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Cover Reveal: Pearseus, Vigil by Nicholas Rossis

After long deliberation and thanks to your valuable feedback, I have tried another variation on Vigil’s cover:

The background color is close to #3, only a tad lighter, in order to work with the text’s red hues.

However, so many of you liked #1, that I’ve decided to use it for the last book in the series, currently being penned (since I still have no name for it, I thought it’d be fine if I left it with Vigil for now).

This ties in with the plot, as the covers have progressively been getting darker, along with the story. In Vigil, however, several the subplots gradually get resolved. That’s also why the scales, after almost falling apart in Mad Water, are slowly becoming more solid here.

The final book sees the resolution of the overall story arc. As such, it makes sense that the colors get even lighter. Even if it does resemble Schism…

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BOOK BUZZ TIPS

A successful book launch can really make a difference:

Early sales help a book start out with a good sales rank.

This gives the book better visibility, especially if the book lands on any of the bestseller lists (even in a subcategory).

The customers-also-bought list also builds faster.

If sales taper off, those early sales prevent the rank from sliding as quickly.

Early sales improve the chances for early reviews.

In this article, I will present a variety of ideas to assist with book promotion before, during, and shortly after the book launch.

To help illustrate some of my points, I will feature strategies used by fantasy author Charles E. Yallowitz, who is presently promoting his own book launch for Curse of the Dark Wind, the sixth book in his Legends of Windemere series.