My new book -- sf, anti-Trump satire

[DavidDvorkin]

It's now free on Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1048896
I'll change it to non-free once the e-book is published on Amazon, which I'm guessing will be sometime tonight.

Here's the description:

Butler, warrior, moral philosopher, robot. Randolph is all that and more.

Randolph is the prized product of Superior Domestics, a Silicon Valley firm dedicated to producing robot servants for people who grew up watching British period costume dramas on PBS. The company’s motto is, “All the gracious living of Upstairs with none of the unseemly drama of Downstairs.”

When the novel opens with the assassination of King Donald II and a coup d’état, Randolph epitomizes that motto. He is calm, quiet, supremely competent, always in the background, and never interfering. He is a mere witness to great events. He is focused on supervising his staff and properly running the household of General Henry Redgrave, architect of the coup and would–be power behind the throne.

War! Romance! Sex! Skulduggery! Artificial Intelligence! And lots of other stuff, too.

Read more here: http://www.dvorkin.com/ranrun/

[MANative]

1. Thank you for sharing!

[DavidDvorkin]

2. I'm always happy to share my books!

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Now available in print, as well

I'd post this in GD for more exposure, but it might be deleted as commercial spam.

[AmyStrange]

4. I finally got around to getting a copy of your book

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Unfortunately, I won't be able to get to it right away, but it sounds good!

Thanks for posting this.
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[DavidDvorkin]

6. Thank you.

[AmyStrange]

5. Donald II... ok, that's funny.

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I couldn't help it. I had to read some of it.
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[AnnieG]

7. Why did you initially publish it for free? nt

[DavidDvorkin]

8. To prime the pump, I hoped

I published the e-book free on Smashwords only. Anything free on Smashwords gets snapped up in large numbers. I hoped that people would read the free e-book, like it, and tell others.

The e-book shows up immediately on Smashwords. It takes hours more for it to show up on Amazon, and then about a day for the print book to show up on Amazon. So in theory, by the time it appeared on Amazon (at which point I changed it from free to $3.99 on Smashwords), everything would be set for the book to become a MEGA BEST SELLER!

Something appears to have been wrong with my plan.

[AnnieG]

9. :-) My sympathies. But thanks for explaining the rationale. nt