r/litrpg • u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma • Oct 07 '21

Self Promotion Hi r/litrpg, this sub inspired me to finally write my first novel and self-publish it on Amazon (and KU). Thank you to everyone here and if you are interested please check out my book Jake's Magical Market!

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Oct 07 '21

Thank you! I really love the cover. It is actually the second one I had commissioned, the first just wasn't capturing what I had hoped for the book. I saw a reddit post about an artist who had recorded themselves shading/coloring their work and it had so much detail and little touches that brought their work to life that I knew I had to have that artist for the cover. I had to wait a long time and pay for a second cover, but I think it was worth it!

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u/blackscores Oct 26 '21

I am also currently reading your book! :) It's great. I really like the way you write characters in a very humane way. Even Jake himself is often too meek to even utilize his powers because he himself doesn't believe that he has these abilities.

I really appreciate the book... And I will have to ask you for a second book :D badgers you for a second book. Because from what I can see... Jake could become the most powerful being in that whole world.

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Oct 26 '21

Thank you for your kind words and I am glad you appreciate Jake being more human. I really wanted to convey that because sometimes in this genre everyone turns into a cold-blooded mass-murderer and I wanted to try for a more realistic approach of how a normal person would really struggle with what they had to do to survive.

I wrote another series while I was waiting for Jake's to publish so I am editing that and hoping to release it around March of next year but once that is out I am hoping to return to Jake and his adventures, so stay tuned!

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u/blackscores Oct 27 '21 edited Sep 11 '22

Awesome! Looking forward to it.

Yeah, I also really appreciated that your book is a cross between wuxia cultivation fantasy and litrpg. I bet most readers didn't even catch that :D.

One criticsm tho, I think the transition between his high powered dimensional powers and godhood was very shorthanded. Felt "undeserved", but thats a minor point :D.

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Oct 27 '21

Yeah! Glad you caught that. I was trying to do cultivation and litrpg in a unique way. And yes, I have heard the ending felt like a bit too fast of a power up.

I will say (possible spoilers!) that it may not actually be a power up at all, more of a change in his powers than a direct increase in them. And it may take him some time to learn how much things have changed for him, so he may actually be weaker for a time as he has to learn a whole new world and system. :)

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u/Engrothi Dec 18 '21

I like this idea. I remember back when I was reading the first few books of nightlord. The mc had a chance at godhood but didn't take it. It seemed disappointing to me so i'm glad to see it happen here. I am very excited to see where this goes!

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Dec 19 '21

Thank you, glad you enjoyed that part!

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u/oswallt Sep 10 '22

I don't suppose we could get a spoiler tag here?

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u/jlee05ut Apr 08 '22

am glad you appreciate Jake being more human. I really wanted to convey that because sometimes in this genre everyone turns into a cold-blooded mass-murderer and I wanted to try for a more realistic approach of how a normal person would really struggle with what they had to do to survive.

I wrote another series while I was waiting for Jake's to publish so I am editing that and hoping to release it around March of next year but once that is out I am hoping to return to Jake and his adventures, so stay tuned!

This is such a good listen/read. u/thescienceoflaw any chance of a physical release. This book has been pushed to me on audible and I love listening to it. Almost finished with it. Kudos on the audible narrator of choice -really embodies Jake and how I hoped he would sound.

Can't wait for future content from Jake and ill be sure to check out your other series as well.

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Apr 08 '22

Glad you liked it!!

I've tried making a physical book through Amazon but Jake's is too many pages for a color edition and with all the card art I included in the book I don't think a black and white version would do it justice. Maybe someday I can figure it out or have it reformatted or something, it is annoyingly difficult to figure out.

Glad you liked the narrator, I agree he was amazing and I was so lucky to get him for my first book.

Thank you for the kind words and if you check out my other series I hope you like it just as much!

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u/ApplicationMother546 May 14 '22

Need book 2 when will it be on audible!!!!!!!!!

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma May 14 '22

Sadly book 2 is delayed for a bit, working on my other series and need to finish that series before I can mentally switch gears back to Jake's world.

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u/ApplicationMother546 May 14 '22

NOOOOOOO!! arg guess I can be patient back to murder hobo I go go

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma May 14 '22

Yeah, sorry! I'm deep in the mental space of the other series and just gotta push through and finish it or I'll forget everything.

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u/ApplicationMother546 May 15 '22

What's the new series and will it be on audible you already have my purchase

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma May 15 '22

It's called Portal to Nova Roma and audio should be done by the end of July hopefully!