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The Redemption of Erâth: Progress on History

Redemption of Erâth History CoverThings are beginning to move fast on the History of Erâth, and I’m getting excited! The print proof of the book is on its way to me as I type this, and the eBook version is available for pre-order on Amazon, iBooks, Smashwords and more! I’m happy with the interior layout design, and I’m hoping against hope that I don’t notice too many further errors when I read through the print proof.

Having said that, there are a few updates I wanted to make you aware of. I originally said that I’d be offering the History of Erâth as a free companion book to the Redemption of Erâth series. This is still the case, but I’ve had to slightly change the way I’m going about it. Because of the nature of Kindle Direct Publishing, I can only run a free offer if I opt for KDP Select. However, if I choose KDP Select, I’m prohibited from distributing the book through any other channels for 90 days, and I don’t want this: I’d like it to be available on Apple’s iBooks, for example.

As a result, I’ve had to choose the minimum price possible, which is $0.99. And while you can definitely pay $0.99 for it on Amazon or iBooks, I’m also going to be offering a 100% discount coupon to download the book directly through Smashwords. This will be available throughout October and November, up until The Redemption of Erâth: Exile is released in December.

In the meantime, The Redemption of Erâth: Consolation can still be yours for free by signing up for my monthly newsletter. I’ve only had a few sign-ups so far, and you’re missing out on the start of an epic adventure. On top of that, the discount coupon for History of Erâth is going to go out in the newsletter, so if you do want to grab a copy of History of Erâth for less than $0.99, that’ll be your chance to do so!

So go ahead: sign up, get a free book, or pre-order History of Erâth on Kindle or iBooks now! I’m looking forward to sharing the building of the world of Erâth with you all, and it’ll give you some great insight into the background of the events set in motion in The Redemption of Erâth: Consolation.

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The Redemption of Erâth: Newsletter and Giveaway

I was talking with a friend the other day about the difficulties of publishing, and the point came up that, often, the people most inclined to write a book (i.e. people who are content to sit alone for hours on end) are also those least inclined to evangelize their own work. It makes marketing your novel a pain in the ass, because frankly all you want to do is sit down and keep writing, but instead you have to advertise, talk, Facebook, post, blog … all the things that it takes to get yourself noticed.

Probably the biggest frustration is that, after all that work, you might end up with nothing to show for it anyway. A handful of sales, a couple of reviews, and negligible exposure. After all, with all the books being published these days, how does one go about getting noticed?

Well, one of the things I’ve decided to do—inspired by my good writing friend, Nancy Chase—is start a newsletter going. Once a month I’ll send out a very brief update on things in the world of Erâth, the road to publication, and any new offers or giveaways that might be going on. I’ve set up an account with MailChimp, and the first newsletter goes out on October 1.

To give you an incentive to sign up (other than just hearing wonderful words from me!), I’ll also be hosting a giveaway: the first thirty subscribers to my newsletter will receive a free Kindle copy of The Redemption of Erâth: Consolation as a gift through Amazon. I’ll be running this giveaway throughout the month of September, so you have plenty of time to sign up! The signup form can be found at the bottom of this page, and I’ll be including a link in the sidebar of the website to make life easy.

So sign up now, get a free book, and keep up to date on all the goings-on in the world of Erâth!

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The Redemption of Erâth: The Future of Erâth

I think my bipolar is taking an upward swing, because all of a sudden I’m trying to do a million things at once with regards to The Redemption of Erâth. I’ve sent out advertisements on Facebook, Goodreads and Twitter, I’ve sent advance copies of books to beta readers, and I’ve started reading, writing and editing like crazy. All in a matter of a few weeks. Egads!

Anyway, it leads me to ponder the future of The Redemption of Erâth, and I think the timeline looks something a little bit like this:

  • September/October 2015: Publish The History of Erâth as a free Kindle download and in paperback
  • November 2015: Write Legends and Myths of Erâth as part of NaNoWriMo
  • December 2015: Release the second novel, The Redemption of Erâth: Exile
  • January-March/April 2016: Complete the first draft of the third novel, Ancients and Death
  • March 2016: Publish Legends and Myths of Erâth as a free Kindle download and in paperback

I don’t have much of a plan after that, but that’s already a lot for me to contemplate—especially for someone who never normally has a plan at all!

The good news of all of this is that, if I manage to stick to these deadlines (what a terrifying word!), I can send ARCs out to people—something I failed utterly to do with The Redemption of Erâth: Consolation. Perhaps I can generate a little bit of buzz over the book, and do slightly better than I have so far with Consolation (less than thirty copies sold in over a year). My ideal? Achieve the level of success Nancy Chase has had with her book, The Seventh Magpie. Two thousand copies in six months—incredible!

The hopeful idea here is that, with free supporting material in the form of The History of Erâth and Legends and Myths of Erâth, I can generate more interest in the full-length novels. I had intended to publish these supporting books anyway—I’m just bringing the timeline forward a little.

What do you think? Are you excited for more adventures in Erâth?