Scarlett Edwards

Uncovering You 2 is live today.. and a personal note.

4/20/2014

21 Comments

 
 
Hey everyone,

First off, let's get the fun stuff out of the way.  Uncovering You 2 is available!  Links:

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Uncovering You 2 on Amazon.com

Uncovering You 2 on Amazon.co.uk

Uncovering You 2 on Barnes and Noble

..and for my German fans:
Enthüllungen 2: Unterwerfung   Amazon.de

Next, I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate all your amazing feedback for the first book.  I read every single review you posted, and each one helped guide my writing.  Reader feedback is essential for me, as a story-teller, to best understand what parts of my writing you enjoyed the most, so that I can give you more of that in the future.

Unfortunately, there was a huge catastrophe with Uncovering You 1: The Contract.  For the week leading up to the release of this book, Uncovering You 1 was taken off-sale from Amazon because of an issue with the cover.  It displayed too much nudity.  Without a warning or a heads-up, Uncovering You 1 vanished from the kindle store.

This had a debilitating effect on the series.  Whereas before there was good momentum and awareness and hype about the books, all of that just... died.  Nobody saw the first book, so nobody bought it, and thus nobody was talking about it.  You can’t maintain excitement for something that doesn’t exist. 

I tried to stay positive.  After a hugely hectic week, I managed to figure out what was going on, change the cover, re-upload the book, and have it (finally) reappear on sale again.  This only resolved itself yesterday (April 19th, 2014).  

But after missing for a week, Uncovering You 1 is dead in the water.  I’ve heard from many of you that you found the first book from Amazon’s recommendation system.  That type of discoverability is only given to books with sales momentum.. and it was cut off at the knees when Uncovering You 1 was pulled from the store.  All the amazing energy that you helped build with your passionate reviews and discussion was killed prematurely.

So this is my very earnest plea to you:  If you enjoyed Uncovering You 1... please help me spread the word again.  Heck, you can even reserve judgment until you’ve finished Uncovering You 2.  If you hate it, forget this little note.  But if the story captivates you, if it excites you, if it makes you want to throw your kindle across the room and cut off a certain character’s ball-sack... then your support would mean the world to me.

Anything you can do to let new readers know about the series would be such a blessing.  Simple things help.  If you have a Goodreads account, recommend the books (both 1 and 2 – but especially 1) to your friends.  An email to your sister, mother, cousin, grandma (well.. maybe not your grandma) will do.  Send them the link to Uncovering You 1.  It’s just $0.99, and I’m going to keep it that price forever.  A quick message like “Hey, I thought you might enjoy this series” is all that it takes. 

If you follow any book bloggers, ask them to post about Uncovering You.  Recommend the books to them.  Tell them that I am giving out free review copies of the books if they email me (scarlett@scarlettedwards.com).  Make a post about Uncovering You on Facebook.  Encourage your friends to read it so they can discuss it with you.  Talk about it on Twitter.  Do whatever else you can think of that might help revive Uncovering You 1 from the grave.

Of course, I’m not going to ask you to do all this from the goodness of your heart.  If you do anything to help me spread the word  – and I mean literally anything, even messaging one new reader about Uncovering You 1 is amazing – just email me and mention what you did.  In return, I’ll send you a copy of Uncovering You #3 ahead of its release day.  For free.  And, in all likelihood, I’ll probably end up giving you the rest of the books in the series ahead of time, as well. 

With love,
Scarlett Edwards
April 20th, 2014.

(PS: None of this is going to affect the story.  I’ve already written the books, and will stick to my release schedule of s sequel coming out every twenty days.  You don’t need to worry about that.  But, on a personal level... having everything blow up like this has really hampered my enthusiasm.)
21 Comments
Kelly A
4/19/2014 11:23:12 pm

Hey Scarlett! I absolutely loved Uncovering you #1, and will most definitely spread the word about it. I wouldn't have even heard about it if not for Jessy's book club! So happy you didn't change the release schedule so many authors do when something comes up and while its understandable still frustrating. Thanks for start to what looks to be an awesome story!

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Scarlett Edwards
4/20/2014 09:11:21 am

Hey Kelly. Thank you so, so, so much! I really appreciate it.. like I said, any little thing you do would mean the world to me.

And I got your email, too. You're freaking amazing.

xoxo
Scarlett

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Donna
4/20/2014 01:00:02 pm

I bought the original book...haha! I love this series. Is it wrong for me to want these two to have a HEA? <grrrr>

Maureen Mckenzie
4/20/2014 10:16:51 pm

I received a signed arc of first one, lived it and am about to start this one. Let me know when I can purchase a paperback as we'll.

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Scarlett Edwards
4/21/2014 06:22:09 am

No more paperbacks, unfortunately. Only digital copies from now on. Sorry, Maureen =(

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Laura denham
4/21/2014 06:39:06 am

I absolutely love this series! I am so glad I stumbled across it on amazon. I'm with the reader above I kinda want them to have a hea as well lol. Keep up the good work! How many books will this series have if u don't mind me asking. Thanks so much!!

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Tonya Hartley
4/21/2014 11:34:03 am

Scarlett it's stupid what Amazon did there was nothing wrong with the cover of book 1. There's more than that shown in mags and on tv. It send recommendation on twitter and goodreads per your mess in book 2 I hope it helps.

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Michelle
4/22/2014 06:39:31 am

Hi Scarlett,
I love your books. I finished uncovering You 1& 2. I couldn't put it down last night & read both.
They were great. Can't wait for the other ones. Thank you for write a great series so far.

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J. Samer
5/9/2014 07:55:48 am

Same here ... got the recommendation off of Amazon and had to read both book 1 & 2 back to back. A real page turner ... I just couldn't put them down. Counting down the days to the up and coming releases....

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Scarlett Edwards
4/22/2014 10:31:46 am

Thank you everyone!!

Laura: See, the way you discovered the series is the way readers are *SUPPOSED* to discover it.. if Amazon didn't screw things up.

Tonya: I know. Like I said, I thought the cover was pretty artistic. It was also a big bummer because I do all the design work myself, so to have to change it after working on it for so long was a downer :(

Michelle: 20 days between books means you don't need to wait long! :D

~Scarlett

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Daisy Gabina
4/23/2014 06:40:44 am

I don't want a HEA for this book between those two, the man is a violent men, he starved her to near death, he orchestrated the events so he could have kidnap her.
I am preparing a press release in three weeks about domestic violence and the women who had been killed by their partners, at the same time I will be encouraging the women in the same situation to flee. The documents I have on these are staggering, I hope that none of those victims read this book if there is a HEA between Jeremy and Lilly. This is not what love is about. When you love someone, you have to accept her as she is, not mold her through abuse and fear into a zombie, and in between loose her dignity as an individual and a human with rights

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Sylvia B
4/27/2014 10:35:16 am

I purchased the first one on Audible and am looking forward to it. I like to listen to series books back to back. Is there a release date for book 2 on audible?

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Scarlett Edwards
4/27/2014 05:08:48 pm

Sylvia -- I can't control how long Audible takes to upload the book, unfortunately, but they tell me it'll be another 3-5 business days. Hopefully that means by Friday!

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Bibi K.
5/5/2014 10:19:20 pm

Hi Scarlett,
Any word yet on when Uncovering You 2 will be available on Audible?

Mary Roya
5/6/2014 11:40:06 am

Waiting is so hard. Loved these intense stories. Really looking forward to the next segments. So how many stories will be in this story?

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Doris Lozano
5/7/2014 11:07:34 pm

Hi Scarlett,
I stumbled across UY 1&2 on Barnes and Noble and could not put them down. I love your writing and can't wait to discover the interaction between Lilly and Jeremy in the following volumes. I am assuming there is a very strong reason why Jeremy is the way he is and can't wait to find out!

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Mary Roya
5/8/2014 01:40:50 am

I have heard of this happening to other authors. Amazon developed morals? It seems that nudity, rape, kidnapping and anything other type of violent against women Amazon pulled them. (But they didn’t pull anything about the violents against animals.)Then they put it back up. It seems doing that infringed on our right to read what we like. When I get home tonight I will share your book on Facebook, Good Reads and maybe send a copy or two to some friends.
I found your book on my kindle as recommended reading. It was the cover that caught my eye. Then I read the description and know that I wanted to devourer this story. This can be heart breaking to see you story disappear. You have some wonderful fans that will spread the word. Keep the faith.

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Pam C
5/10/2014 12:57:08 am

I've told everyone I work with about this series. My sister just started it too now. Right now I want to beat the snot out of him but, hoping something will happen to make me like him. Staying close to home today waiting on #3! Please hurry!

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Sherri F
5/16/2014 01:01:46 pm

I am the sister I really enjoyed the books cannot wait for the next does anyone know how many it will be. I thought I hated Anthony Rollings (consequences) but Jeremy is making him look like a pussy cat. Please I need more

Cindi
5/9/2014 08:26:04 am

I am already addicted to this and even waiting 20 days is killing me. :-) I have to admit to also being in the camp for the two to get a HEA.

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Brandy
5/10/2014 09:53:38 am

I love this series, I read both the books last week and was excited to see that the next book would be released so soon!!! I've been ranting and raving about this series and how excited I am to read the third part.... By any chance would you happen to know when (like time wise) it will be released to buy on Amazon or if its under something else I can find.... I dying to read it!!! thanks

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