Whoever is managing the page for Jake and the Dynamo on TVTropes has recently added updates. The cover art for the published version is now posted, and the description has been updated to describe its publication history.
The writer states, “Originally released episodically as a web serial novel, it was eventually published in e-book form.” (It’s also available as a paperback, but hey.)
I see also that the list of tropes has been updated. For example, the villain Chai Square, the tea-drinking statistical troll, is listed as a Pungeon Master, because of his habit of making statistical jokes. (Magical Girl Sword Seamstress could fit this trope also for her sewing puns.)
Funny story about Chai Square: I came up with that character while I was writing up a report on an archaeological project and was doing some of the statistical analysis. I have a bad habit of mispronouncing chi square, which is how I came up with Chai Square’s name. The whole thing evolved from there.
As an added note, I’m pleased to see that, according to TVTropes, the novel qualifies for the trope of “Mood Whiplash,” even if it does not rise to the level of “Cerebus Rollercoaster.” As I’ve explained before, that’s pretty much my storytelling philosophy.
