Hello everyone, welcome to episode 249 of the LitRPG podcast. I’m Ramon Mejia.

I’m here to bring you the latest LitRPG news, reviews, and author interviews. We have 4 new reviews just for you. Special thanks to listener Cory Covert who recommended The Land of the Undying Lord.

For the full show notes visit us at: https://litrpgpodcast.com/litrpg-podcast-249

New Releases and Reviews:

The Otherworld (Underdog Book #4): LitRPG Series (15:35)

Almost stand alone entry

Score: 7.4 out of 10

https://amzn.to/3e1hTu5

The Land of the Undying Lord (The Infinite World Book 1) (19:29)

A great story and I’m glad that I went back and gave it a shot.

Score: 8 out of 10

https://amzn.to/2HEgE7S

A Bond Broken: The Infinite World Book Two (25:44)

It drops from great to a good story.

Score: 7.4 out of 10

https://amzn.to/2HDPdv5

I'm Destined For Greatness! (30:22)

Overall, a good casual stuff with some decent action.

Score: 7.5 out of 10

https://mangadex.org/title/41098/i-m-destined-for-greatness

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LitRPG News

Soundbooth Theater Direct Independent Distribution is Now Live!

Soundbooth Theater, one the greatest LitRPG audiobook narration companies, has expanded their platform. Not only do they produce quality audiobooks but now they’ve setup an independent platform to sell some of them directly to listeners at a significant savings.

*Note: Not every Soundbooth Audiobook is available for direct sale due to some exclusivity contracts with other platforms. But there’s quite a selection available.*

Other audiobook platforms charge listeners $19-25 or more per audiobook and take 60-75% of that revenue from authors and narrators.
Soundbooth charged $10-14 per audiobook and that money goes directly to the folks who made it.

Right now you can now purchase and play audiobooks and Audio Deep Dives directly from the Soundbooth Theater website! In the coming days, you'll also be able to enjoy them through Android and Apple apps as well (don't worry, whatever you purchase now will show up in the library when you download the app).

Now through November 15th, any time you purchase three or more items, use the code LAUNCH15 at checkout to receive 15% off your whole order. You can use the code as many times as you want, as long as you have at least three items in your cart each time.

https://soundbooththeater.com/audiobooks/

Michael Chatfield recently did an AMA on the Reddit LitRPG group and also one on the author’s Facebook page. Check them out for information about Chatfields work and him answering questions.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=398803564469194

More Plagiarized stories

I could only find 1 obviously plagiarized story in the LitRPG/GameLit categories and that was put up 10/16. So, did we win? Did we make stealing stories from the web and publishing them so unprofitable it wasn’t worth it? Or did Amazon just close a bunch of the plagiarized account? Or did they just move onto other genres like cultivation?

The Fables is stolen from an ongoing Web Novel story of the same name..

Original: https://www.webnovel.com/book/the-fabled_18183206405597305

Plagiarized: https://www.amazon.com/Fabled-Don-Harlow-ebook/dp/B08LBX2Y66

Out Now!

Lightningbreaker: Book One of the Axis Mundi Chronicles: A LitRPG Adventure

Tales From the Upgrade: A LitRPG, Dungeon Core tale.

Tower Climber (A LitRPG Adventure, Book 1)

The Sigilist: Mark of a Mage: A LitRPG Fantasy Adventure

Tolara A New Life

Beastborne: Exiled Lands: An Epic Portal Fantasy LitRPG Saga (Beastborne Chronicles, Book 2)

Sacred Cat Island

Respawn: The Last Crossing (Respawn LitRPG series Book 6)