Today, Thursday 8th July 2021, Rory Hobble and the Voyage to Haligogen is published.
It's been a long road since I first started crowdfunding this novel with Unbound back in 2019, but thanks to each and every last one of you this dream was transformed into a reality.
Above: It was a wonderful feeling to hold it in my hands for the first time!
I understand there was a slight delay in sending out some of the books to you all by the warehouse, for which I can only apologise and I expect your copies will be with you today. You will have received an email in the last week or so asking you to confirm your shipping address (if you ordered the physical book), and you need to confirm your address through that email for them to send - please make sure you've done that. For those of you who went for the ebook-only option, then you will have received an email with download instructions for your copy. If you confirmed your address and still don't have the book by Friday 9th July, please email support@unbound.com and they will assist you; please also email them if you haven't received your email with the ebook copy of the novel. When your copy arrives, please do post some photos online if you use social media - it genuinely lights up my day when I see something like that, and my daughters love it too!
Other than that, I really do hope you enjoy Rory Hobble and the Voyage to Haligogen and all I'd now ask is that you post a quick review when you've finished on Amazon, Waterstones, Goodreads or whatever online sites you can - reviews help drive visibilty and for someone like me with a smaller publisher, that REALLY counts for something. Here are a couple of early reviews from book bloggers here and here.
I will continue to update as we move into the next exciting phase with our book.
Best wishes,
Max