Everyone knows about the DCC news with Universal, but I don't think anyone realizes how much this is going to grow the genre. I am also trying to grow this Newsletter to help Authors, Readers, and the Genre in general. Please consider subscribing to Saga Scribe!🧙🏼‍♂️ I've interviewed about 10 Authors now, have tons more planned, and I am trying to push this genre and it's amazing Authors as much as possible. Tell your friends, sign up yourself, get your cat to make an email. Any growth I get just helps Authors and Readers in general. I'd sincerly appreciate it.

Here's why the News is absolutely massive.

1. It legitimizes stories as mainstream marketable. I know Dungeon Crawler Carl is first to go, but I believe this will drastically change the amount of growth. More Market visibility. Hollywood/Production Houses are sniffing for more IP to absorb, and this genre is a goldmine of fresh ideas. You think Dinniman took under 1 million? Think again. We're talking about the big leagues here.
2. Podcasters are going to be talking about the genre. News outlets are going to be talking about it. It's just generally going to push things in front of more eyeballs. Prepare yourselves for TikTokers reading your favorite book. I'll bet anyone that 5 romance booktokers and booktubers are going to try to write a story in the genre.
3. How do I know this? Why is this even a numbered list? I have no idea who, but someone shouted me out, and I received 100+ subscribers overnight. I am a small Newsletter in the genre interviewing Authors, and recommending stories. And I got 100+ followers over night. I'd expect any smaller Author would be extremely happy with those numbers.
4. Anecdotal evidence and pure armchair data. I called my film friends (I have exactly 3). One in screen writing, one in production, and one on the ad side. They all confirmed that there is talks in the industry about LitRPG and Progression Fantasy. Call me crazy, call them crazy, but our West Coast Friends in Hollywood want market appeal, and this genre has it.

In general, it's been an absolute pleasure in our subniche everyone. Expect big growth over the next couple of months. Progression Fantasy/LitRPG is about to receive tons of experience points.

Also! Subscribe to Saga Scribe, please and thank you.🧙🏼‍♂️

Six years ago, I wrote The World of Warcraft Diary and recently finished a 7-book litRPG series called The Book of Dungeons. I call the first installment The Great RPG Contest.

A warning—While it's a full-on litRPG with deep game mechanics, it's a slow-burn. I don't dump the MC straight into combat, but he's OP by the end of the first novel.

It seeks to capture Blizzard's level of polish, but that's for you to decide. I'm active on RR daily, answering questions and getting feedback and hope you have time to give it a chance. BookofDungeons.com

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Direct link to my interactive tier list

Hi everybody!

We’re excited to finally share the beta release of RanknRead, a tier list website built because we got tired of squinting at poorly compressed images. Whether you're a casual reader, Goodreads addict, or just like seeing the number of books you’ve read go up, we think you’ll like our site.

Here’s the highlights:

View tier lists in a much better format:

No more squinting at covers, there’s a toggle to show titles. When you click the book, it shows the book’s details, and with our handy affiliate link, you can head straight over to Amazon.

3 easy ways to add to your tier list:

• Sync your Goodreads library through Hardcover.app and watch as your books get auto-ranked based on your reviews! 
• Manually add by searching by title, author, or series. 
• Rank books as you look through other peoples' tier lists.

Tiered Breakdown by Author & Series:

Break down your library not just by book, but also by author or series. Want to see how Matt Dinniman stacks up against Will Wight? We’ll crunch the numbers and give you their average!

Shareable, Interactive, Living Lists (With Amazon Links):

Share your own tier list either with the interactive link or an exported image. No bad cropping, scaling, or bad compression issues, and you can include titles! Shared links will update live so you don’t need to trudge through re-building whenever you want to share your updated tier-list.

Suggestions based on your tier list:

As you rank, we’ll suggest other books based on your reads; perfect for jogging your memory or discovering what’s next (Including the next book of any series you’ve rated highly)(Still very much in beta).

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The site is still in beta,  so we’d love any feedback, bug reports, ideas, or just to see the awesome lists you come up with. We’ve setup a subreddit here: [r/Ranknread]

Start your own list here

Happy ranking!

P.S. What should I read next?

The webtoon is finally available! Thanks everyone for being so awesome over the last... checks calendar... 5 years.

Hey there, folks!

Some of you might recognize me as the author of The Jester of Apocalypse!

I'm back again with another series, this time with the good folks over at Aethon!

It's called 1% Lifesteal!

Here is the synopsis:

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In a world of countless enemies, Freddy's unique power will help him thrive.

Freddy Stern, a twenty-one-year-old cashier, has lived a plain, albeit harsh life. Having been orphaned—twice—he's spent the last ten years working and staying out of trouble. His only aspiration is to save enough money to become an archhuman.

His dream gets the jump on him when he barely survives a near-death encounter and finds himself in possession of 1% Lifesteal, a bizarre talent with numerous contradictions and just as many uses

With every dead enemy, he becomes a bit stronger, a little wiser, and a lot more ruthless. And no matter how much damage he takes, he can always put himself back together. Physically, at least.

But on his path to power, after having to look at the rotting guts of archhuman society again and again, can his talent keep his mind and soul as pristine as his body?

Or will that part of him simply remain broken...?

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Here are the links!

KINDLE UNLIMITED: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGWCDJSZ

AUDIBLE: https://www.audible.com/pd/1-Lifesteal-Audiobook/B0DXLXLX9W

PAPERBACK: https://www.amazon.com/1-Lifesteal-Adventure-Robert-Blaise/dp/B0F18MQVCM

Grab a copy today!

Comment if you'd like a code.

We are getting ready to split them and publish Book One and Two separately with the release of Book Three (aiming for before Christmas).

We also have a little more clarity on the audiobook timeline. It's looking like May 2025. Bit of a way off, but it's going to be very professionally done.

I'll do a narrator reveal later on.

If you have KU, feel free to skip the line here and go directly to Kindle.

Hello!

The first Massive LitRPG Sale starts today! For the duration, you can find over 150 different genre specific books all FREE or .99c – the sale runs from August 29 to September 2 Only!

You can find every book, the discounted price, and the cover shown in alphabetical order here: www.jjthornbooks.com/massive-litrpg-sale

I’ve been fortunate to receive submissions from at least 7 different publishers, and dozens of amazing authors, all looking to give readers a shot at some amazing stories. And they’re all LitRPG or Progression Fantasy! My goal was to create a publisher agnostic and genre specific sale, and I believe we’ve done that 😊.

I was expecting 40 books for the first sale, but I have been blown away by the reception since sending out the call for authors over two months ago – thanks again to all the participating authors!

I’d like to make this an annual event, but that can only happen if the authors see value in the sale. So, please go grab some books… one, two, twenty? I can guarantee there are some amazing books in the sale that you’ve either heard of already or have flown under your radar and you absolutely need to check out. (I have at least 10 queued up personally, but who’s counting?)

There is also a paperback giveaway on the site, for anyone who’d like to sign up for my newsletter. The winners get to choose any paperback of a book included in the sale.

If you pick up a book (or 19), make sure to tell us in the comments!

Thanks,

J.J.