Nov. 26th, 2020
Hello everyone, welcome to episode 253 of the LitRPG podcast. I’m Ramon Mejia.
I’m here to bring you the latest LitRPG news, reviews, and author interviews. We have 7 new reviews just for you.
Special thanks to a new patreon supporter Master Tony Bates.
For the full show notes visit us at: https://litrpgpodcast.com/litrpg-podcast-253
New Releases and Reviews:
Cashing in (Luck’s Voice - Book 2) (18:06)
Entertaining for those that liked book 1
Score: 7.3 out of 10
Berserker: A LitRPG Urban Fantasy Adventure (Apocosmos Book 1) (23:53)
Good trading, misses on other fronts
Score: 6 out of 10
Dungeon of Chance: Even Odds: A Dungeon Core Novel (36:06)
Randomness adds some flare
Score: 7.8 out of 10
Live Dungeon! (42:40)
Healer’s delight
Score: 7.6 out of 10
https://mangadex.org/title/24659/live-dungeon
Ian’s (Eye-Ann) Picks of the Week (46:40)
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New Segment from Ian Mitchell a long time LitRPG community member who reads and reviews as much as me. He was nice enough to agree to join the LitRPG Podcast family as a new reviewer.
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Master of None (All Trades Book 1)
A pair of jacks to open
Score: 8.0 out of 10
Business as Usual (All Trades Book 2)
Jack expands his business
Score: 8.5 out of 10
Corporate Warfare (All Trades Book 3)
Jack has strong enemies. He hits Hard
Score: 8.7 out of 10
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LitRPG News
News includes possibly finishing the Lion's Quest series.
Michael Scott Earle has had a complicated history with Amazon and since he left the platform he’s done tremendously well with Kickstarter and Indiegogo to fund his writing, audiobooks, physical books, and artwork. His campaigns have raised tens of thousands of dollars each. This week he announced plans to change things in 2021.
Stepping back from using crowdfunding to publish and just directly sell his ebooks and audiobooks to the public. This will let him publish more books since using the crowdfunding method requires previous rewards be handed out before a new campaign could be arranged, limiting the number of books/audiobooks he could produce.
“You guys have been really great fans and support me and buy the books at a higher price point. This indicates I can raise the prices on books and still make enough money to pay the bills. So, I’m raising the prices of my ebooks to $10 and audiobooks to $15.”
Instead of using Audible or even Bandcamp, MSE is going to directly sell his audiobooks through Bookfunnel, so he can keep 95% of the revenue as opposed to 85% on Bandcamp and 40% on Audible. If you’ve already bought the audiobooks, they should show up on that Book Funnel app after he’s submitted a spreadsheet showing you’ve purchased the product previously.
“Books I’m planning on publishing in 2021 (maybe not in this order, but probably in this order, but maybe not):
SJ 12 direct to my website
SJ 13 direct to my website
SJ 14 (should be the last book) direct to my website
Tamer 8 Through Kickstarter
LQ 4 direct to my website
LQ 5 direct to my website
LQ 6 (Should be the last book) direct to my website
SK7 Through Indiegogo
New series through either KS or Indiegogo
Either ME3 or SK8 through either KS or Indiegogo”
LitRPG Black Friday Deals
If there are any audiobook listeners out there, Audible is having a Black Friday sale starting today and lasting through the 30th. There are 27 Sci-Fi & Fantasy audiobooks on sale for $6 and if you buy 4 or more, you'll get a $5 coupon for the future!
Why am I mentioning this? Well, of those 27 Sci-Fi & Fantasy audiobooks, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐲 is one of them! If you are into LitRPG as well, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞'𝐬 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞 by A.F. Kay is also on sale.
https://www.audible.com/ep/black-friday-sci-fi-fantasy
Jonathan Brooks Following the day of giving thanks, I'm giving away a ton of eBooks on 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 for FREE! Take some time away from the frantic shopping to read some of my first-in-series, including Dungeon World, Bio Dungeon: Symbiote, and The Crafter's Dungeon!
Dungeon Player -- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077MRMJ6S
The Song Maiden -- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CV6MRWX
The Station Core -- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F7XK2J8
Dungeon World -- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PBMF7BS
The Dungeon Fairy -- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B084VSHGQR
Bio Dungeon: Symbiote -- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0881Z38JR
The Crafter's Dungeon -- https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07T72VCHH
Black Friday Weekend Special!
Codename: Freedom: Survive Week One $0.99!
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0725PVK63
The Underworld Collection: A LitRPG Series $0.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081X9K968
Joshua Kern The Game of Gods is on sale this week, and then on Cyber Monday the first book in each of my series will go on sale for $0.99.
The Game of Gods - $0.99 till 11/27
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07PGWWVT3
The Dungeon Alaria - $0.99 on 11/30
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TVFQ7JW
Angel Ramon’s gamelit harem series are 99 cents each in the US. Book 1 is 99p for UK readers. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B083QHVJXP
Frank Albelo’s series will be on Sale starting Black Friday and run to Sunday night!! All of these are also available on KU!
Grab you some epic fantasy LitRPG with the Muraglen Saga!
Book 1 ($0.99):
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HL8Y9K6
Dive into the dark world of the Calforn's mutant Gamelit system!
Book 1 ($0.99): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QNZQ838
Tim Kaiver ‘s Ciphercraft - Book one, Cipher's Quest is 99 cents through Friday.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D6VR918
Steven Rowland has a special signed paperback of Path to Villainy for anyone who supports him at the Bronze Tier ($5/month) or above (US) or the Gold Tier (International) during November or December.
https://www.patreon.com/slrowland
A LitRPG Author Passes
From Taj El 11/24/2020
“I have come bearing sad news. Our writing brother Paul Campbell Jr., Author of Peaks of power I & II, has passed away today. He was battling double pneumonia since late last week and after spending two nights in the hospital was sent home to convalesce. During the late afternoon today, he called a friend to complain of having trouble breathing and an ambulance was called. He was pronounced dead after attempts to resuscitate failed. He is survived by his loving daughter Aubrey Campbell age 7.
...Hold the ones you love close and make sure you know you love them.”
Out Now!
Cashing in (Luck’s Voice - Book 2)
Berserker: A LitRPG Urban Fantasy Adventure (Apocosmos Book 1)
Dungeon of Chance: Even Odds: A Dungeon Core Novel
The Weaponized: A Sci-Fi LitRPG (Part III)
Pizza Mage: A LitRpg Short Story
I'm The Bad Guy: A Supervillain LitRPG Adventure
The Sigilist: Root Words: A LitRPG Fantasy Adventure
New LitRPG Audiobooks
Trial by Magic: PrimeVerse Series, Book 3
Forest of Desire: Alchemist Series, Book 2
Beastmaster: A Fantasy LitRPG - Gamified, Book 1
Gauntlet - Legends Online, Book 5
Defender - Light Online Series, Book 4
True Smithing - True Smithing, Book 1
First Sorcerer - Singularity Online, Book 1
War of the Posers: Bad Guys Series, Book 4
Ethria 2: The Golem Crafter - An Epic LitRPG Adventure
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Music Credits
"Blip Stream" "Mighty Like Us" "Big Shift" "Vivacity"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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