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Hello everyone,

Sorry about the recent radio silence lately, but in truth, there really hasn't been anything happening here that warrants an update. We're currently sitting at 191 copies  of Storm of Fury sold, which leaves us with 59 books remaining and 45 days to sell them.

The number of sales has increased since my last update, which is due to the fantastic efforts of my very generous family. And while every sale is a good one, I can't help but feel disheartened by it. There has been little to no growth in Storm of Fury's following, which is a very bad thing. While I may be able to sell a few here and there, very soon sales will grind to a halt.

As we currently stand, we have to sell more than one copy each day, at the very least, in order to hit 250 copies in time. Some might begin to worry. Others might start to have doubts.

But not me.

I will not doubt this project, not for a single moment and not even in its final day. I do not take my writing lightly, and I've spent years crafting story after story, and I would not dare present one for publishing that wasn't worthy of an audience. I know Storm of Fury is a story worth reading and sharing, I know it's a novel worth publishing. I've seen the reviews my fellow peers and authors have left on SoF's page, and I've seen them rally to support me. The people here at Inkshares have helped SoF rise into the view of potential readers since day one, and I know they'll continue to do so until the end. I couldn't do this without the people I've met here and I couldn't do this without each and every one of you. You, my readers, are the most important part of this whole campaign. You're the reason I haven't given up, for I know that you will someday soon hold a copy of this book in your hands.

Thank you. Thank you for your contributions and continued support.

59 more copies? Peace of cake.

-Andrew

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    Matthew Isaac Sobin liked the forum thread, You Now Have a Bookshelf!
    Awesome! I love it!

    A couple things: the number of followers a book has is listed, but I don't so much care how many followers it has. I want to know how many orders a book has. Like a progress report.

    Second (not that this one will end up mattering much, I'm sure), Blood Dawn is listed on my shelf three times - probably because I ordered copies three separate times. Most people aren't going to be doing that, so it might not matter.

    Ok, one more thing - it would be nice to see how much more time a campaign has. 

    Thanks, @Thad!!!!
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      Hello!

      We've just added a "Bookshelf" to the user menu which takes you to a list of all the books you have ordered of followed.




      Give it a spin, let me know what you think!
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        Background about me... and a little advice on how to get attention of an agent or publisher

        After 4yrs I published my first book with an imprint that had been bought out with a major publisher. I had over 100 rejections from agents and publishers, but managed to finally get a publisher in a round-about way.

        Because I was writing a memoir based on my line of work, I approached the biggest nursing union in the world that has a weekly magazine, and gave them a copy of one of my rejection letters. The rejection letter said the following...

        '...no one wants to read about a nurse...no one will buy a book about a nurse...'

        Naturally this seriously pissed off the nurses at the union, and they replied with the following...

        '...everyone knows a nurse...everyone like nurses...and everyone wants to read about nurses...we're happy to read your work.'

        They read it and loved it, and recommended me to a contact in the publishing business.

        I now have 2 books published and around 200,000 sales later (majority of them ebook, although was on UK airport shelves and in WHSmith) but the imprint has closed and the overseeing major publisher will not even look at my work without getting an agent.

        I can't even get an agent with such a history of sales and 2 books out. In fact, when I had my first contract offer, I approached a dozen agents, and only 1 was interested in taking me on, even with a guaranteed contract. Some even said to me that they had not heard of anyone getting a major publisher without an agent, and could not tell me how they could be of benefit to me.

        I also learned that when your imprint closes, and the overseeing publisher takes over, they don't bother with promotion. So they own the rights to my 2nd book, while I get left with a lot less input than my first book.

        I tried discussing this with them, and they ignored my email.

        So, here I am, trying not to be bitter. But my current project 'the Bully book' is something I truly feel could be  huge. I work with teenagers, and they cannot put it down. 

        So I'm a bit nervous about inkshares, not because of anything they've done, but I have very little trust left in any part of the whole publishing business. But what I have found on this site so far is encouraging, and that is genuine people.

        So thanks for your kind words so far. I will get round to reading more of the books I have followed, but will take bit of time is all.
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