P.H. James liked an excerpt from The Decaying Destiny of Rob the Zombie

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P.H. James liked the forum thread, How many followers should a book have before I take the next step with it?

For whatever it’s worth (and I’m sure this is the exception rather than the rule), my book had 2 followers when I opened pre-orders.

I’m sure there’s an upside to having a base you can send an update to when you open pre-orders, and some folks would argue it’s prudent to amass dozens/even a couple hundred followers before starting a campaign, but I personally believe it doesn’t make the difference between a successful campaign and one that doesn’t make it. The vast, vast, vast majority of my sales were people who followed and ordered the book all at once while I was in campaign mode.

I think if you’re unsure, give your campaign some extra leash. Inkshares recommends 90 days for your campaign, but there’s no reason you can’t go with 120, 150 or even 300 days and then amass followers while the book is on sale. I think there’s a significant benefit to getting people to follow the book when they also can pre-order it, because then they’re making one trip to your page instead of two.

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P.H. James liked an update for A God in the Shed

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WE FUNDED!

So let me make something clear: I use the term ’we’ when talking about this campaign because while I write the book, it’s your support and encouragement that makes it happen. These aren’t empty words meant to artificially include you and make you feel like part of the process. The whole point of Inkshares is that this is a community effort. A symbiotic endeavour between reader and writer to help create works of fiction and bring them to the public.

There are a lot of people who have gone above and beyond for this to happen and I’d like to highlight at least three that can benefit immediately from your support:

John Robin, the author of Blood Dawn, spearheaded community efforts to rally people together after I called for help from fellow authors. John is a hard working writer and a helluva guy. Check out Blood Dawn and support it.

Andre Brun, my CEGEP buddy and author of Lies & Deception campaigned for me harder than I could campaign for myself. He leveraged his own book and his salesmanship skills to gather a ton of pre-orders and get A God in the Shed in front of many new pairs of eyes. Lies & Deception is a terrifyingly ambitious book that deserves your attention. Check it out.

Paul Inman, my cohost on WriteBrain and author of Ageless also lent a hand and was a big part of the community, leveraging the release of his own book to help get visibility for A God in the Shed. Check out Ageless, I read it and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Finally, let me plug my buddy Brian Guthrie who was a great help and is currently participating in the Geek & Sundry Hard SciFi contest on Inkshares. Check out his book After Man and support it with all your heart (and pre-orders).

More soon as thing develop and, as promised: