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Brian Fitzpatrick liked an update for Sorcery for Beginners

Friends, Readers, and Sorcerers All,

This week has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster. First, Sorcery for Beginners was placed on NetGalley to solicit reviews. For those who don’t know, NetGalley is a website that gives out books to influential reviewers and readers for free, in exchange for honest opinions. Good reviews lead to positive word of mouth, which hopefully leads to sales. 

So basically, my little word baby that I nurtured for five years and tried to raise as a decent manuscript has just been dropped in the middle of Times Square on a sweltering afternoon in July. Was I worried how people would respond to my earnest, adorably doe-eyed creation? It’s the Internet, you bet I was worried. 

But then a few hours later, less than 24 hours that the book went live on NetGalley, the Inkshares marketing department sent me this:

Amanda Scheel (Reviewer) has just reviewed Sorcery for Beginners. To add this review to the book page on NetGalley, click here: 
https://www.netgalley.com/book/118069/review/418228

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Full Text:
I got this ebook arc copy for free from netgalley and I must say this is absolutely amazing! Fell into the world of magic and after reading this book, I didn’t want to put it down, even when I reached the last word. Such an incredible book, any Harry Potter fan will fall in love all over again!

Links: 
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2065594383

Additional Questions:Would you purchase this book for yourself or a friend? Yes

WOW. Amanda, I can’t thank you enough. I know all the reviews won’t be this awesome, but these words mean a great deal to me. The fact that someone I don’t know enjoyed the book and finished it in ONE DAY is humbling and gratifying. As they say in E.T., I’m glad Sorcery for Beginners met you first.

Oh, and something else came in the mail yesterday:


For the first time, I held Sorcery for Beginners in my hand! My first reaction was how weighty the book is. It has heft, y’all. I think it could stop a bullet. 

We have a couple more tweaks before we send the final final version to the printer, but this thing is real. It is coming your way. And no matter what kinds of other reviews come in, we’re already bulletproof.

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    Brian Fitzpatrick liked an update for Monkey Business

    Hello Monkeys! Great things are happening!

    I’m going to tell you two really cool things right now and I will expand on them below:

    1. My new novel, Black Cloud is now available for pre-order. So please do that.

    2. Everyone you who pre-orders Black Cloud will get an audiobook of Monkey Business preformed by me. That’s right. I will send you a download link when you buy Black Cloud. No waiting, no strings. Monkey Business straight into your ear holes.

    If that’s all you need to hear, then great. Stop reading, go buy Black Cloud and I’ll send you an audiobook. Nice doing business with you. If you would like me to pitch you a little bit more, I’m happy to do that. Let me tell you why this is a really, really good deal. You can pre-order a Black Cloud audiobook for $10 and I will give you an audiobook of Monkey Business. I would rather you spend $20 to get a printed, signed copy of Black Cloud AND a Monkey Business audiobook but that’s up to you. If you want to look at it the other way around: you are paying $10 (or $20) for an hilarious, audiobook AND you will probably receive a new ebook in the future. The worst case scenario is that Black Cloud doesn’t reach its funding goal in which case, you will get your money back and YOU WILL HAVE GOTTEN A FREE MONKEY BUSINESS AUDIOBOOK.

    You literally cannot lose. It’s not possible to lose in this scenario. You will get at least one book and you’ll probably get two.

    A few fun things about Monkey Business. If you’ve been a follower of the book but haven’t bought it or haven’t read it, this really is the way to go. It’s a book that was written to be performed. I really think you’ll enjoy hearing it because I really enjoyed preforming it. Also, Monkey Business currently has 80 reviews on Amazon with an average 4.5 star rating. It has consistently been in the top 1% of Kindle Action & Adventure books for the past 6 months. What I’m getting at here is I’m giving you a good book, you’re going to enjoy it.

    As for the new book, Black Cloud, it’s not at all like Monkey Business and I think you’ll enjoy it as well. But don’t take my word for it, if you visit the project page you can hear the entire first chapter read by me. Just play the video on the project page and check it out.

    Of, if you prefer, you can go directly to a sample chapter on YouTube. Just the sample chapter with no b.s.

    That’s all for now. Thanks for reading. I hope you’ll support the new book. I will be very grateful and I’ll be happy to send you the hilarious, naughty, low-brow fun of a Monkey Business audiobook.

    -Landon

     

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      Brian Fitzpatrick liked an update for Arch-Android

      My dear androids and gynoids,

      Thank you.

      Thank you for following this project and thank you for pre-ordering if you already have.

      We had a really strong start because of you. It’s been almost too good. Made me lazy. But I’m getting back on the horse. I don’t want to pester you, but I need you on my team.

      Now, I get it, there’s so much time left! No hurry, right? You can get to it later. But there’s a few reasons why maybe you shouldn’t? 

      You all live busy lives and as the months fall off like so many cartoon calendar pages the deadline might slip by you. 

      1. The faster we get to ’funded’, the less stress in my life and the less begging I have to do.
      2. If this gets funded fast enough and with sufficient enthusiasm, we can look forward to a swift production schedule and an earlier release date! 
      3. And remember, if you pre-order and if you refer others, you are automatically entered to win a brand new KOBO eBook reader with original art on the back! 

      Sentients, the bottom line is that I need your help. I need you to be my army of ambassadors and to go forth across the known galaxy (y’know... Earth) and spread the word about Arch-Android. I can only reach so many people and yes, if every single one of you got one book we’d be all set instantly, but that’s not how the space station spins. 

      Thank you for your support so far and thank you for any help you bring in the future. I will be thinking up and adding more rewards and goodies as the months go by. 

      Let’s make this book happen! 

      JF Dubeau  

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