I am thrilled to report that Young Donald surpassed 600 pre-orders on August 14 (six days before the target date of August 20)! Thank you so, so much to everyone who has ordered or followed the book! On now to 700 (with a target of September 1)!
I am also very honored to report that Young Donald was selected as the August choice of the Inkshares Staff Syndicate. Check out the Inkshares website to learn more about what that actually means.
As always, the PROMOTIONS never stop with Young Donald! Every day you don’t order or re-order you are, one way or another, losing yourself money (or would you rather put your $10 in the stock market or the 30 year Treasury bond?!).
First an update:
(1) The "Next Person to Order 5 or More Copies" Promotion was won by Ben L. in Hong Kong! Ben will be receiving his prize (a limited edition print by Monica Jahan Bose based on her performance at Art Basel Miami) as soon as someone from DC safely can get through Hong Kong Airport;
(2) The "Big Gift Card Drawing Promotion" continues to gather eligible entrants: (a) the $100 Amazon gift card drawing for everyone responsible for 3 or more orders now has over 20 people eligible for the drawing; and (b) the additional $150 Amazon gift card drawing for everyone responsible for 6 more orders now has 4 people eligible (with Fabio, Thinn, Jigme, Tom K., Ben L., and Jay P. so so close to joining this elite group - each just order away);
THE BIG GIFT CARD DRAWING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 7 - DO NOT MISS THIS DEADLINE!
(3) The "Henry Coyle Promotion" (one beer bought for you by the author for every order after your first) continued to be enjoyed by Henry Coyle, but is open to everyone (as always, limited to 7 per day for health reasons).
NEW PROMOTION - there is one more Monica Jahan Bose print available (#5 of 5) for the next person who makes a new order of 5 or more copies (sadly, for this promotion only, earlier orders do not count toward the 5). And HUGE, HUGE THANKS to artist Monica Jahan Bose for making these beautiful prints available for this promotion.
Please continue to introduce the book to friends, siblings, co-workers (or just people you meet who look they could afford $10 for a book). The 750 pre-orders requirement is only 130 or so away now! The link is below:
https://www.inkshares.com/books/young-donald
Thanks so much again!
Michael
All, thank you for the support. I have now published the book independently and it is available on Amazon. For those that had pre-ordered a copy through inkshares, you should have been refunded a few months ago. If you pick up a copy please let me know what you think. Below is a link to get the book either with kindle or paperback. Again, thank you times a million.
Hello all!
I hope you are having a wonderful summer. Mine has been eventful, to say the least!
I have brief news regarding Curio Citizen--my previous editor is no longer with the company, so my manuscript is now in the hands of a new editor, Sarah Nivala. I am excited to receive their feedback and will keep you all informed as the editing process goes on.
In other news, my family and I made a big change this summer. We moved halfway across the country! I am now a resident of Kansas City and loving it. After three weeks, I’m finally feeling settled, and I’ve managed to make time to write in spite of the busy move.
I’m now in the process of preparing a fresh novel manuscript for a Twitter pitch event in September. These pitch events invite authors to write a short description of their novel within Twitter’s 280-character limit (quite the challenge!). If an agent or publisher likes the pitch, they’ll click that little heart button in the tweet to request more material. I’ve had moderate success with these sorts of events in the past, so I’m hoping this one will bear fruit. Wish me luck! As always, thank you for your interest and support of my writerly aspirations!
Best,
Katherine
Young Donald passed 500 pre-orders on August 6! Thank you so much for your extraordinary generosity and support! The next target is 600 by August 20.
It’s PROMOTIONS PROMOTIONS PROMOTIONS all month!! So many promotions you are losing money every day you don’t order and re-order Young Donald!
A quick recap of the promotions so far:
(1) Secret Pre-order Number Promotion! The secret number between pre-orders 441 and 500 was 493! Gianfranco - a regular and frequent supporter of Young Donald - was lucky buyer number 493 and he received $50 (CASH MONEY!)
(2) Pre-order number 500 Promotion! Aki was the lucky 500th buyer and, just by clicking {confirm order} at the right time, Aki won a limited edition Monica Jahan Bose print based on her recent performance at Art Basel Miami!
(3) The "Henry Coyle" Promotion (one beer bought for you by the author for every additional order after your first) was enjoyed this week by Gianfranco, Antonio and, of course, repeat enjoyer of this promotion, Mr. Henry Coyle!
(4) Big Gift Card Drawing Promotion! (A) If you are responsible for 3 or more orders, you are eligible for a $100 Amazon gift card drawing (16 eligible to date); (B) if you are responsible for 6 or more orders, you are eligible for an additional $150 Amazon gift card drawing (4 people eligible to date - with Thinn, Jay P., Tom K. and Fabio all just one order away from joining this elite group!).
THE NEW, VERY LIMITED TIME ONLY PROMOTION!!!!
The next person who pre-orders FIVE (5) or more copies will join Aki as the proud owner of a Monica Jahan Bose limited edition print from Art Basel Miami!!
Finally, a huge thank you to all 65+ people who attended the Young Donald "Thanks for your Support" party in Washington, DC on August 3rd and saw the world premiere of the brilliant Jamie Wright created Young Donald book trailer. Version 2.0 of the trailer will be up on the site (and undoubtedly going viral) very soon.
Thank you so much again for your support! Please tell a friend, sibling or co-worker about the book today!
Michael
Hey everyone,
I know it’s been awhile since the last update, so I just wanted to drop by to let you know this project is still very much alive and well. I’m a new dad and we just purchased our first home, so needless to say I’ve been pretty busy. But I’ve been busy writing and editing as well! My manuscript for The Last Beacon currently sits at just over 80K words, and I’m working hard on the very last scenes in the book.
In the coming months I’ll be launching my campaign, and I’ll need all the help I can get from you. I’ve been thrilled by the tremendous amount of interest the book has received so far, but I know full well that doesn’t always translate into sales. Anything you can do now to help me drum up even more interest would be so helpful as we enter the home stretch.
With that being said, I’d like to graciously ask for help in the following ways:
Thank you so much in advance. I can’t wait to share this entire story with you, and in the mean time please do check out some of the other great books currently funding on Inkshares like The Seclusion: Part 2, Young Donald, and Mina Harker.
Until next time,
Matt
