No Direction

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Welcome to the latest Leanpub Launch video for the serially-published novel No Direction https://leanpub.com/no-direction by MaxGuernsey II! 0:00 Introduction and completion of Act One of No Direction 0:45 Serial publishing cadence and managing the chapter queue buffer 2:22 Benefits of automating chapter releases for serial authors 4:47 Starting the book marketing journey and lessons learned 5:33 How persistent social media links led to a direct book sale 7:09 Overcoming reluctance to self-promote and the 15-minutes-a-day strategy 11:49 Building an audience organically on YouTube with consistent weekly content 13:26 Author cooperatives and collective book sales as a promotional strategy 15:06 LeanPub's coupon code feature and collaborative promotional possibilities 17:22 Plans to engage more fiction authors in joint LeanPub promotions About the Book In 1021 AD, most of Europe and some of its neighboring territories was secretly under the dominion of a supernatural cabal that calls itself the Council. Now that cabal finds itself threatened by someone who seeks technology from a lost civilization, and they've dispatched a Hunting party composed of three ancient and powerful Ascended to chase him across the Iberian Peninsula and catch him. They have everything they need. Aurelian of Arles is a powerful and renowned Hunter. Their Seeker, Eirleida, can find a discarded pin on the other side of the world. And a Maker known as Leontios of Miletus carries with him wonders that sometimes make the other two's heads spin. They are chasing a man so weak he was barely able to Ascend at all. It should have been an easy hunt. Yet nothing ever seems to go the way it should. Whenever they think they've pinned down the renegade, he slips through their grasp. When they think they have the advantage, they find he has turned the tables on them. Neither superior strength nor the backing of an organization that makes kings kneel seems to have any effect on their quarry. Everything they know about the world—and about Hunting in particular—is being turned on its head by this one man who should have turned around and surrendered as soon as he found out they were after him. As the narrow escapes, traps, and manipulations stack up, the team begins to realize that what they thought were failures on their part were really the successes of plans carefully laid by the very man they are supposed to catch. As the Hunt leads the party out of Iberia, out of Europe, it also takes them further from Council support and authority. Soon, they find themselves on their own, and with no idea how to stop their quarry before he finds whatever it is he seeks. Progress: This book is a work in progress. One new chapter is published automatically each week, with a buffer of additional chapters to ensure smooth delivery week after week. Act I is 100% completed and published. Act II is being delivered, now. Act III is being planned. As a reward to early adopters, the book also uses progressive pricing: Act I in development: $5 Act I complete, Act II in development: $9 Acts I & II complete, Act III in development: $13 Book complete: $15 As with all Leanpub books, you pay one purchase price and get all subsequent updates. So, buying now lets you lock in a lower price. About the Author Max has over three decades of experience as a software engineer, architect, and consultant. For more than a decade, he has helped leaders diagnose and remove the root causes of software delivery problems. Follow the author here! https://x.com/TheSeveredWorld Thank you for watching, please like and leave a comment, we'd love to hear from you! Please Subscribe and Follow! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/leanpub X: https://x.com/leanpub Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leanpub Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leanpub Create Your Own Leanpub Book! You can create your own book anytime here: https://leanpub.com/create/book Here's the tutorial showing how to write and publish a Leanpub book in your browser (it's free!): https://help.leanpub.com/en/articles/2932527-getting-started-writing-a-book-in-leanpub-s-web-browser-writing-mode If you're a Leanpub author and you'd like to submit your own Launch video for us to publish, or if you'd like to record a Launch video with Len, please go here: https://leanpub.com/launch. #books #leanpublishing #selfpublishing #leanpub #writing #sciencefantasy #fantasy #sciencefiction #philosophicalfiction #HistoricalFantasy #SerialFiction #MedievalFantasy #SeveredWorld #FantasyNovel