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Up there with Orwell?
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Good afternoon, 5+ years in the making > 1 day to go. Bizarrely, The Monkey State ebook is in a running battle with Animal Farm in the Amazon New Release charts. Not what I expected. Especially before the book's even been released! Note - please wait till tomorrow (if you can) to buy as that gives a chance of it doing well on launch week. Playing to the Amazon algorithm. From what I understand pre-orders don’t count for this. Equally I know a few of you have gone through and ordered so no worries and I’m very grateful. Feel free to search away on the Amazon New Release Charts though. I’m also well aware that it is a new version of Animal Farm (almost called it Amazon Farm!) rather than George Orwell’s original from 1945. Still, it's fun to be up there with a classic for a moment. – J. R. Roberts P.S. I can confirm the book release was not intended to coincide with Trump's inauguration. |
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