{"id":260,"date":"2017-06-23T09:30:33","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T09:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamieedmundson.com\/?p=260"},"modified":"2017-06-23T09:35:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T09:35:16","slug":"torics-dagger-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamieedmundson.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/23\/torics-dagger-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Toric’s Dagger Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been another busy month, but it’s about time I posted some reflections on the launch of my first book, Toric’s Dagger<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Overall, it was a success, with a number of promotions, plus help from friends and family, getting the book in front of readers. I’m sure that the initial 0.99 offer also helped to close a few deals. As well as people buying the book, it has had quite a few page reads on Kindle Unlimited (KU) on Amazon. Members of this scheme get to read it for free, and as the author I get a little compensation for each page read. I now have readers, not only in the UK and US, but in Canada, Australia, Germany and the Netherlands. That’s a great feeling.<\/p>\n

This initial group of readers has now converted into some ratings\/reviews, which are so important for authors. On Goodreads<\/a>, the book now has 6 ratings, averaging 4.67\/5. It also has its first review on Amazon<\/a>, where it was given 4 stars. Finally, the book also got a great write up on Readper, which you can see here<\/a>. It’s nice that the initial reaction has been so positive, with no reader yet giving it less than 4\/5 (yes, I know it’s early days!).<\/p>\n

Of course, I want more readers and reviews, and I will post some news on this very soon.<\/p>\n

As for the follow-up, Bolivar’s Sword<\/em>, I will need to give myself a window to do another round of editing on it before it is ready to go. Then, there is all the publishing that needs to be done, especially the cover design. I will keep posting updates on this process here.<\/p>\n

Many thanks for following the blog!<\/p>\n

Jamie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been another busy month, but it’s about time I posted some reflections on the launch of my first book, Toric’s Dagger. Overall, it was a success, with a number of promotions, plus help from friends and family, getting the book in front of readers. I’m sure that the initial 0.99 offer also helped to … <\/p>\n

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