.

Four years ago (!) we started this journey together. Today, we have an Amazon Best Seller. In my opinion the best is yet to come. And if you can write an Amazon review it will guarantee it.

Thank you, my friends, family, and supporters…

Oh my Google! What a day!
Mike

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Dave Barrett sent an update for More Fun and Games

(IF you already saw this, I apologize for sending it to you twice)

TOMORROW IS THE DAY!!!

Tomorrow More Fun and Games goes live on Amazon and other places for e-books! For one day only it will be on sale for 99 cents before going up to its regular price of $4.99. If you’re planning on getting the digital copy, tomorrow is the day to do so!

Note that if you click over now you’ll be seeing the 4.99 price - the 99 cents will show up tomorrow!

"But Dave, what if I like the feel of paper between my fingers?"

Paperback is coming soon! I have to admit that the writing was far easier than the preparing files for the printer, and it took me FOREVER to get the cover files squared away. In fact, I’m not entirely convinced that I did, and I’m waiting for Amazon to send me a proof copy so I can make sure that what you order isn’t garbage. It’s scheduled to arrive tomorrow, and if it all looks good then it will be ready to order almost immediately. Stay tuned for more info. Unfortunately, I had to raise the cover price to $10.99. On demand printing is more than three times as expensive as my first print run of 8k copies.

Alternatively, if you have a local bookstore that you like to support, you can do that too! See below!

"But Dave, what if I like the feel of autographed paper between my fingers?"

Well, if you live nearby, I’m always happy to sign. Procure it at your favorite outlet and hand it to me. Easy Peasy. If you don’t live nearby, I’ve got a solution! My local independent bookstore will have it available for ordering as soon as I give/get the OK to/from Ingram for wholesale distribution. Again, I want to make sure that the actual product is good before I release it to the wild, so I’m not rushing. At that point the books can be ordered as part of their regular wholesale order. I’ll stop by the shop, sign em, and they’ll get shipped out to you! If you order the ebook through Amazon on release day, you’ll be able to get a 99 cent discount on the book, making the ebook free!

Note, for those of you who want to support your local bookstore, let them know they can order them direct from Ingram (ISBN 978-0-578-21461-0). Again, that’s pending acceptance of the final files, so stay tuned.

Now one last thing....

If you’re planning on getting the paperback, please consider the extra 99 cents for the ebook on release day. Please also share the release with anyone you know who might be interested.

Early sales volume is important to the Amazon algorithms, and there are little badges you get for best seller and best selling new releases. I’d love to be able to snag one or both. This is why day one is discounted - to get as many people as possible to all order at once.

Just in case you missed the link....HERE IT IS

Thank you so much for all your support over the years. I think you’re going to like this one :)

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