Jason Pargin's Blog: Jason Pargin's updates, page 4

I definitely wasn't expecting this, but a few weeks after release we're at 914 ratings and a 4.61 rating:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Thanks to everyone who has taken time to review/rate, I am absolutely an author who depends on word-of-mouth to find new readers (my books aren't exactly in big stacks at the front of the store). First-week sales are nice but I live and die by how word gets around over the following months.

Thanks again!

It already has 141 ratings and a near-perfect 4.71 score:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

The title is If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe, you get can it wherever you buy books, in whatever format you choose. The audio is on Audible. Thanks!!

The new book is out in two weeks, once again we have made an elaborate trailer. Two of them, in fact: There's a six-minute version that's basically a short film set in the JDATE universe:

https://youtu.be/eKM1ulQfzcs

And a normal trailer-length one in case you're short on time:

https://youtu.be/B_sZSXeZLQE

These are written by me, directed by the great Garrett DeLozier, who does all of my trailers. The new book is out in two weeks but available for pre-order now, just search for the title: 'If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe' wherever you buy books. Yes, there's an audiobook, it's at Audible and Amazon. We DO still have signed copies available at no additional charge, but that offer is ONLY for pre-orders, after Oct 17 those will be gone. Those can only be bought here: https://bit.ly/SignedJDatE4

Thanks!

-Jason

Statistically like half of my readers have been waiting for this, audiobooks are a bigger share of the readership with each new release. There's a silly controversy on social media re: does audio count as "reading" a book, but audiobooks have provided some of the best book experiences of my lifetime, don't let anyone make you feel bad for it:

https://www.amazon.com/This-Exists-Yo...

Barnes and Noble is doing a 25% off ALL book pre-orders today (not just mine), enter PREORDER25 in the coupon code box at checkout to get several dollars knocked off the price of If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe:

https://bit.ly/BNJDatE4

I'm not sure if the sale is just today or if it runs through tomorrow, too. But I can confirm that it works right now.

-Jason

Made by Auralnauts for the upcoming novel in the John Dies at the End Series. I present to you: Books Are My Aesthetic (Theme from "If This Book Exists, You’re in the Wrong Universe”), this is an original track, dedicated to anyone who's horny for books:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-l86...

It's up on tiktok and Instagram if you want to post yourself dancing to it or whatever people do over there.

Get the song off iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/book...

Pre-order the book, out in October 2022:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3rfTaJd

B&N: https://bit.ly/BNJDatE4

Bookshop: https://bit.ly/BookShopJDatE4

Subscribe to Auralnauts: https://www.youtube.com/c/Auralnauts

I remain dedicated to making my book promotion as ridiculous as possible.

The new novel in the John Dies at the End series is coming in October, Goodreads is giving away 50 copies, just enter here and you can be one of the randomly-chosen winners:

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

Hi, it's Jason Pargin, formerly David Wong, and I have exiting news: I just signed a new three-book deal with my publisher, and the schedule looks like this:

A new novel in the Zoey Ashe series is coming NEXT YEAR, fall of 2023.

A new secret, standalone thriller is coming the year after that, fall of 2024.

The next book in the John Dies at the End series (the 5th) is coming two years after that, in fall of 2026 (they take much longer to write, for reasons that may or may not be obvious to readers).

On a personal note this means I'll get to keep writing novels full-time for at least another five years, barring disaster. That is an incredibly rare and privileged position for a novelist to be in and was by no means a sure thing. Thank you so much for your support!

Of course, the next book is up for pre-order now, the 4th book in the John Dies at the End series titled 'If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe':

Signed copies: https://bit.ly/SignedJDatE4

Unsigned:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3rfTaJd

B&N: https://bit.ly/BNJDatE4

Bookshop: https://bit.ly/BookShopJDatE4

BAM: https://bit.ly/BAMJDatE4

The audiobook will be up for pre-order any day now.

Thanks!

-Jason

We held a contest to give away early preview copies of the upcoming book in the John Dies at the End series ('If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe'), by asking fans on the FB page to write their own blurbs for the series. We originally promised 5 winners but wound up picking 11 just for the hell of it, here they are:
https://www.facebook.com/JohnDiesatth...

I tried to go for some mix of sincere, sarcastic/backhanded and meta, which I felt was a good representation of the series overall. We got over 700 submissions so if yours didn't win, please don't feel bad about it or get angry at those who did.

Reminder that we are offering SIGNED copies at no extra charge, but this is a pre-order only offer, these won't be available after the book releases (well, unless you get them on ebay or something) so don't wait:

https://www.parnassusbooks.net/wrongu...

Thanks! -Jason

For those of you who do book reviews and have access, the new book in the John Dies at the End series is up on NetGalley:

https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/boo...

Who is the one person who downvoted the cover??? Had to have been a mistaken click