Excited to start promoting my book, coming out this June on Second Life's 20th anniversary!
Please pre-order my book on Amazon here
Or on Bookshop.org benefiting indie bookstores here
I'll try to keep the plugging down to a dull roar for the sanity of regular New World Notes readers. Pre-orders are super important to helping encourage getting the book in stores, so I'd be grateful if you consider putting an order in.
Some logistical background and answers to fairly frequent questions:
Yes, an e-book / Kindle version will be available starting in June.
Yes, it will be available for international Amazon customers, also starting in June.
If you're currently in the media, yes, I can send you a review copy now. Hit me up on Twitter or on LinkedIn.
Yes, there's a discount for bulk orders and I'm fairly available to do speaking/signing appearances over the next few months, especially in the greater LA area.
Some book highlights include:
- Why the Metaverse is best understood as first defined and described in Snow Crash.
- How we're now seeing the rise of Metaverse 2.0, with 500+ million people using metaverse platforms like Roblox and Fortnite, which recently updated their creation and monetization tools.
- How Meta mismanaged its metaverse strategy for many reasons, and why VR will never be a major device in metaverse platforms.
- Inside the mystery of Second Life, the first major metaverse platform to reach mainstream awareness, which despite enormous publicity, was unable to reach mass market adoption,
- Why Second Life is still going strong at 20 years old, and is a role model for creating a virtual world with a diverse user base and a thriving creator economy.
Much more soon!
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