Thomas Perkins

Ruthless rivals. Deadly rituals. An unlikely partnership.

The Ruined is out now! (And FREE on Kindle Unlimited)

Check it out here: mybook.to/TheRuined

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Wow! I usually read 6-8 books a month, 29 is incredible - congratulations!

One more day to go! Super excited 😄

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As the author read to the end of the post, his smile became a taut line of fury.

Excited (and more than a little nervous) about the fact that all the physical review copies of The Ruined have now arrived at their destinations!

Hard to believe the release date is in less than two weeks 😬

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Look what arrived today 👀

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Hey friend, I think you've got the wrong Thomas Perkins! But Ill say that YES he can

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And as always I really appreciate the support 🙏

Next time I'm in Bristol for work I'd be more than happy to get you a pint! 🍺

I've definitely been looking on this front, but I haven't met with a huge amount of success (though I have found some really cool channels in the process!)

I did sign up to @indiebooktours.bsky.social as you suggested the other day though, their business model seemed really solid.

Love the cover art for this!

5/ If anyone else has been trying to find ARC readers, what have you done differently? Any tips?

/4 Booksprout is a cheap flat subscription, but so far I haven't seen much success on the platform, and the views have gradually petered out over time.

Booksiren is the same, but their thing is they will find you readers, and charge you a bit more for each one. (Not doing so well with that!)

/3 Moneywise, Netgalley is by far the most expensive (and the highest reading applicants accordingly) but thankfully I’ve been using the Victory Editing co-op for a greatly reduced price. I highly recommend them as they’ve been super helpful!

/2 FYI I haven’t seen any feedback off of these just yet, and I don’t know if I will, but I wanted to give this a try for future releases. But I have only been on these services since the beginning of the month, and The Ruined is ~550 pages, so there’s plenty of time for that.

/1 Some updates on getting ARC readers for my upcoming release, The Ruined! This is my first time going through this process and I thought it was interesting to do a breakdown of the 3 main platforms.

Approved Readers:
#Netgalley- 20
#Booksprout- 2
#Booksirens- 1

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The Ruined The strong rule the weak. This creed has built the Ruined Empire, a ruthless hierarchy where survival of the fittest dictates the right to rule - loyalty is weakness, mercy a miscalculation, and frien...

Ruthless rivals, deadly rituals, and an unlikely partnership: The Ruined is also available for early review on Booksprout!

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I REALLY didn't gel with The Three Body Problem, despite all its hype. I think it might have been an issue with the translation, but I found the writing jarringly poor and the characters paper thin.

My favorite parts were actually the footnotes and bits set in Mao-era China, not the scifi!

Some great suggestions, thank you!

What are some great standalone Scifi/Fantasy books? I'm trying to get some options for a sff book club at work but don't want force anyone into a series

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I would love to!

I often fantasise about pausing time and reading every book on my TBR in a second flat.

Still working on the pausing time part!

Also I saw on your latest video that you have a May birthday, too - so happy belated birthday!

You're absolutely right on that front - thank goodness I am fortunate enough to be in a solid full-time job or even getting the cover art commissioned would be a struggle!

In terms of physical copies - I'd be more than happy to send you one for The Ruined when I get that sorted 👀

Congrats!

Morning #indieauthor #writingcommmunity !

How common is it for blogs / booktubers etc to expect payment in exchange for a review? I've been running into this quite a lot recently and wasn't expecting it 😅

Rob always has brilliant covers, I love this one!

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The Ruined arrives June 30th!

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