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    My Self-Published Novel Available Now!

    Edited OP a bit, but my book is out now on Amazon in both paperback and ebook as well as Kindle Unlimited if you have a subscription.

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LGV9Z7X

    It is a fantasy novel roughly 112k words long (for comparison, first harry potter book is 85k). It is currently only available for review by e-book.


    My official synopsis is;
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    Only Human
    A Shattered World

    When a monumental calamity destroyed the moon and brought Earth to ruin, the human race found itself nearly pushed to extinction. Survivors limped on through new dark ages and bloody wars, their former glory always out of reach, for their shattered world now belongs to creatures able to condense millennia’s worth of evolution into a single generation and humankind hangs on to what little hope remains.
    After Taoru saves a stranger, he quickly finds himself on a journey that could bring humanity back from the brink. Rejected by his village, he sets out to redeem himself and piece the world back together. But as he, Van, and unlikely companion Shirasa head east, they find it's not only the dangerous creatures known as gen they must watch out for, but religious zealots, deadly terrain, and something much darker and far more sinister than anyone could know.


    the back and front cover, minus the text;


    I would love to get more reviews up on Amazon, Goodreads, and anywhere else, so if you do pick up the book, please leave a review. And if you would like to review it, but are unable/unwilling to purchase it, let me know and we can work something out.

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    Im a huge sucker for post apoc so youve got my vote

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    Thank you! I sent you it.

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    I'm interested. Have had some free time lately for reading.

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    So there are two things I discovered when formatting this book last night; one was there were a handful of misspellings that the app caught for me, 2 the way I tried to put in the map, while seemingly worked, is noticeably wonky if your device is in night mode. Both of those issues have been fixed for the retail version.

    Also, kindle version is up for preorder on Amazon now, and man, I’m so low on the algorithm I had to put in the book title and my name to find it lol

    There will be a paperback as well, but I’m still currently working on formatting that over since it’s a whole different thing than ebook.

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    I don't read, but good fucking job and congrats.

    Really cool shit, even if your book sucks, it's pretty cool.

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    Finished ch1. Enjoyable premise thus far but there's a few things I noticed. I would grammatically restructure small portions to be more cohesive.

    If you'd like I can post some of the things I noticed here. I intend to continue tomorrow. I wasn't sure if your intent was to get it on the board with reviews or also taking feedback.

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    Never too late for feedback. Either pm me or send email to [email protected]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Boyiee View Post
    I don't read, but good fucking job and congrats.

    Really cool shit, even if your book sucks, it's pretty cool.
    Lol thanks. It’s been difficult to finish with a kid and a new house and job change that’s pushed me into 6p-6a shift. Everything else had to go. Haven’t touched a video game in a year and a half except for Pokémon Snap.

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    So, a learned mistake with Amazon, I had put the ebook on a release for the 19th. Then I made the paperback version. It apparently decided to release immediately. So, hey! Paperback version is out now on Amazon, and the ebook version is out on the 18th (earliest I could change it to.
    Check it out. Early support is essential, and if you do purchase it, please please please, leave a review. It is incredibly essential for me starting out.
    https://www.amazon.com/Only-Human-Sh...ts_feature_div
    Ad image not sized for website and I need some sleep, so spoilers the large image.
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    Just a little bump for title change and updated original post.

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    Price drop for the paperback. It is now $11.99

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    Quote Originally Posted by Souj View Post
    Price drop for the paperback. It is now $11.99
    Just ordered a copy of the paperback. Sounds pretty dope. I’ll check back in and I’ll definitely slap a review up on Amazon once I’m done.


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    And grats man. Regardless of how well it does, that’s a hell of an accomplishment.


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    My Self-Published Novel Available Now!

    Edit: wrong thread


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    Quote Originally Posted by Gadritan View Post
    And grats man. Regardless of how well it does, that’s a hell of an accomplishment.


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    Thanks.
    The biggest trouble I’m having is marketing. I’m not good at it. I’ve always stayed away from most social media. Didn’t even have Facebook until I met my now-wife. I had someone who was going to help with it, but then that didn’t work out. Had I known that, I would have just started putting out queries for an editor/agent. And between my 2 year-old, working night shift, and my wife starting her new job (1st since having the kid,) there is just so little time.

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    Boo ya! Just came in. We might be snowed in for a day or two as well, so perfect timing.




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    Nice. Thanks for the support!

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    That's interesting, I would like to read it

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    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09LGV9Z7X

    Free on Kindle for a short time.