Large, luxurious, very readable, and suitable for coffee tables.
I am really pleased and impressed by the paperback release of Jake and the Dynamo. As you can see here, Lee Madison’s cover art transferred beautifully.
Getting the physical copy in my hand, I was able to appreciate some of the art I’d not been able to get a good look at before, such as the spine:
I had assumed the spine would probably be unadorned, so I was pleased to see the title logo accompanied by Pretty Dynamo’s insignia and a lightning bolt. The back is also great:
The long-awaited day has arrived. Book one of the Jake and the Dynamo saga, The Wattage of Justice, the first American light novel from Superversive Press, is now available.
And here’s the book trailer:
The Kindle version is currently available. The paperback will come available within a few days.
This book features:
Read about it on the Superversive Blog, where Ben Zwycky describes the novel as a “gloriously over-the-top satire.”
And visit my new Amazon author’s page.
In about 25 minutes (3:00 central, 4:00 eastern), I’ll be live with Ben Wheeler to discuss Jake and the Dynamo.
Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEuoMD_X4jw
And here’s the embed; not sure if this works for streams or not:
Livestream today has moved to 3 central, which I think is 4 eastern, unless I’m doing that backward again …
We’re going to have a livestream tomorrow, during which time I will be discussing the upcoming release of Jake and the Dynamo. Please join us. It should be at 3:00 eastern daylight time. The link to the stream should be posted at the Superversive SF blog ahead of time. If it isn’t there, you can look for it here, as I’ll be sure to wring it out of the guy so I can post it myself.
Current word is that the “hard” release date for the book, including the hardcopy, is September 1st. The eBook may be available before then. Again, I’ll keep you posted.
UPDATE: Time has been changed to 3:00 central, or 4:00 eastern.
Oh man, what a hunk. No wonder Dana wouldn’t stop pestering him after he sat next to her in class.
He looks like he’s about to go on a crazy adventure after getting sucked into a Nintendo …
And I like the Velcro sneakers. Not only can Jake not graduate to high school like a normal kid, he can’t tie his own shoes. This works for me.
Although this isn’t something I would make a big issue of, I did ask the artist if he could consider darkening Jake up a bit. He’s supposed to be rather tawny; although, if asked, he’ll say he’s Polish, he doesn’t look Polish.
Still waiting for the final cover art for Jake and the Dynamo. However, I did just get this partial, showing the design for Magical Girl Pretty Dynamo as she’ll appear on the cover.
I don’t know about you, but I’m blown away. Yes … this is exactly what I pictured in my head … cough
Actually, that’s a lot cooler than what I pictured in my head.
I got word that the release date has been pushed back to June 15th. The cover artist was swamped with work and wasn’t able to produce the cover in time.
This isn’t really a bad thing as it gives us time to make sure the book is in good shape before it goes out. We were earlier making sure the illustrations would display in the best possible way in the ebook, and I yet again added some last-minute edits to correct a few lingering typos (there are always typos).
Pushing the date back should also give us time to have it on pre-order.
I may have some sneak peak preview art in the near future.
