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Brian Fitzpatrick liked an update for The Tulip Factory

Hello, Spring! And just in time! While tulips are coincidently blooming across the state of NC, so is The Tulip Factory which is now in 17 bookstores across the United States! I can’t wait to meet, greet and sign copies of my book this summer at some of these amazing local indie book shops! Something else kind of cool... Barnes and Noble recently picked up my book as well!!?! (attempting to maintain composure) So you can also preorder/purchase The Tulip Factory from their website. Thank you ALL for helping me get to where I am today. The readers, sharers, shoppers... My friends, family and genuine book lovers... And those not so much into books but who supported me anyway... THANK YOU!  xxo

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    Brian Fitzpatrick liked an update for It’s All Fun and Games

    Happy Spring everyone!


    So things have been progressing nicely with the project, and since I’ve got some more info for you I thought I’d pass it along.

    First, you can now find It’s All Fun and Games on both B&N and Amazon’s web pages.  The book obviously isn’t out yet, but it’s cool to see it available for preorder on the big sites.

    Second, we are getting ever closer to having the finished product.  After copy editing was done we moved into proofreading, and that process is now done as well.  So the book is pretty much in its final form.  The amount of care that went into every step of the editing process was amazing - the proofreader actually caught a letter out of a word that wasn’t italicized when the rest was.  Talk about professionalism!  The editing team over at Girl Friday has been great!

    So where are we now?  Well, the marketing work has begun.  The folks over at Inkshares and The Nerdist have been sending out galleys to influencers and other folks who might be willing to write blurbs for the novel.  We’re hoping to get a couple great quotes to stick on the cover before we go to print.  Speaking of which, at the beginning of May the cover, with all the text added, will be finalized and the files will be sent to the printer.  Copies have also been going to bookstores, book clubs, etc., drumming up interest for the book once it is released.  

    The printed books will be in San Fran by the end of June, with backer copies going out not long afterwards and the book in Bookstores August 2.  Ebooks will be available early July as well, so folks will be able to get started even before getting the physical copy.  

    The marketing blitz will be starting up in another month or two as well.  Inkshares has so far been keeping cards close to the chest in terms of initial print run, so your guess is as good as mine, but the sense I’m getting is that most, if not all, of the stops are being pulled out.  Super cool.

    Now I’m sure you’re wondering how you can help promote It’s All Fun and Games!   I’m glad you asked!  There are a couple things we can do now before the book comes out.  

    First, don’t forget to join me on Facebook here and Twitter @llabak.  Then, you can share updates and tweets with your own social networks.

    Second, if you use Goodreads, you can do a few different things:

    - Add the book to your list of "Want to Reads"  The book page is here.

    - Share the book with your other Goodreads friends.  Inkshares is sponsoring a giveaway - 5 copies of the advance galley will be given out in a random draw of all those entering.  It’s an advance copy, so you can enter too and get the book before all your friends!

    - Vote for It’s All Fun and Games on the Goodreads lists, and ask your friends to do the same.  If you visit this page here you’ll see a bunch of lists that it is a part of.  A couple dozen votes in each of those may help increase visibility and create an avalanche effect as more people gain interest.  

    So that’s where we stand.  I also want to remind everyone that Inkshares and the Nerdist are continuing to partner for more contests.  The last contest, for a Space Opera, just recently ended with the top three books getting right around 300 buyers.  There is a new contest that just got started for Hard Sci-Fi, sponsored by Geek and Sundry (a Nerdist sister company).  If you’ve been sitting on a novel (or even an idea that you’ve been toying with), go for it!  The funding mechanism has changed a little bit, but it’s still super doable.

    Thank you all again for your support!

    Cheers
    Dave
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      Brian Fitzpatrick liked an update for The Children of the Forest

      Hello "CotF" backers ~

      Work continues on the book, with heavy editing and beta-reading underway. I’m still putting the finishing touches on the last portion of the story, but I’m hoping to have a complete manuscript by the end of May for final submission. That being said, I intend to take my time in finishing the book, to guarantee that every backer receives the best product possible. 

      I do have some good news - I have one finished portrait and two preliminary sketches, showing off a bunch of the beautiful artwork backers can look forward to with the art booklet -


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        Brian Fitzpatrick liked an update for Rise

        Time for another update!  Short and to the point.

        1.  You are awesome!

        2. Rise is out to various media types for reviews!

        3. Still looking at a release party before Dragoncon.  Those within driving range or attending the con and arriving on Thursday stay tuned for details.

        4. I’m doing it again!!  I have a new project in the pipeline ready to participate in the upcoming Geek and Sundry Hard Science contest.  This story was the brainchild of my wife and I.  It was the novel I first completed Nanowrimo with way back in 2011!  So, you’d think I’d be all set for it.  But, as with all things like this, draft one was...not up to snuff.  So I’m reworking it over the next 8 weeks to have it ready to go by the end of the contest.  And it’s only going to be 50K words!  Nice after the 155K Rise clocked in at.

        5.  This is not a "funding campaign".  I want to dispel that right off.  Inkshares fronts the lion-share of the cost for production and distribution.  I’ve seen the numbers so far.  The preorder money only took the top off that total.  So, what is this instead?  It’s an opportunity for you to pick what the industry publishes and a chance to get a limited run first edition autographed by the author when it arrives instead of someday down the road!  And there are lower thresholds to win a contract now: 250 for a light, but still physical distribution contract and 750 for the whole shebang Rise got.

        6.  Still reading?  Go to tiny.cc/aftermannovel to check out the new project and if you like it, please follow.  You’ll be able to pre-order starting Monday, 4 April 2016, and I hope you will come on board and support this one just like you did Rise.  And remember, you don’t get charged until it reaches the preorder goal!

        7. You are awesome!

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          Brian Fitzpatrick liked an update for Welcome to Deadland

          It’s here! I’m pleased to release the official cover of Welcome to Deadland! I hope you all love it and can’t wait for you to be able to hold it in your hands and dive into it’s pages! I’d like to thank David Drummond for his design work, the awesome folks over at Nerdist, Inkshares, and Girl Friday for their help and input reaching this monumental step! This was a great group effort! 

          Thank you all for your support! Only a few more months to go!

          -Zac

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