The Nexus Kickstarter project closes tomorrow (Saturday, midday UK time), so there’s only one day left to back the project and get this collection. Nexus is exclusive to Kickstarter—it won’t be available in any of the usual on-line stores. Click here to see how you can get a copy of this collection of three tales of connection.
If you’re a Kobo VIP member, you might know they’re running a 40% off sale until Sunday 28th April. I have three titles included: Desert Bound (ShadowTech Book 1), Shadows—The Complete Trilogy and Dominions—The Complete Series.
A week into the Kickstarter, and it sat at 50% funded. Then it shot up. The email came through from Kickstarter—the project has reached its goal!
This means the Nexus collection will become a real thing. I’m looking into covers, and formatting the paperback version (basically amending the pdf version).
And there’s still a week to go. So if you want a copy of this speculative fiction collection (it’s exclusive to Kickstarter—it won’t be appearing on Amazon or Kobo or anywhere else), check out the project page here.
And if you’ve already backed the project, a huge thank-you. It wouldn’t have been possible without your support.
Check out this promotion for free science-fiction books, running until the end of the month.
It’s finally here! A new book—Nexus. but it’s not available in the usual stores. There’s only one way to get it, and that’s through my very first Kickstarter project. Click here to check out the project page.
If you’re new to Kickstarter, a few notes:
Things change all the time. This is especially true where technology is concerned. Publishing altered when ebooks went mainstream, predominantly because Amazon made it so easy to get hold of ebooks. Today, there are loads of similar (albeit smaller) ebook stores—Kobo, Nook, Apple Books, Smashwords.
But over recent years, things have shifted. Selling and buying books through large stores is convenient, but it lacks personality. So people have been looking to other ways to connect, other ways to bring their stories in front of an audience, other ways for readers to learn of new books, read new stories and support the authors.
Kickstarter is essentially a crowd-funding system. Creators put up projects (things they want to create, often special or limited editions) and backers pledge towards their creation. Each project has a funding goal. If that goal is met (or exceeded) within a certain time-frame, the project funds—the item is created and backers receive their rewards. If the goal is not met, then the project fails to fund, and no money is exchanged.
In the case of Nexus, I’ve collated three stories that have I’ve had published in various anthologies (one novella and two short stories). I’ve re-edited these, have written author notes, and have used AI to create images.
Nexus won’t be available in any of the usual stores. It’s a Kickstarter exclusive.
I have two rewards backers can choose from—ebook or both ebook and paperback. I also have a few add-ons (including a ‘series starter bundle’ that has never before been available). The project runs until Saturday 27th April, and barring any unforeseen circumstances I should have both versions of Nexus ready by the beginning of June.
If this sounds interesting, check out the project page for more information. If you know of anyone who might be interested, let them know about it.
TW Iain 