The Reviews Are In!

Friday, April 30, 2010 / Bloggified by Jake Bell / sarcastic remarks (0)

The first two Nate Banks books hit stores this weekend... or at least hit Barnes and Noble. I'm not sure why Borders didn't have them in stock. Their computers said they'd be getting them in "April 2010" so I guess there's still 20 hours left to make good on that.

But now that the book is in stores, I thought I'd help promoted it with one of those posters full of quotes from reviews of the books, including some from my mom, sister, and grandmother (which will give you some insight into the family that raised me).Other quotes I considered:

  • "There's some people at my work who want to read it. Can you give me some free copies?"
  • "How much do you get paid a book?"
  • "Is there any way Scholastic can give us some promo copies we don't have to pay for in case no one wants to buy them at your signing?"
  • "I don't understand the story and the author uses a lot of big words. You can give this book to someone else, maybe somebody older who understands this boring stuff. One of the characters was really irritating and just dumb."
  • "Dear Mrs. Jake Bell, Have you done the book called Captain Under Pants?"
  • "Eh, you know, you're my friend so I figured I'd buy it and try to help support you or whatever. It was only six bucks."
  • "I'd rather get some more Puppy Place books."
Now that my friends and family have had their say, go ahead and tell me what you think.

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End Game

Sunday, April 04, 2010 / Bloggified by Jake Bell / sarcastic remarks (0)

All that's left is to look for typos.Meanwhile, Chris Giarrusso has been laying out the panels for the comic insert.He's been in San Francisco for Wondercon all weekend, but should have the roughs done by the time he gets back. Then once we get approval from Scholastic's art director, he can crank it out and RED ALERT will be off to the printer.

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Monkey Business

Thursday, April 01, 2010 / Bloggified by Jake Bell / sarcastic remarks (0)

BIG NEWS!

I have a big announcement to make. My editor and agent have asked me to keep it under wraps, but I can't hold back any longer.

All of my books are actually written by a highly trained monkey with a 1950's-era manual typewriter.

His name is Gummo.
Ha, ha! Not really. It was all just a fantastic ruse I planned for April Fools Day! Oh, you should have seen the look on your face! Hilarious!