Avast! We be ’bout to set off on a new voyage! An’ we need crew like you!
Fancy yerself a savvy reader of tales of olde? Our historical adventure novel is coming soon, and we need a few fine crew to inspect the ship closely afore setting sail, as it were. If yer eyes be skilled at finding errors in text just by readin’ perhaps you’d like to engage in our ‘novel’ bug hunt & giveaway (no editing exp. required!)
Sign yerself aboard & we’ll be sendin’ a signal soon enough on when & where ta set sail!
It’s been 3 short years since Emma’s 1st adventure, The Day the Pirates Went Mad, was released. And now it’s time for BOOK #2 to meet the world!🙂
BACK TO THE NEW ADVENTURE is an early 18th century historical fiction. Follow the adventures of thirteen-year-old Emma Sharpe as she must survive being marooned, duel a pirate captain, break into a French jail, and chase down the ship taking a captured crewmate back to France for execution before it’s too late!
WANTED: Novel Bugs!
Are you someone who notices missing or misspelled words as you read? Do you wonder sometimes “how did the editor miss *that*?” If you also enjoy pirate-y historical fiction, I want your help in a bug hunt!
Help raise the Quality Bar as far as it can go!
No later than November 18th, subscribers to my mailing list will receive an invitation to participate in my second ‘Novel’ Bug Hunt & Giveaway! Help me flush out any pesky, leftover editing issues before the paperback edition is released and all those words are set down permanently on paper.
Remember: No editing experience is required. Just read the story normally and if anything jumps out at you, let me know! 🙂 (PS: you don’t have to have read the 1st book either, though it is pretty good -> according to these people at least!)
Why a Bug Hunt?
- I like to give my subscribers an opportunity to get early access to new releases (and at a big discount!)
- I also know that no matter how many reviews and how much internal testing one does, there will always be some issues that have escaped notice. So the more ‘ayes’ the better?
- And finally, I always like to have a reason to give away some signed books!
Releasing the ebook a bit earlier than the paperback lets me do all three of these things!
Rewards for Finding Bugs
For this Novel Bug Hunt & Giveaway event, I will ship out a total of five (5) signed copies of the paperback. Three (3) for issues reported across each of the following categories:
- Best Fix Required – the best “that wasn’t just a copy/paste/modify!” issue
- Silliest Thing Missed – the best “how did that get in there!” issue
- Worst Naval Faux Pas – a bonus category for those savvy with the world of sailing & early 18th century sailing in particular. The best broken description, reference, or vocabulary issue
Plus, two (2) more for random draws against my mailing list on the last day of the event. So just subscribing could get you a signed copy of Back to the New Adventure!
TLDR: Help Find Typos. Discounts! Prizes!
In summary, if you’d like early access to get my new ebook at a big discount, you can also report any missed issues you find in hopes of a reward! Here’s how it works:
- Subscribe to get notified of the early release & to participate in the random draw
- Get the ebook from Amazon for just 99¢ at anytime during the Novel Bug Hunt & Giveaway event. (that’s 67% off)
- Report any valid issues for the three specific reward categories (per above) by email to publishing@silverpath.com by the deadline date of December 1, 2024
- Ideally with “#Back2tNewAdventure” in the subject line, and
- A screenshot of the page with the issue highlighted.
- Submissions for any of the reward categories will be evaluated in the order received, so be sure to submit your issues as you find them!
- All subscribers will be automatically entered into the random draw. (See 1st bullet)
Recommended format for submitting an issue:
In Chapter #, on page XX, “the broken text sample” should be “this corrected text”.
Here are some examples:
- “New Adventure and” should be “New Adventure and” Italics went too far
- “,” should be “.” Why is there a comma at the end of this sentence?
- “master at arms” should be “master-at-arms” Hyphenate to be consistent with other cases
- “Why she was lying on her back?” should be “Why was she lying on her back?” Word order
- “allowing the helmsman pick out” should be “allowing the helmsman to pick out” Missing word
Important! You can read e-books from Amazon in an app or browser even if you don’t own a Kindle.
Also: Even if you don’t think you’ll want to participate in the bug hunt, you can still get the ebook at a big discount (67% off) during this event. 🙂
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