New book preorders (and other stuff)
I have not yet figured out how one builds an effective book marketing strategy when one's target demographic isn't "queer romance readers" or "crime thriller fans" so much as "people who watched a lot of summer replacement shows that aired on TNT or USA Network in the late 2000s and early 2010s."
Preorder: "Jay Moriarty vs the Machine God"
In the wake of narrowly-averted tragedy, Sebastian Moran returns to his old home in Herefordshire; his partner, Jay Moriarty, insists on coming with him. Together, they discover the cash-strapped local council has deployed a piece of software called AlgoDV to prop up its understaffed social services — and that AlgoDV was nearly responsible for the deaths of Moran's only real family. Which means the man behind the whole scheme, Councillor Robert Wallis, is about to have a very bad week.
The sixth story in The Casefile of Jay Moriarty, titled "Jay Moriarty vs the Machine God," comes out on January 21! You can preorder it (from those vendors that allow preorders) here.
Additionally, Ko-fi supporters who subscribe at the Early Access tier ($5 CAD/month) can download the book for free, right now.
This Week's Links
"It’s our duty to maintain the unfiltered free speech that sustains our democracy, and that’s why Meta will no longer fact check on any of our social media platforms," said Zuckerberg, concealing his grotesque rat penis transplant scars and a row of engorged pig nipples underneath his trademark t-shirt and jeans.
John Waters Is Still Filthy
Q: I feel like it’s hard for young people to even sit down and watch a full movie nowadays.
A: No wonder! Most of them are so bad!
Art in the Age of Slop
“The problem with traditional publishing is that they just let writers write whatever they want,” Entangled’s CEO Liz Pelletier is quoted as saying, “and they don’t even think about what the TikTok hashtag is going to be.”
By the way: January 12, 2025 marks the end of the Kaiju war in Pacific Rim. I hope you all celebrated.
-K
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