Morning all, another quick update for you…potentially the last before the contest ends. That’s right, the contest is almost over.
This Wednesday at midnight the numbers are locked and it’s all done…the contest at least. I say that because, to be honest, it seems unlikely we’ll end up in the top 5 (unless something crazy happens). Right now we have 159 unique orders…at this moment we’d need 442 total, so 283 more, to break into the top 5.
As I said, that seems unlikely but things are not over. We could still publish the usual Inkshares way. We’ll see what happens and I’ll have more info on that later.
For now, I’m incredibly grateful for all the support everyone has shown…159 people have pre-ordered, 249 copies, that’s $2,490 put towards this story. I really can’t believe it and, from the bottom of my heart, thank you all.
And as always, if you haven’t pre-ordered yet, now is the time!
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Not a ton of news but I wanted to check in and give you all an update on how 3point8 is doing. Currently it’s sitting pretty solidly at number 13…that’s really impressive when you consider that there are over 300 submissions.
That said, the top 5 spot is what wins the contest and gets the book published. I won’t lie, that goal is quite a ways off. As of this writing, we’d need 197 unique readers to pre-order in order to break back into the top 5 (and that gap grows daily). It’s a pretty big number (we currently have 156 readers) but not impossible…anyone have 197 friends who love to read?
44 new readers would get us back into the top 10 which would be fantastic (the top 10 get featured weekly by Inkshares).
So let’s have a hard conversation, what happens if we don’t win the contest? Is all lost? Not at all. Inkshares’ usual way of publishing is based on copies ordered. Currently, 3point8 has 246 copies pre-ordered (giant thanks to everyone who ordered multiple copies). If we don’t win the contest, we still have till November 29th to hit either the 750 copy goal or the 1,000 copy. 750 means an e-book only release while 1,000 means an e-book and physical book release.
So there’s still hope…and if Inkshares doesn’t work out, I won’t give up on 3point8. We’ll just need to look at other options.
Thanks again to everyone for their support, it means the world to me.
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Quick second update…Inkshares dropped an update about the 11-20 ranked books in the contest. It includes 3point8 and a little info on why I’m writing it. Check it out!
http://t.co/19xmXQiyu1