RANT Total Immersion: Dark World

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  1. CheshirePhoenix

    CheshirePhoenix Crazy Hermit on the Hill LitRPG Author Beta Reader Citizen Editor Aspiring Writer

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    What the hell, Amazon?! This isn't the first book in a series but it's the ONLY book in this series that's on there.

    The author only has one other book there and it's the kind of book you'd expect to see a SyFy Original Movie being based on!
     
  2. John Ward

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    It's not the first book? I just started reading that last night. I'm on chapter 3 now.
     
  3. CheshirePhoenix

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    The blurb sure makes it sound like a sequel. As in, it starts off with what might as well be "previously on..." and alludes to "this time" - implying it's a sequel.
     
  4. Paul Bellow

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    Without an Author Central page and the other older book of theirs... maybe it's just someone testing the waters?
     
  5. CheshirePhoenix

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    Why would someone test the waters with book 2 or whatever of a series? That's the same problem I have with used bookstores (and bookstores in general) - they almost NEVER have book 1 of any given series available, but books 2 and later are all easy to find.

    And I checked for his other books. There's one titled Megalodon: Apex Predator (or something close to that).
     
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    Yeah, I dunno. The lack of Author Central page is a bit telling, though.
     
  7. CheshirePhoenix

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    I've seen other authors that don't have one, but they've got 10+ books on Amazon.
     
  8. Paul Bellow

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    Yeah, in my experience, if you don't set up the AC account, you're just kinda churning books on a massive scale. Like, this author may have 10+ author pen names.

    How was the book/writing?
     
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  9. CheshirePhoenix

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    I don't know. I haven't picked it up and probably won't, if it's not the first book in the series.
     
  10. Wolfgarr

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    it might be.. and just a error that it sounds like its book 2 and not 1..??

    Dono

    edit.. did some googlin... I would chalk this up to a mistake. The author seems to have posted the book under a different name. Would bet that book one..if there is one is under another name. OR will be posted soon.
     
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    Have some gold, detective! ;)
     
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    Why thank you Sir !
    [​IMG]
     
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    So wait. There is a book one or there isn't a book one? I can't find anything anywhere.

    Links?
     
  14. Zombiebreath

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    I asked the publisher and it's the only one. Maybe a first?
     
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    Wow, then that has to be the absolute worst blurb in the history of blurbs. It *definitely* reads like a sequel.
     
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    hum.. when i looked into it.. it looked like the guy just misspelled his name/ amazon misspelled etc. and... oh nvm.
    Mehhh

    [​IMG]
     
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