{"id":4595,"date":"2017-04-17T12:25:57","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/?p=4595"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:25:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:25:57","slug":"new-promotions-reviews-and-a-giveaway-for-slaves-of-the-switchboard-of-doom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/2017\/04\/17\/new-promotions-reviews-and-a-giveaway-for-slaves-of-the-switchboard-of-doom\/","title":{"rendered":"New promotions, reviews, and a giveaway for &#8216;Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onclick=\"popup_2016_setup(&quot;https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/grafx3\/blog\/Slaves-of-the-Switchboard-of-Doom-TOR-jacket-large.jpg&quot;,1200,570);\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/grafx3\/blog\/Slaves-of-the-Switchboard-of-Doom-TOR-jacket.jpg\" alt=\"Dust jacket art for Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom\" width=\"501\" height=\"243\" class=\"img_wide_open\"><\/a>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/grafx3\/blog\/SOTSOD_mockup.jpg\" alt=\"Mockup of the finished book\" width=\"270\" height=\"376\" class=\"img_hang_left\">\n<p>We&#8217;ve just passed the two-month mark in the countdown to <em>Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom<\/em>; so the great gears of the publicity machine have begun to turn and grind away at last.\n<\/p>\n<p>The thing you want to know first is that Tor Books has started a giveaway over at Goodreads. Ten lucky readers will get their very own copy of the book for the low, low price of <em>absolutely free!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/giveaway\/show\/229110-slaves-of-the-switchboard-of-doom-a-novel-of-retropolis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Just enter (up until May 15)<\/a> for your chance to win one of the ten hardcover copies.<\/p>\n<p>Still not sure whether you should spend your hard-earned <em>no dollars at all<\/em> on the book? Well, it&#8217;s now available to book bloggers through NetGalley, and that means new reviews: highlights include <a href=\"http:\/\/mikerm.blogspot.com\/2017\/04\/review-slaves-of-switchboard-of-doom.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this review at The Review Curmudgeon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/1965937665?book_show_action=true&#038;from_review_page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brad K. Horner&#8217;s review at Goodreads<\/a>. So go read &#8217;em; I know you listen to those guys more than you listen to me.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/grafx2\/blog\/Hbar_zap.jpg\" width=\"501\" height=\"50\" style=\"margin-top:12px;\">\n<p>In the weeks ahead we can look forward to more. I have a guest post and an interview that will be appearing soon, and I&#8217;m told there will be more of that before the book&#8217;s release on June 13.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;text-align:center;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shop.webomator.com\/retropolis\/retropolis_spreadshirt\/sprd_img_cache\/1017468308_views_1,width=400,height=400,appearanceId=348.png\">\n<\/div>\n<p>So now that you&#8217;re<em> completely sold on the book<\/em> I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll want your very own <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.webomator.com\/retropolis\/retropolis_z\/retropolis_travel_posters.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poster<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.webomator.com\/retropolis\/retropolis-transit-authority.php?category=Retropolis%20T-Shirts&#038;start=1&#038;per_page=9&#038;type_filter=all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T-shirt<\/a> featuring the cover (or, as we see above, the original cover concept.) Because, honestly, who wouldn&#8217;t?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten lucky readers will get their very own copy of the book for the low, low price of absolutely free!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,12,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-slaves-of-the-switchboard-of-doom","category-thrilling-tales","category-works-in-progress"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webomator.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}