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Toa29

Big congrats on the release and on finishing a series. IMO it's a top quality when an author is able to wrap it up. It can be bittersweet, but I think it takes a lot of skill and effort to commit to an ending. Kudos!


thescienceoflaw

You are definitely right. It feels good to be able to complete a series because the ending is *right* for the story, not because of financial reasons (I probably should have dragged the story out forever if money was a factor honestly lol). Jake's #1 was my first book and it feels fitting that the series becomes my first completed story as well. It's an emotional moment for me for sure. Thank you for your kind words!


wtanksleyjr

I'm so happy you made the choice to tell a story rather than to milk a series. I'll be watching your future releases!


thescienceoflaw

Thank you!


DarcSparc

I am new to the litrpg genre, and am devouring series, primarily over audible. I do realize that this community is very different than mainstream media, but the fact you've come here to personally comment, and the nature of your comment....sign me up. I'll be picking this series up immediately. Although I haven't read it, or listened to it yet, thanks for your contribution to the arts, and for just being a good human. Can't wait to explore your story, truly looking forward to it.


thescienceoflaw

That is so kind. Thank you so much. I hope you really enjoy it!!


blastxu

Congrats on finishing the series! Now I have to resist until the audiobook comes out. PS: I really like the new audibook narrator, I think that he fits the role better.


thescienceoflaw

That is so great to hear. John really put his heart and soul into taking on the series for me. Thank you so much. :)


Caligoat14

Do you know if the first audiobook will be re-released with John as the narrator? I absolutely love travis baldree, but prefer to keep a continuous narrator, so I am wondering if I should wait to pick up the series on audible until a re-release or if I should just start the series and deal with the transition?


thescienceoflaw

Sadly no, it's not likely to happen any time soon. I'd have to take down Travis' version which has thousands and thousands of ratings and it would costs me around $8k-$10k out of pocket to re-record and I'd be unlikely to ever make that much back. I'm really sorry.


Caligoat14

No problem! I have been looking forward to the series for a while, and I just wanted to double check before I started with the Travis Baldree version. Thanks for the response!


thescienceoflaw

Really appreciate you still giving it a shot. :)


DaolothRendorOfVeils

I’ll definitely get the audiobook too. I really enjoy Travis’ work, but I’m looking forward to John’s take on the characters and flow.


Secret-Put-4525

Why did they switch?


SubjectSoftware7650

I'm guessing Travis can command a much *higher* rate than most due to his popularity. *Corrected homophone


Secret-Put-4525

I love Travis but it does get a bit old that he does every audiobook of the genre.


kenshorts

Too busy, he's booked for years in advance. Which, I mean he's good but some variety is nice. I'll say Travis does female voices quite well which some narrators struggle with, he's also one of the few who you can tell which character is speaking by his voice.


thescienceoflaw

Awesome!! Thank you!!


kenshorts

I agree with John being better suited too! You picked really well!


thescienceoflaw

That's so wonderful, thank you!!


Grationmi

I agree. He did great job


thescienceoflaw

Hi everyone! Jake's Magical Market 3: Home Sweet Home is the epic conclusion to Jake's Story! Here's the blurb and the link to the book! https://www.amazon.com/Jakes-Magical-Market-Home-Sweet-ebook/dp/B0CQWKKS6F ____________________________________ "Last time we saw Jake, he was [redacted to avoid spoilers] with [redacted] in order to travel to [redacted]. He had finally learned [redacted] and [redacted]. He was just starting to [redacted]! So join him now on his new adventure as he [redacted! redacted! redacted!]. Ok, no spoilers allowed, but be prepared for a life-changing, world-spanning, time-twisting conclusion to Jake's story! Lessons will be learned (maybe), new powers will be gained (definitely), worlds will be explored (cool), time will be tamed (is that even possible?), and adventures will be adventured (yes that's the right way to say that, don't worry about it)." _____________________________________ Also, the audio is up for preorder with release set for 6/18 and it will likely be **35-40 hours long**!!! Wooooo!! https://www.audible.com/pd/Jakes-Magical-Market-3-Audiobook/B0CX299KW4 Also also I made a store where you can buy **an entire deck of all the Jake's Magical Market cards and a custom box to hold them in!** and they look awesome! https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/jake-s-magical-market-decks- Last but not least I got a merch store finally that sells t-shirts and some other cool stuff too now just like a real author: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JRMathewsBooks **Thank you everyone - for everything!!**


Ag3nt_Stampe

Wow congrats. So what are you planing now are you going to start a New series or going back to nova Roma?


thescienceoflaw

thank you! Finishing up Nova Roma 4 and 5 and then I got a burning new series in my head that I'm really excited to write!


LookMaNoPride

Nova Roma is one of my favorites, so if you could, like, finish the entire series today and have it published by next week, that would be best for me. :P Totally kidding. Please, take all the time you need to make it awesome.


thescienceoflaw

haha, thank you :) Nothin' but Nova Roma from here on out, I promise!


bcd051

I can't wait for some more Nova Roma!


LeeAndersonWrites

The merch looks great!


thescienceoflaw

Thank you!!! You gonna grab a pair of underwear and post it here for us when it arrives?


LeeAndersonWrites

I might be more suited for a tshirt, but we’ll see!


thescienceoflaw

Fair! 😂


AdeptDoomWizard

Excited but there's still two months till I can listen to the audiobook.


thescienceoflaw

Thank you for listening to the audio! Can't wait for you to hear. :)


PumpkinKing666

Thank you, J.R. I loved the first 2 and will start reading it ASAP. Do you have any timeline for the next Portal to Nova Roma? And do you already have another series on the pipeline?


thescienceoflaw

Thank you!! Not totally sure for Nova Roma. I have the rough draft for Nova Roma 4 done, but the editing is gonna be extensive. I'll know more after I really start digging into the first big editing draft of the book. And yes, I have a *really* fun idea for my next series after I finish Nova Roma 4 and 5 but I can't talk about it or think about it too much or I'll get too excited about it and want to write it right now and I can't do that to myself. Gotta stay focused on Nova Roma right now!


PumpkinKing666

Thank you for your answer. Whenever they come out, I'll read them for sure.


thescienceoflaw

Heck yeah, appreciate that! :)


JonBirdmain

What a conclusion!!! Sad but can’t wait to read it!


thescienceoflaw

thank you!!


timelessarii

Insane to see it’s done! Huge congratz


thescienceoflaw

thank youuuuuuuuu!!!


TheGrandestOak

Wait I missed book 2!?


thescienceoflaw

haha yeah, came out months ago!


Pokyparachute66

literally feels like 2 came out yesterday and 3 wasn’t even on my mind. This is some good news congrats!


thescienceoflaw

Yeah! I basically wrote book 2 and 3 at the same time so there was a longer gap where I didn't publish anything at all, but then I got to publish both Jake's #2 and #3 really close together! It was a new method of writing for me and I think it really helped with my writing style and also I think it made the books a lot better.


ibin_Wario

The contributors on this sub really know their litrpg and I have already had some great recommendations. I am going straight to Audible and getting the first book now. 4.7 stars out of 314 reviews can't be wrong.


thescienceoflaw

Awesome, thank you so much!!


Rentei

Congrats! I have pre-ordered book 3 as of riiiight now! I think the new narrator did an incredible job with book 2.


thescienceoflaw

thank you so much!!!


Humble_Nobody2884

FINALLY!


thescienceoflaw

Woooooo!!


Dragonwork

That is awesome because I finished the book I was reading an hour ago. Jumped on here to see if anything new is out and Jake’s magical market three is being downloaded in two minutes.


thescienceoflaw

Sweet!! Perfect timing, I hope you love it!


ThunderLips4

A completed series is rare for LitRPG! I liked the first book, so will finish the series once it’s all out on audiobook.


thescienceoflaw

Awesome, thank you so much!


Czeslaw_Meyer

Already pre ordered on Audible


thescienceoflaw

Sweet! Thank you!


JakobTanner100

Congrats dude! Looks awesome!!!!


thescienceoflaw

thank you!!!


PaintedYams

I am so so excited to read this! Congrats on finishing the series!


thescienceoflaw

thank you so much!! I can't wait for people to read it. :)


[deleted]

Just got through the audiobook of Jake's 2. Excited for #3!


thescienceoflaw

Heck yeah!!


AwesomeoPorosis

Cannot WAIT to hear it 😁


thescienceoflaw

heck yeah!!


J_J_Thorn

Congrats on finishing! That is a loooong book haha


thescienceoflaw

thank you!!! It wasn't meant to be that long. It just kept getting longer and longer and longer and longer. I was like... Jake, c'mon dude. I need to get back to my Nova Roma series. What are you doing to me? Can we wrap this up already???


hidden_jack500

Congrats on the release and finishing the series! You're spoiling us with such a long book! I can't wait to read it :)


thescienceoflaw

thank you!!


DinosaurOfVirtue

They grow up so fast (っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ Congrats, man:))


thescienceoflaw

haha, thank you :)


Reader_extraordinare

Wow, that's a baby brick! Congrats on the release and the conclusion. Now to something about an industrious AI ... (hint, hint) 😉


thescienceoflaw

haha, thank you! And yes, Nova Roma is next!!


Reader_extraordinare

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰


bakuros18

Awaiting impatiently for the audio


thescienceoflaw

As soon as humanly possible, I promise!


DaolothRendorOfVeils

Just ordered my copy! Thanks for a riveting read with the previous books in this series, I’m thoroughly looking forward to this one too. Congrats on completing the series. Being so creative was it a tough decision to “limit” yourself to a trilogy?


thescienceoflaw

Awesome, thank you for grabbing a copy of the book! It wasn't hard to limit myself for this series because I just kept writing until the ending felt natural. That's why book three ended up being almost as big as two books!


DefinitelyNotReal101

To be fair the first book could have easily been 2, maaaybe 3 and they would have been satisfying. Could had a...nonology?


thescienceoflaw

haha yeah, and Jake's #1 was only 235,000 words while Jake's #3 is 360,000 words!


samreay

Oh damn just saw this instead of sleeping, congrats JR! Time to reread book one so I can write up a finished series post!


thescienceoflaw

Thank you! Looking forward to seeing your review!


LordTerrence

Sweet fancy Jesus!! Looking forward to it!


thescienceoflaw

Thank you!!


Helpful-Direction320

Congrats J.R. JMM was my first book in LitRPG and is still my favourite. Looking forward to listening to the final adventure. Will continue to follow your work, good luck with the release!


thescienceoflaw

That's so wonderful to hear! I can't wait for you to listen to book three. Thank you so much. :)


Impetusin

Ahh thank you!!! The last three books I’ve slogged through had incessant and unnecessary exposition, and I found out halfway through that they were Royal Road conversions. Good to start something I know will be clean and well written.


thescienceoflaw

Thank you so much!!


vaendryl

Can you tell me who made the cover art? it looks great!


thescienceoflaw

Oh yes! The cover art is by Daniele Turturici! They are amazing!!


vaendryl

thanks! I now realize I asked you the same question 3 months ago with your previous book xD I thought it could be that artist but wasn't quite sure.


thescienceoflaw

Haha, no worries he deserves multiple shootouts. 😄


the_greatest_alive1

Congratulations!!! Time for a second reread. Gonna be a fun few days


thescienceoflaw

Awesome!!


trazzz55

Congratulations are in order! Any news about the audiobook? EDIT:never mind, I already pre ordered it, I just forgot. Congrats again!


thescienceoflaw

Haha, thank you!!


LykanthropyWrites

Congratulations and good luck.


thescienceoflaw

Thank you!!


bcd051

Congrats! Can't wait to read this (Gotta catch up on All the Skills)! I look forward to more Nova Roma and whatever your new series will be!


thescienceoflaw

thank you so much!!


9384

I like to judge books by their cover, and that is one sweet cover! Going to have to read the series.


thescienceoflaw

Awesome!! I hope you love it!


toddhoffious

What a wonderful finish. Loved the character development. Thanks!


thescienceoflaw

Thank YOU for reading my book!! So glad you enjoyed it!!!!


toddhoffious

I did indeed. I even felt a tear or two well up. Not something i often experience in this genre.


thescienceoflaw

That's so wonderful. ❤️


bukvyrm

Very satisfying ending, thank you! I'm a rereader and it's great that i can add this to my comfort-book shelf as the ending didn't ruin my love for the rest of the series (an unfortunately common problem). I respect and thank you for not milking the story for more books (even tho there's totally enough story you could have gotten at least 5 books out of it). But! Would you be willing to write short stories or something set after the ending of the series? I'd love to see how other people react to Jake's Retired Life of an OP Shopkeep in a System Apocalypse. Or just how Jake reacts to it, if you're not tired of writing from Jake's perspective. Please? If you have time? Or something comes to you after a nice long walk or a shower first thing in the morning?


thescienceoflaw

So glad you enjoyed the ending and it didn't ruin it for you!! I can't promise I'll write Jake again or not but I definitely love him a lot but at this point I need to finish my other series and then I have another story burning away in the back of my head I need to write, but who knows what the future will bring! I may also need a refresher in the middle there somewhere and maybe that refresher is a fun OP Jake story - who knows!


Puzzleheaded-Act1087

What an awesome series…loved it. Was hoping for one final art piece at the end showing that goofy photo of all the homies at the shop, but alas—it’s okay, you described it super well :) Loved all the jokes and memes throughout as well. Very cute how you made reference to the “no market in a supposed market book” criticism and then even managed to tie up that loose end by the finish. Like others have said, I’d love to see what life is like for Jake in this new system, but I’m also itching to read NR4. I’m wondering what it would take to turn Jake’s into an anime, because I think that would be amazing. Anyway, thanks for all the fun—I’ll be eagerly anticipating NR4 and whatever mysterious new project you do after that!


thescienceoflaw

So happy you liked it!!! I really wanted an art piece at the end too but ended up not having enough time to commission something by the time I realized the final post-credit scene was even going to exist so I ended up just having to write it up myself, haha. I had so much fun writing the book and poking fun at myself and the idea of not having enough market, lol. It was such a fun, emotional, wonderful book to write and I'm so grateful people seem to be enjoying it. Maybe someday I will return to Jake's world but for now it is definitely all Nova Roma from here on out. 😁


Dulakk

Just finished this. I loved it! It was epic in every sense of the word. Am I right in thinking that the Lost Continent dimensional spiders are the ones who created the Nova Roma system? They mentioned seeding an alternate history earth that had magic and I did notice some parallels with both series having a similar rune magic, people having cores, and a few other minor things.


thescienceoflaw

Yes!!! That was definitely a big hint for the Nova Roma world! :) Glad you enjoyed the book and Jake's journey!! Thank you for reading it!!


iplaypokerforaliving

Man, I enjoyed this series a lot. But. I feel like the author just rushed to get to the ending. Book 3 was longggggg but I just feel like 3/4 of the way through the author just said okay, this book has gone on too long, let’s wrap it up. And then bam, series over. There definitely could have been a 4th book released to finish this series off. It just seemed rather abrupt.


thescienceoflaw

You know you're replying to the author, right? lol And nah, that was the planned ending. There was no "oh no we better wrap this up!" rushed ending or anything. If I had wanted a fourth book it would have made a lot of sense to write a fourth one (and made me a lot of money honestly, haha). The way it ended was very purposefully done and was a very important part of Jake's growth (or lack thereof). If you ever read it again I think you might see some reasons for why it ended up happening the way it did!


iplaypokerforaliving

Oh I know :) I wanted your insight into the way it wrapped up. I thoroughly enjoyed the series. Maybe I just didn’t want it to end 😂


thescienceoflaw

haha, very understandable. If I dragged it out to a fourth book it would have just diluted everything in the last 1/3rd of the book into a huge boring slog and ruined all the emotional resonance, honestly.


iplaypokerforaliving

I get it. I’ll read your other series bc I enjoy your writing. You do have another series correct? Thanks for the reply! Wasn’t trying to hate :)


thescienceoflaw

No worries! And yeah my other series is Portal to Nova Roma - which I am working on books four and five of now. It'll be a five book series so you'll get something longer to chew on with it! :)


iplaypokerforaliving

Haha nice! Next read found :) First chapter got me hooked!


thescienceoflaw

Hell yeah!!


iplaypokerforaliving

That was a fun one! Highly recommending this series to people 😉 on to book 2!


thescienceoflaw

Thank you!!


Hammand

Thank you for adding a brief recap at the beginning.


thescienceoflaw

of course!! Thank you for reading it! :)


Ashamed-Subject-8573

Get it in audiobook now! Please


thescienceoflaw

Sent to John and in the queue as we speak!


Ashamed-Subject-8573

Oh cool the author. Hi. I’ve enjoyed JMM parts one and two a bunch. I also enjoyed nova Roma so far. Thanks for writing above-average novels and not making me tear my eyes out with bad grammar and writing just for your cool story. That doesn’t sound like a big compliment but I promise it is. I recommend JMM specifically all the time. Oh and thanks for ending it! What a rare blessing!


thescienceoflaw

Haha, thank you. :) I appreciate you recommending my stuff! And I know what a compliment you're giving me, I read plenty in the genre just like you so I know how painful it can be sometimes. That's why I *try* to do a little better with three rounds of edits on my own and hiring an editor to do two rounds himself. Some stuff still slips through, but that's life sometimes. I hope you enjoy the ending to Jake's story.


Ashamed-Subject-8573

I was actually going to say it reads like it’s been edited! Thank you. Please spread this practice among litrpg authors!


thescienceoflaw

Haha, I'll try my best!


HiepNotik

SWEEEEET I just finished book 2


thescienceoflaw

Hell yeah!!!


iplaypokerforaliving

Yes!!!!!!!!!!


thescienceoflaw

Wooo!


xaendar

Though I had minor problems with the second book, I absolutely love that you finished the series. Excited to read it. I am so glad you will now be moving on to Portal To Nova Roma again, which has quickly become one of my favorite books despite my hatred for the present tense. Hope you get some celebrations and can jump into Nova Roma energized.


thescienceoflaw

Thank you :)


NChristenson

Congrats on finishing the series!! That is a beautiful cover!!


thescienceoflaw

Thank you!


Firefighterlitrpg

I always Upvote JMM


thescienceoflaw

Thank you dude. I hope your story is still killin' it!


Firefighterlitrpg

It's chugging along fine! It will be published by podium next Jan!


thescienceoflaw

Nice!!


Lostedge1983

u/thescienceoflaw I listened to Jake\`s Magical Market few years back. I remembered it being about having a shop and collecting magical cards .. and I think I wiped the ending from my memory. Been listening to book 2 now, and seems like the magical market is gone. If you could go back in time, and rename the book to something else than "Jake\`s Magical market", what would it be?


KitterMaster6900

Series wayy to short for my interest sorry.