20 days remain to get 1000 Faces into the top 3 of the Nerdist contest

Greetings, adventurers! 

 Last week was INCREDIBLE. We started off at just 13 preorders, and by the end of Saturday, we’d flipped that number around and made 31! We more than doubled within a span of about 24 hours. I’m so pleased! There’s a lot farther to go, of course, but we’re making a great pace.

 We’re really close to the 50 preorders mark, by the way, which means I can upload chapter 4 soon! 

 Are you looking for other ways to help get the word out? There are free ways that do an awful lot for me!

• re-tweet me on Twitter  
• share my link on social media 
• share a picture of the book cover on Instagram, along with the link (and please tag me so I can thank you personally!)  
• get a Street Team package from me! I will ship you some business cards and bookmarks—get in touch with me to make this happen. Please keep one of the bookmarks for yourself! 
  

 Also, did you know that if someone buys the book from your referral link, you’ll get credits to spend on Inkshares? There are lots of amazing books on this site to support, so that’s a great way to do it! (Or you could just… order another copy of Mushroom and Anchovy. If you want.) 

At the moment, we’re sitting with 32 preorders and 50 followers. That’s a big difference in numbers, so I’m just wondering: what can I do to get you a bit more interested in preordering a copy? What would grab you? More chapters, some art, a trailer? Better e-mails?! I’m all ears, folks: give me a shout. Also, since the first reading went so well, I’m going to make myself even more uncomfortable and do a reading of chapter 2 in a few weeks, if there’s interest in that. 

A quick thanks to everyone taking this journey with me so far. There’s still a long way to go, but this is a marathon, not a race--I’m in it for the long haul!

May all your adventures be fraught with wonder and just enough peril to keep them interesting,

K. M. Cooper

Greetings, adventurers! 

 Last week was INCREDIBLE. We started off at just 13 preorders, and by the end of Saturday, we’d flipped that number around and made 31! We more than doubled within a span of about 24 hours. I’m so pleased! There’s a lot farther to go, of course, but we’re making a great pace.

 We’re really close to the 50 preorders mark, by the way, which means I can upload chapter 4 soon! 

 Are you looking for other ways to help get the word out? There are free ways that do an awful lot for me!

• re-tweet me on Twitter  
• share my link on social media 
• share a picture of the book cover on Instagram, along with the link (and please tag me so I can thank you personally!)  
• get a Street Team package from me! I will ship you some business cards and bookmarks—get in touch with me to make this happen. Please keep one of the bookmarks for yourself! 
  

 Also, did you know that if someone buys the book from your referral link, you’ll get credits to spend on Inkshares? There are lots of amazing books on this site to support, so that’s a great way to do it! (Or you could just… order another copy of Mushroom and Anchovy. If you want.) 

At the moment, we’re sitting with 32 preorders and 50 followers. That’s a big difference in numbers, so I’m just wondering: what can I do to get you a bit more interested in preordering a copy? What would grab you? More chapters, some art, a trailer? Better e-mails?! I’m all ears, folks: give me a shout. Also, since the first reading went so well, I’m going to make myself even more uncomfortable and do a reading of chapter 2 in a few weeks, if there’s interest in that. 

A quick thanks to everyone taking this journey with me so far. There’s still a long way to go, but this is a marathon, not a race--I’m in it for the long haul!

May all your adventures be fraught with wonder and just enough peril to keep them interesting,

K. M. Cooper

G’day everybody! 

I’m back again with a slightly pre-emptive week 3 update.  You’ll notice the number of copies sold hasn’t moved much in the last week (from 94 to 97, I believe, although I did receive ), but never fear!  Kanimbla is still on track for success.  

The focus for this part of the campaign has been on reaching out to some of my long-shot prospects (twitter followers, etc), while I spend the rest of my time distributing flyers and business cards, etc, to try and generate some passive sales while I continue campaigning over the next few weeks.  

At 97 sales, Kanimbla is currently 39% of the way to the Quill publication goal.  If you’ve already bought a book, thank you!  If you can keep spreading the word, that would be great.  And if you haven’t, what’s holding you back?  Flick me a message and let me know!

Cheers!

Whoa... what a trip it’s been.

Before I get into that though, let me give you some good news. Better news than whatever I’ll be prattling on about.

So, have you pre-ordered A God in the Shed from Inkshares? You did? You’re awesome. In fact, you might have already received an email notification that your physical copy has shipped (if you ordered a physical copy that is. And you should have, because ooooh boy. Such lovely books. So, so lovely.). But let’s say you’re not into this ’waiting’ thing? What if you want to start digging into this tale of horror in a small down over this very coming weekend?

Well, you can. By the end of the day, the eBook version of A God in the Shed will be available to download from the site. .mobi and .epub will be available, as always. I sincerely hope you enjoy the book and that if you do, you’ll let me know. Review it on Amazon, on Goodreads. Send me a Tweet @jfdubeau. I want to hear from you guys. 

You’re my very favourite readers.

Which is why I put myself through Hell in order to sign all your copies of A God in the Shed. As promised, I flew myself to San Francisco on a plane leaving Montreal at 5:30AM, signed a bunch of copies as they were being packaged and shipped by the amazing Elena Stofle (with an assist from the dedicated Avalon Radys). Hung out and had dinner with Adam and then, at 11:30PM on the same day, was on a plane back to Montreal.

When I say I’d go to the ends of the Earth for my readers, I do not kid around.

Now please, enjoy the book. We’ve come this far, it’d be ashamed if you didn’t. 

JF

Such a pretty book... (note: Inkshares fed me cheese. They have won my heart once more)

Today I am announcing an incentive!

To encourage your pre-order during the Inkshares Nerdist Contest, a $100 Visa Gift Card will be awarded to one lucky person who pre-orders Mission 51! Here are the simple rules:

• Pre-order Mission 51 before the end of the contest.

• The gift card will be awarded to one lucky person who pre-orders if Mission 51 finishes the contest in the top three, which guarantees publication.
  

• Each person who has or will pre-order is automatically included. An "E-Legal Alien" pre-order is worth one entry. An "Alien Observer" pre-order is worth two entries. And "Alien Conspirator" pre-order is worth three entries. All entries will be randomized via RiffleRaffle.

Enter today! Pre-order now! :D

Greetings, Adventurers! 

I’m here with a brief Friday update. Lots of good news today! 

First of all, here’s a link to the Q&A and reading from Wednesday this week. I was so far out of my comfort zone doing this, but it looks like it paid off--we had plateaued at 13 orders for some time, and then, within a 24 hour span from May 31 to June 1, we got 10 orders! Amazing!

We have hit an important milestone as of this morning: we’re already at 10% of our light publishing goal (250 copies). We’re at 3% of the big goal, which is also a start, and I still believe we can get to it as we have a lot of time to do so. I’m going to be spending the next couple of weeks reaching out to different outlets in an attempt to spread the word. As well, Animaritime has offered to hand out some promotional material, and Mushroom and Anchovy will have an advertisement in the convention schedule, as well. 

A little contest update, too: we’re down to 6th place, but we’re very close to getting back to 5th. The contest takes into account unique preorders--i.e., it doesn’t take into account multiple orders from the same account--and we’re only 2 unique preorders away from getting back there. I’m not stressing about it, though--the contest still has a long way to go. 

 As I said in the live vid, at 100 followers or 50 preorders (whichever comes first) I’ll post chapter 4 for your enjoyment. If you liked the silliness of chapters 1-3, you’re going to really have fun with chapter 4. 

 May your adventures be fraught with wonder and just enough peril to keep them interesting, 

 K. M. Cooper

Happy Friday, readers!

1000 Faces continues to fight for it’s spot in the top 3 of the Nerdist contest. Check out the leaderboard to get a look at the numbers. I’d tell you which position the book is in right now, but chances are, it will have changed by the time you read this! The important thing is that you can help push 1000 Faces up the board and into the top 3, where it will be guaranteed full, international publication by preordering today.

In other news, I’ve been invited to do another author interview on Natacha Guyot’s blog. While my interview isn’t available to read just yet, you can checkout Natacha’s #SciFiWomen Interviews featuring lots of other women who read, write, and support science fiction.

With that said, I’d like to share some of the reviews and feedback that 1000 Faces has received so far. (Don’t forget, you can leave a review of your own if you’ve enjoyed what you’ve read.)

"Great elevated sci-fi concept! Can’t wait to read this one." - Tal Klein, author of The Punch Escrow (winner of The Geek & Sundry Hard Science contest)

"The second I read the description of Jenny Graham-Jones “1000 Faces” I knew I had to have a copy. That kind of dystopian, bleak-future vision of our world - where everyone wears a mask and all is never as it seems - is my kind of jam." - Joseph Asphahani, author of The Animal In Man (winner of The Sword and Laser: The Sequel contest)

"1,000 Faces does exactly what all good science fiction should do: explore and aspects of society in a new and thought-provoking light. What happens when the internet is no longer anonymous, but the real world is? I can’t wait to find out. " - Evan Graham, author of Tantalus Depths

"If this were a movie, I imagine it stylistically looking like V for Vendetta. You can feel the character’s emotional conflict in the second excerpt. While the first excerpt gives a great look into the societal concept. I’m really excited for this one." - Ryne Drogemuller, author of Through The Ghost