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Sheperd Featured

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I was contacted a couple of months ago by Sheperd: Discover the best books. They wanted to showcase a book I wrote. Naturally I accepted. I have been pretty horrible at marketing my book, so anything that could help was welcome. However, the way they do so is pretty unique.

An author gives them a book to showcase, but that's not the endpoint. The author then lists five books that had an impact on them and gives them a short review and how they were impacted. Ideally, there's a common link between the recommended books to tie them together. It was a cool idea and had me reminiscing over the books that I read when I was growing up and exactly why I liked them and how they affected my writing style.

If you want to see the books I recommended and why, hop over to the website. They have also done this for other authors, so you may just find another writer you like... and the books that impacted them. Sheperd.

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Daniel Ruth

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  • Comment Link Daniel Ruth Sunday, 02 June 2024 16:41 posted by Daniel Ruth

    Over on Wordpress, I was asked if the book was dead. Below is my reply.

    Its definitely on hiatus. It seems the problem with some series is that each subsequent book gets less interest than the previous on. The latest book definitely followed this trend. While the book wasn’t written soley for profit, it does give an indication of the audience size.

    I tried to see if an Omnibus would help get more interest but it hasn’t really moved the needle much. I know that there are series that definitely have high interest and traffic but it appears that I am a poor publicist, because this is definitely not one of them.

    On the bright side, I tried to leave no immediate cliff hangers. While the overall situation is still pending, such as the ressurection of the demon lord being on the horizen and the possible implications of a full fledged demon city being one of the portal destinations (and the politics of said demons), each book mostly wrapped up the immediate major issues brought up in that book.

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