Pull out your iPad’s, iPhones and iPod touches, here is the deal…. A Bunch of Books Just went live yesterday in the iBookstore, including for the first time ever The Last Incarnation. So, today, anybody that goes to our site, and buys all five of the Knights of Virtue stories (as the one zip download @$3.99- save some money), we’ll send them a code for a free copy of The Last Incarnation through the iBookstore. The same is also true if you buy the Knights of Virtue stories through the iBookstore and send us the receipt. The limit is 25 recipients… go.
Get a Free copy of The Last Incarnation from the Apple iBookstore…
•February 14, 2012 • Leave a Comment
The Mists of Faeron Charity Auction has started!
•February 1, 2012 • Leave a CommentThe first of the two Mists of Faeron Charity Auctions has started, and here is the information you need to succeed!
Details of the auction: Here
The Auction page on Ebay: Here
We’ll post daily updates on the Ascension Trilogy Facebook page. This auction closes February 10th, you should get at it..
A New Last Incarnation Meme pic for you to share…
•January 29, 2012 • Leave a Comment
We would love for Ascension fans to share the Meme across their social networks. It will help us as a small publishing company draw attention to this great book, and to J.A. Giunta as an author. We’ll get some more out in the coming days and weeks…
The Mists of Faeron Auction Details
•January 25, 2012 • Leave a Commentby Bob Nelson
Ok, so for those of you that know the story behind the Ascension series, this will come as no new news. However, since many of you do not know, I will share it with you now.
The History…
J.A. Giunta has been working on the trilogy for what seems like forever. Certainly going back as far as he and I worked on Anthology magazine together while he was still finishing up his college degree, we’ll just say that was a long time ago.
When he first self published books one (The Last Incarnation) and two (The Mysts of Faeron), I remember coming over to his house and seeing the boxes of books stacked in the dining room. The was a good 2 or three years before I even started Brick Cave Media, so sometime in 2005/2006.
It wasn’t long after that that he announced he was going to rewrite the second book.
Now, I don’t know why he decides these things, I’ve seen him trash perfectly good stories over the years merely on a whim, so I am totally used to that kind of behavior from Joe. Additionally, he pretty much always gets the job done.
So, he rewrote the second book (and really the third book as well, but he had never released book three, Out of the Dark, anyway, so nobody knew). The other thing he did was to invest in his covers, having the tremendous Henning Ludvigsen create whole new (and infinitely better) covers for each of the three books. I say this because since we have republished them, almost every sale of the book I’ve made in person has been based at least partially on the cover.
So, some people that have the original book two, with it’s original cover, and completely different storyline, have a collectors item. It had faded into the sunset. How different? It’s almost an alternate reality to the events following book one. Different character names, events and plot. A fundamentally different book from the subsequent rewrite.
An Opportunity for You
I say all this to help you the reader understand how cool it is that Joe found a couple of the old books, and passed them on to Brick Cave Media (when he would have normally tossed them).
So, here is what we are going to do. We are going to auction them off. But not just them, we are going to auction off a copy of both the original and the new version, together as a set, signed by Joe, this coming February 2012. That means you’ll be able to get your TMOF a full 3 months before anyone else.
Oh, but wait, there’s more!
Of the winning bid, Brick Cave Media will donate 50% of the proceeds to two Charities, one of Joe’s choosing, and one of the winning bidder’s choosing.
Look for more details on when, and how to bid coming in January, as we start to ramp up for the May TMOF release.
Auction details:
What are you Bidding for?
Each Auction includes the following, all personally signed by J.A. Giunta:
Limited Edition Paperback of:
1x “Alternate Reality” Mists of Faeron
1x “Alternate Reality” The Last Incarnation, so that the “Alternate Reality” MOF will make sense.
1x “Alternate Reality” Out of the Dark. This version has never seen the light of day, in any format. You will be the only person outside of Joe himself that will have seen this version. This book will ship in October 2012.
Plus
1x Paperback The Last Incarnation, current release.
1x Paperback Mists of Faeron, current release.
1x Paperback Out of the Dark, current release. This book will ship in October 2012
Where: The auctions will be held on eBay. The URL’s for each of the two auctions will be posted here, as well as on the Brick Cave Books website and twitter feed. On Facebook, the urls will be posted to the Ascension Trilogy, J.A. Giunta and Brick Cave Books pages. There will also be a Facebook event for each auction, created from the Ascension Trilogy page.
When:
Auction #1 February 1st, and will end February 10th.
Auction #2 February 15th, and will end February 25th
Charity Selection:
J.A. Giunta’s selection of a Charity for the auctions is the Make A Wish Foundation. 25% of the winning Bid will be donated to the make a Wish Foundation in Joe’s Name.
The winning bidder, will also be able to select a charity of their choice*, and an additional 25% of the winning bid will be given to that Charity in the winner’s name.
Questions?
Use any of our contact mediums to ask questions regarding the auctions:
Brick Cave Books Page on Facebook
Brick Cave Media Group on Yahoo!
* Winning Bidder’s charity is subject to verification. Charity must be a 501(c)(3) organization.
And, while you wait, you can score a copy of Book one: The Last Incarnation
In Print:
At the Brick Cave Store:
At Amazon: http://amzn.com/0615540708
In E-Book:
At the Brick Cave Store (PDF/ePub):
At Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-last-incarnation-ja-giunta/1019363221?ean=2940013624825&itm=1
Great Minds Think Aloud Review- The Last Incarnation
•December 16, 2011 • Leave a CommentGreat Minds Think Aloud (Maegan Morin) has posted a review of The Last Incarnation, and while we won’t post the entire review here, THIS was our favorite line:
“For me it was one of those books that you haul with you everywhere you go in hopes of getting a few minutes to read it.”
Don’t have your copy yet?
Status of Books 2 & 3
•December 7, 2011 • Leave a CommentGood morning, fine Ascension fans…
lots of questions on books two and three. Hopefully this update will help you out.
Book two, The Mists of Faeron, has a solid release date of May 1, 2012. Solid because the publisher Brick Cave Books has the manuscript, cover and all in hand and we are ready to go. Expect pre-sales to start between 2/15-3/1. The reason we don’t release the book sooner, is because we have expanded our writer’s roster from the 3-4 we had in 2011, to about 10 in 2012. As such, we have alot of books to prepare and promote, and we want to give each book it’s due.
Book three, Out of the Dark, has a release date tentatively scheduled for November 1st, 2012. Mr. Giunta is finishing this book, but otherwise the project is ready to go (graphics, etc.). We’ll know more by May regarding how solid that date is. We won’t be able to push the release date too far out, since the world ends on December 21st, we’ll want to give you a chance to read it before then… 
As always, follow the series on Facebook to catch the news as it happens, and as we get closer to May 1 we’ll announce the release day plans.
Black Friday and Saturday sales on The Last incarnation…
•November 25, 2011 • Leave a Comment
Brick cave Media is offering a sale on both the E-Book and Print versions of The Last Incarnation on Friday 11/25 and Saturday 11/26.
Click Here to order The Last Incarnation paperback from Brick cave for only $9.99.
Click Here to order The Last Incarnation e-book from Brick Cave Media for only $.99.
Click Here to order a 8.5×14 poster of the TLI cover for only .49!
Additional Specials for the store are listed Here.
The message everyone has waited for…
•November 19, 2011 • Leave a CommentSo, I (Bob the Publisher) collected my spoils yesterday (I Joe said he would give up the goods if TLI reached above 100,000 in the Kindle store rank, I got him to 47,000 so far), and I thought I would share with you that indeed, the Reese’s are as big as a head:
The look on Joe's face says it all...
Thank you to everyone that supported this victory. I have heard that Joe has more stash hidden away that I can plunder, so please help me out and buy a copy of The Last Incarnation:
Buy a Copy Electronically:
Amazon: http://goo.gl/4hIa0
Barnes & Noble: http://goo.gl/9ViFF
Brick Cave Media (epub compatible with all readers, including iPod. iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch): http://goo.gl/jMlLt
Buy a Copy in Print:
Amazon: http://goo.gl/JVF06
Brick Cave Media: http://goo.gl/g2QB3
Also, you can special order a copy through your local bookstore, here’s the ISBN info:
ISBN-10: 0615540708
ISBN-13: 978-0615540702
Listen to the angels sing as we reach Question 10 (10 of 10)
•November 14, 2011 • Leave a CommentIn honor of the launch of The Last Incarnation on November 1st, we sat down with Joe and asked him some questions to share with you, to give you an opportunity to meet and get to know the author behind this amazing trilogy of books.
The Last Incarnation, the first book of the series, is available now for order at brickcavemedia.com. Click Here:
http://tinyurl.com/lastincarnation
You can also receive the first 3 chapters for free through The Ascension Website http://www.ascensiontrilogy.com
Visit J.A. Giunta’s web page as well at http://www.jagiunta.com & Publisher Brick Cave Media’s page at http://www.brickcavebooks.com
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When you look at the Fantasy writing genre today, what do you like, and what do you think could be better?
I like that it’s still a genre, that it’s no longer lumped together with science fiction and going strong. Beyond that, it’s hard to say. I’m not a part of that system, of shelves lined with new and old books from authors I’ve known for years and others I’ve never seen. I don’t read as often as I used to and visit bookstores even less. While that may or may not be typical of others, I can safely say the lack of time devoted to reading for me has declined directly due to my computer and the internet. Things, information, are just so much more accessible now than they were before the internet was commonplace. Games are better, and there’s a lot more of them. Social media has taken on a life of its own, shifting my priorities where I allot time for the day.
Perhaps it’s for the best, that whatever can be converted to an electronic file is finding its way online and to a greater audience. I may prefer to read books in paper form, but I certainly like the idea of reaching more people. Think of all the potential enjoyment we could have missed out on because an agent’s assistant was overworked or didn’t like the first paragraph, because an editor was forced to choose between a handful of manuscripts and only one was even close to what was popular at the moment, or a major bookstore thought a book wasn’t selling as fast as it should and sent the remainder back to the publisher. Maybe it is for the better, that readers will get to decide for themselves what books they should spend their time on, that a novel can be purchased from your desk and only cost a candy bar rather than two lunches. Notice I didn’t use coffee as a standard.
Reviewers, bloggers and reader commentary could shape sales, and in such numbers that tampering would not sway the final vote. Creativity would no longer be constrained by corporate greed, at least in this single medium, but flourish under the freedom of choice. It may just be that publishing industry is due for an overhaul.
It’s just yet to be seen whether technology will set us free or drown us in choices.
The Giunta Interview, Part 9 (9 of 10)
•November 14, 2011 • Leave a CommentIn honor of the launch of The Last Incarnation on November 1st, we sat down with Joe and asked him some questions to share with you, to give you an opportunity to meet and get to know the author behind this amazing trilogy of books.
The Last Incarnation, the first book of the series, is available now for order at brickcavemedia.com. Click Here:
http://tinyurl.com/lastincarnation
You can also receive the first 3 chapters for free through The Ascension Website http://www.ascensiontrilogy.com
Visit J.A. Giunta’s web page as well at http://www.jagiunta.com & Publisher Brick Cave Media’s page at http://www.brickcavebooks.com
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ed. note- this question assumes you know, as I do, that book two, Mists of Faeron is completed. It is, and is currently scheduled to be released by Brick Cave Media in 2012, hopefully before the apocalypse.
Obviously, with work continuing on book number 3, there are priorities, but what are your thoughts on projects after The Ascension Trilogy?
Any time an idea hits me, I write it down in a note file I’ve been keeping for years. My memory is selective and degrading as I get older. I tend to forget my own work, as if someone else wrote them and I was just along for the ride. That’s probably why I reread my own books every time I start a new writing project – not only to recapture my voice, but to refresh my memory of what I’ve already done and to remind myself of all I still need to improve on.
I have two strong ideas in my head, both of which have played out in dreams and daydreaming. One’s not fully developed, has been subject to tangents and even digressed into a bit of fanciful fan-fiction, while the other is just a damn funny premise with a vague notion of what I want to accomplish. I planned on writing these both as novels and submitting them to agents or publisher. Now I’m thinking I may use one as an e-serial, to drive more readers to my fan page and generate any additional interest I can in my trilogy.
I have a fully outlined novel that takes place in the Ascension world, with a completed first chapter, but the drive to write these other ideas has pushed aside all else. As always, it’s just a matter of time before I start. I just need to get past the ease of procrastination and the dread of hard work. I’ve heard others say writing is not an option; for me, it is. As much as I love it or regret wasted days of playing games, on a daily basis I can take it or leave it. It’s only when I hear from someone who’s read one of my books that I feel truly compelled to write more. I may write what I enjoy to read, but that’s not enough for me. If others don’t read as well, there’s just no point to it.
I’ll always have new ideas, the desire to create and work on future projects. I just don’t know that I’ll always have the will to follow through. Aside from the obvious monetary value, I suppose that’s one advantage to a paycheck. The money came from somewhere; it’s proof people are reading. For now, being self-published, those affirmations are far and few between. I don’t need money to urge me on. It’s just the best gauge of readership I have at the moment. Then again, someday I may look back on this moment and wish I didn’t know, as letters from my #1 fans come in one after another or my fingers get sticky from the pasted magazine letter-cutouts that reveal yet another portion of my stalkers’ dark plans.
One can only hope.