Help me get my OOTP-inspired novel published!

tylertoo · 12-09-2015, 09:05 AM

OOTP friends, I ask for a favor that should only take a minute or two of your time. My novel, “Lord Bart and the Leagues of SIP and ALE,” is now entered in Amazon’s “Kindle Scout” program — and I need you to nominate it.

The novel, four years in the making, was inspired by this solo fictional dynasty league I created on this very forum a few years back. Fellow OOTP stalwart and SF author Ron Collins was kind enough to give my book a read:

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"In a steampunk world where baseball is the only safeguard against a bloody civil war, Mike Dunn takes to the hill and twirls a complete-game mystery with more twists than a knuckle-curve. "Lord Bart and the Leagues of SIP and ALE" is chock full of conniving characters, perilous politics, and super-secret scientifika, all mixed together and served over the course of an epic pennant race."

Ron Collins
Author of "Saga of the God-Touched Mage"

How does Kindle Scout work? The Kindle Scout page explains it best:

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Kindle Scout is reader-powered publishing for new, never-before-published books. It’s a place where readers help decide if a book gets published. Selected books will be published by Kindle Press.

All you need to do to nominate my book is go to this page:

https://kindlescout.amazon.com/p/2XS69DO0ZTBW2

You’ll have to be logged in to your Amazon account in order to nominate it. And if enough of you do so today, it could push the book into the “Hot and Trending” section of the Scout page. That will increase its visibility (which means more eyeballs on my book and that, in turn, could snowball into more nominations).

Please keep in mind, nominating the book does NOT obligate you to buy it. Your cost is nothing but a few minutes of your time. In fact, the great thing is that if my book is chosen, you will get a free Kindle copy of it as a thanks. Being chosen by Kindle Press would put the immense reach of Amazon marketing behind the book. A lot of nominations does not guarantee it would be chosen, but it apparently helps.

Thanks so much for helping out!

BradC · 12-09-2015, 02:39 PM

Done. Good luck!

TGH-Adfabre · 12-09-2015, 07:00 PM

Done, that is great. You wrote a novel, congrats!

robwondah · 12-09-2015, 09:39 PM

pretty much dig anything steampunk/baseball related.

JWay · 12-09-2015, 11:35 PM

Done, good luck!

Tyke · 12-10-2015, 03:52 AM

Done and I wish you all the best with this.

Sharkn20 · 12-10-2015, 04:47 AM

Done! Good luck!

I wish you the best and congratulations for this book!!

The Game · 12-10-2015, 08:05 AM

How do I buy it for my Kindle? While I love free stuff, I like buying things i want now.

tylertoo · 12-10-2015, 09:22 AM

Thank you gentlemen for your nominations. Anyone else reading this -- there's still plenty of time to lend your support!

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Originally Posted by The Game

How do I buy it for my Kindle? While I love free stuff, I like buying things i want now.

Sorry, its not yet available for sale. This campaign is aimed at getting it accepted by and published by Kindle Press. If successful, it would probably be out by April, in time for the next MLB season.

So I'm thrilled you want to buy it, but the best way you can support the novel right now is by nominating it. A 2+ chapter long excerpt is available at the nomination page. Thanks!

Tyke · 12-10-2015, 12:01 PM

Any chance of seeing the original maps again? I followed the link the the SIP and ALE thread, but the pictures seem to have disappeared!

pisquid · 12-10-2015, 12:49 PM

Nomination complete. Hope you get published.

tylertoo · 12-10-2015, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Tyke

Any chance of seeing the original maps again? I followed the link the the SIP and ALE thread, but the pictures seem to have disappeared!

I'm not sure why they're not showing up in the original thread.

On the left is the version currently planned for the novel. Border and ocean color removed to make it more readable in book format. Some names changed as the world was revised. On the right is the original map, made for the dynasty league. Click on them for closer views.

Tyke · 12-10-2015, 03:19 PM

Terrific! Thanks very much. I said in the original thread that I was really impressed by your map work - and I'm even more impressed now!

ihatenames · 12-10-2015, 04:04 PM

Will do! happy to help

Cod · 12-13-2015, 03:40 AM

Done. I'll probably buy it as well, if published. This idea reminds me a little of some of the Football Manager books out there.

TC Dale · 12-13-2015, 01:10 PM

Voted for you today. I hope you get it published. It had a hot banner at the top, if that is any good news! Good Luck!

TribeFanInNC · 12-14-2015, 04:29 AM

Bump

RchW · 12-14-2015, 08:30 AM

Done. Always happy to support the creativity of people on this forum.

slic1149 · 12-14-2015, 05:53 PM

I just finished nominating your book. By the way, I have my book, "Driving Under the Influence of Ric", on Google, Amazon, Ibooks, and Barnes and Noble. If I can help you in any way, please drop me a PM. Best of luck with the book, and I can't wait to read it.

Andreas Raht · 12-15-2015, 08:14 AM

Done

Good luck!

12-09-2015, 07:00 PM	#3
TGH-Adfabre Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,599	Done, that is great. You wrote a novel, congrats! __________________ You mock me, therefore I am My wife

12-10-2015, 08:05 AM	#8
The Game Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Inside The Game Posts: 30,803	How do I buy it for my Kindle? While I love free stuff, I like buying things i want now. __________________ Go today don't wait for tomorrow It isn't promised, all the time you get borrowed Don't live your life for other people Don't bottle your emotions till they crack and fill a couple just sorrows Take your mind and refocus go get a paper write your goals out Throw your middle fingers to all your haters "Stay Strong"

12-10-2015, 04:04 PM	#14
ihatenames Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rockford Posts: 2,535	Will do! happy to help __________________ New Album coming soon!

12-13-2015, 01:10 PM	#16
TC Dale Global Moderator Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,752	Voted for you today. I hope you get it published. It had a hot banner at the top, if that is any good news! Good Luck! __________________ ---------------------------------- “Don't go around saying the world owes you a living, the world owes you nothing, it was here first.” Mark Twain.

12-14-2015, 08:30 AM	#18
RchW Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The big smoke Posts: 15,628	Done. Always happy to support the creativity of people on this forum. __________________ Cheers RichW If you’re looking for a good cause to donate money to please consider a Donation to Parkinson’s Canada. It may help me have a better future and if not me, someone else. Thanks. “Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition …There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” Frank Wilhoit

12-09-2015, 02:39 PM	#2
BradC All Star Starter Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: northern CA Posts: 1,870 Blog Entries: 1	Done. Good luck!

12-09-2015, 09:39 PM	#4
robwondah Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 287	pretty much dig anything steampunk/baseball related.

12-09-2015, 11:35 PM	#5
JWay Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sioux Falls, SD Posts: 5,021 Blog Entries: 3	Done, good luck!

12-10-2015, 03:52 AM	#6
Tyke All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Brighouse, West Yorkshire, U.K. Posts: 1,122	Done and I wish you all the best with this.

12-10-2015, 04:47 AM	#7
Sharkn20 Minors (Triple A) Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 287	Done! Good luck! I wish you the best and congratulations for this book!!

12-10-2015, 12:01 PM	#10
Tyke All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Brighouse, West Yorkshire, U.K. Posts: 1,122	Any chance of seeing the original maps again? I followed the link the the SIP and ALE thread, but the pictures seem to have disappeared!

12-10-2015, 12:49 PM	#11
pisquid Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 47	Nomination complete. Hope you get published.

12-10-2015, 03:19 PM	#13
Tyke All Star Starter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Brighouse, West Yorkshire, U.K. Posts: 1,122	Terrific! Thanks very much. I said in the original thread that I was really impressed by your map work - and I'm even more impressed now!

12-13-2015, 03:40 AM	#15
Cod All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 927	Done. I'll probably buy it as well, if published. This idea reminds me a little of some of the Football Manager books out there.

12-14-2015, 04:29 AM	#17
TribeFanInNC Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,019	Bump

12-14-2015, 05:53 PM	#19
slic1149 Major Leagues Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 343	I just finished nominating your book. By the way, I have my book, "Driving Under the Influence of Ric", on Google, Amazon, Ibooks, and Barnes and Noble. If I can help you in any way, please drop me a PM. Best of luck with the book, and I can't wait to read it. __________________ To laugh often and love much, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one's self, this is to have succeeded. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

12-15-2015, 08:14 AM	#20
Andreas Raht Administrator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hollern/Stade/Germany Posts: 8,992	Done Good luck! __________________ Andreas Raht andreas@ootpdevelopments.com Out of the Park Developments