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

Hi Gamers!

I’ve got a couple pieces of information to share with you, both about It’s All Fun and Games and its sequel, More Fun and Games

1) It’s All Fun and Games has been nominated for a Dragon Award at this year’s DragonCon!
 

DC is a huge convention, and pulling off a win could be massive. You can register to vote at awards.dragoncon.org. There’s no cost, and takes about 3 minutes total (your ballot may not come for a day or two). If you can share this with even one or two people (or share in your networks), I would really appreciate it.  Rick Riordan has a book in my category, so the more folks we can pile into the ballot box the better!  Several of my other Inkshares authors have also been nominated - if you’re interested in helping out some indie authors here’s a list:

  • Horror Novel: A God in the Shed, by J-F. Dubeau
  • Science Fiction Rise, by Brian Guthrie (for hard SF) or Space Tripping by Patrick Edwards (for silly SF)
  • Apocalyptic Novel: The Seventh Age: Dawn, by Rick Heinz

2) Over on Amazon IAF&G has received just over 80 reviews. From what I’ve been told, breaking the 100 review mark affects Amazon’s algorithms and will increase my marketing visibility. If you’ve got an Amazon account, please take two or three minutes to pop over and leave me a review. Anything helps, even "It’s good."
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1941758819/

Believe me when I say that books live and die based on their reviews (or lack thereof).  

3) Lastly, the sequel. As you’ve noticed I need to crowdfund for this one too. I’d assumed the 2400 copies I’ve sold to date would prove the market, but it is what it is. I need 250 preorders at the fewest, and ideally as many as 750 (the amount determines the production run and level of marketing oompf I get).  In the roughly 3 months since I started crowdfunding I’ve sold 66. If you are interested in helping make the sequel a reality, you can find it right here.  As a friend pointed out, when you average in the cost of the first book (between zero and $5 for most folks), even with the new cost the price-per-book isn’t too bad.

I hope everyone’s summers have been good (except for my supporters in the Southern Hemispheres, in which I hope your winters have been good).

Cheers
Dave
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    Dave Barrett sent an update for More Fun and Games

    Hi folks.

    First, and most importantly, the little button I click to send a thank you to supporters doesn’t appear to have been working this whole time, which means other than a receipt you haven’t gotten anything from me.  I’m embarrassed by this.  

    To all of you who have supported More Fun and Games so far, THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.  It really does mean the world to me that you put your money where your faith is.  

    Best
    Dave

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      There is big news on the Crow’s Gambit front! The book has been selected as the July 2017 pick for the “Break the Bechdel with Strong Female Characters Syndicate”. The syndicate comment was: 

      Patrick Tebbe’s Crow’s Gambit takes the reader into another world that is fascinating and realized. Luckily for us, our guide is Cassie--a smart, savvy protagonist who will pilot her way through both politics and alien interactions with a calm, cool and collected brilliance. 

      The interest and support of the Syndicate and its members is greatly appreciated. Thank you. 

      More to come soon...

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        Dave Barrett liked an update for Space Tripping

        Space Tripping has been officially nominated for the 2017 Dragon Awards!

        As you might remember, DragonCon is one of the largest annual pop culture conventions in the country. Thank you so much for everyone who helped get us nominated! But that was only the first half of this battle. Now, I’m going to have to ask each and every one of you to cast your vote for Space Tripping. This is huge. Here’s how you do it:

        1. Go to awards.dragoncon.org

        2. Click "register to vote"

        3. Fill out your name and email address

        4. Make sure you click the box next to "Check to verify you want to sign up for the Dragon Con Award voting process." Because that’s, you know, the whole point of this thing ;)

         5. You’ll receive a ballot via email... and gee willikers, folks, it’d sure be swell of ya to cast your vote for Space Tripping.

        Thank you so very much

        - P

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