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💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · 2d

Surprise paperback reveal!!!

And if you pre-order it online TODAY, you can get it for 25% off! Offer closes midnight FRIDAY. Exclusive to Waterstones.

Use code OCTOBER25 at checkout!
#booksky

www.waterstones.com/book/the-rea...

Waterstones preorder campaign. Use code OCTOBER25 at checkout. Photo of paperback cover of THE REAPER.

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Marve with an 'E' @justmarvewrites.bsky.social · 8d

WATERSTONES PREORDER CAMPAIGN!

Eager readers, I have a special surprise for you! If you preorder FIRSTBORN OF THE SUN through @waterstones, we’ll send you some gifts☀️ Head to the form in my bio to share your proof of purchase🧡

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 15d

Highly recommend this piece to writers, publishing people and anyone interested in how books are made (and why they're rejected).

The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 17d

In publishing, the sales track influences everything: how agents pitch books, how editors buy books, and how readers select books. “The primacy of track, in other words, is a barometer for the health of literary culture,” writes @tajjaisen.bsky.social. thewalrus.ca/the-publishing-i...

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Chella Ramanan 🇬🇩 @chellaramanan.bsky.social · Aug 19

Absolutely proving my point that it's hard to find Black British (and other minority) authors, here's an article by one of the writers @jackpbrown.bsky.social I didn't find when scouring the internet for Black Brit fantasy 🙃
Discoverability is a big part of becoming successful.
#booksky #books

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Apr 28

ICMYI: In an industry plagued by unconscious bias, books written by white authors, with straight, non-disabled protagonists, benefit more from the [social media] ecosystem, says Jackson P Brown 👇 #BookSky

Bring a chair

www.thebookseller.com

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💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Jul 17

my debut urban fantasy, THE REAPER has been out for one week!

Reminder you can get this lovely special edition from The Broken Binding:

thebrokenbindingsub.com/products/the...

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💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · May 2

My article in The Bookseller 🥳

The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · Apr 28

ICMYI: In an industry plagued by unconscious bias, books written by white authors, with straight, non-disabled protagonists, benefit more from the [social media] ecosystem, says Jackson P Brown 👇 #BookSky

Bring a chair

www.thebookseller.com

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💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Apr 23

This is a terrible account. Just mean and unprofessional for no reason.

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💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Apr 1

Thanks so much 😊

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💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Apr 1

I wrote about the madness of trad publishing and how I regained a little bit of control from the process.

www.jacksonpbrown.com/writing-blog...

Black writers face tougher challenges maintaining their career if their debut garners soft sales. These mantras veteran authors give to newer ones, of ‘not worrying’ if a debut book doesn’t take off because ‘most people don’t become bestsellers until their seventh, eighth, ninth book!’ are unhelpful to the Black authors who get dropped by their publishers after the first book – of a series!

Started posting on Threads a lot more, as it has a very supportive, very active Black reader community that has been absolutely fantastic to me and got my Goodreads adds to over 400 in just two days. It also led to a podcast booking with a Black British writer and blogger.

Pitched the book to an indie bookshop to do a pre-order campaign, and commissioned artwork and bookplates as gifts for the pre-orders.

Pitched the book to a major special editions company. Details are currently being finalised so I won’t announce their name yet, but it looks like I’ll have my dream of a Reaper sprayed edge! And they’ve made a huge order!

Pitched the book to an indie book box subscription service. As above, details are being finalised so I won’t announce their name.

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💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thank you!!

💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Feb 25

Yes, Charlaine Harris likes my book 🤣

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💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Feb 25

COVER REVEAL FOR YOUR NEXT FAVOURITE URBAN FANTASY 🎉

The Grim Reaper (reimagined as an African assassin born with a killing curse) teams up with a Jamaican empath to solve crimes in London.

Art by the one and only Raymond Sebastien.

Pre-order here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/455385...

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Jan 12

Well here's one! bsky.app/profile/most... (thanks @leonieroberts.bsky.social for flagging!) #KidLitUK

Mostly Book Talk @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social · Nov 17

And here are two UK Children’s and YA Literary Agents and Publishers packs
go.bsky.app/kRfNFe
go.bsky.app/LFrEmFR

UK Children's & YA literary agents and publishers

Join the conversation

go.bsky.app

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💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Jan 13

Possibly one of the worst things I've read in a good while. Absolutely horrendous.

lila pearl @lilashapiro.bsky.social · Jan 13

I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...

There Is No Safe Word

How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.

www.vulture.com

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CG Windsor - Open for Comms @cgwindsor.bsky.social · Jan 13

I think it's just as important to indict Palmer here. Gaiman's face may be on it (and he's a fucking monster), but she kept putting new chickens in the coop. The messages shared imply both of them were grooming, love bombing and gaslighting these women, who were kept in poverty by design.

John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Jan 13

I hate every single possible thing about this, and I'm heartbroken about all of it.

www.vulture.com/article/neil...

There Is No Safe Word

How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.

www.vulture.com

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💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Jan 2

Happy debut year to THE REAPER. It comes out in 6 months!!

Pov: you wrote an urban fantasy which reimagines the grime reaper as a polite, tea-drinking supernatural assassin from central Africa who meets a West Indian empath in London and they team up to solve magical crimes whilst also maintaining the secrecy of London's hidden underground city.

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💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Dec 4

This was mine too!

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💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Nov 20

What if eh?

What if someone wrote an
urban fantasy about the Grim
Reaper but he's actually an
African assassin born with a
killing curse who is hired to kill
the toffs and aristocrats in
London, and he has the power
to destroy thousands of
people in an instant, and only
a West Indian empath can help
him control his emotions?

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💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Nov 17

Thank you! 👍🏾

💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Nov 16

I would love to be added, my fantasy debut comes out July 2025.

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💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Nov 16

Thank you so much!!!

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💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Nov 16

Ohh apparently they went really quickly!!!! I'm now getting personalised requests!!!! For my book!!!! It looks like the team did a great job talking it up for me. I'm so happy.

💫 jackson 💫 @jackpbrown.bsky.social · Nov 14

If you're going to YALC this weekend, be on the lookout for ARCs of THE REAPER at the Del Rey table - there'll be a few copies there and this is what they look like in the wild 👇🏾

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