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Book Launch During the Apocalypse: Part II

21/3/2020

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Not two days after my last post and the publishers (Unsung Stories) and I have decided to delay the publication date of Threading the Labyrinth three months, to July 13. This was, in part, because yesterday Amazon UK removed the pre-order option for the physical book, explaining that in light of the C-19 emergency they were shifting attention away from shipping physical books; weirdly, today that option had re-appeared o the site. But with things in so much flux, it's likely that it might disappear again. 

Plus, even though big retailers such as Waterstones are still open, indie book shops have closed for the time being, and they're an important outlet for books form indie presses. So to help my book be as successful as possible, it's best to delay the launch and, hopefully, be able to do in-person events in a few months and easily get the books out to readers. The Apocalypse isn't messing around!

But one cool thing: pre-ordering directly from Unsung Stories, the publisher, gets you the book three weeks early! Nifty incentive, no?
 

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Book Launch during the Apocalypse

19/3/2020

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Did you ever think you'd be living through a pandemic? Neither did I.

And I really never expected it to hit right when my debut novel was about to be released.

For the past couple of months, I've been working with my publisher to set up book launches at Eastercon and Waterstones in Cambridge in April, and to plan a big party for myself in May. This week, however, my university has closed and I've been part of the countrywide (worldwide!) rush to move in-person teaching to online learning; we've been making sure we have enough food in the cupboard "just in case" and contacting family to see how everyone is doing and if they need anything; and I've watched as those launches have gone the way of the dodo, maybe to return in an altered way in the summer. Maybe.

So how do you launch a book when no one is going out? You go online, along with everything else. The publisher's lovely PR person is setting up a Reddit AMA, I'm planning a Twitter "launch". and am part of an online literary festival.

​Details to come! 

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