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March 24, 2026

All book preorders are 25% off right now (including mine)

Barnes and Noble is doing their 25% off all book preorders online, you just enter PREORDER25 in the "coupon code" box at checkout:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ther...

You DO have to be a member for it to work, but it's free (you go to the menu at the top, click Membership, then choose "Join Rewards" and give them your email - it takes one minute and saves like eight bucks). Again this works for any book, not just mine. Runs March 24-26.

If you want to catch up on the JDATE series before Giant Crabs arrive at your door later this year, ALL of the books are $2.99 in ebook form for the month of March (that is, for the next week). Just search your ebook device for:

John Dies at the End
This Book is Full of Spiders
What the Hell Did I Just Read
If This Book Exists, You're in the Wrong Universe
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Published on March 24, 2026 05:53

January 20, 2026

The next book in the John Dies at the End series is up for preorder!!!

The next book in the John Dies at the End series is UP FOR PREORDER NOW, in all formats, at all retailers, including SIGNED EDITIONS. It's called 'There Are No Giant Crabs in this Novel: A Novel of Giant Crabs.'

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Signed hardcovers ONLY available here, and only via preorder, no additional charge:

https://parnassusbooks.net/giantcrabs

All other editions, including unsigned hardcovers and audio, here:

https://bit.ly/crabscrabscrabs
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Published on January 20, 2026 07:54

November 18, 2025

TITLE REVEAL!

The title of my next book, the 5th in the John Dies at the End series, has been leaked, by me. It will be called,

'THERE ARE NO GIANT CRABS IN THIS NOVEL: A Novel of Giant Crabs'

There is a free preview chapter in the paperback edition of I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom, out today. Check the GR reviews!

https://www.amazon.com/Starting-Worry...
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Published on November 18, 2025 08:24

June 10, 2025

10k ratings!

I know serious authors don't celebrate things like this but the new book has over 10,000 ratings on here and I try to celebrate milestones when I can:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Still $2.99 in ebook form this month
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Published on June 10, 2025 13:30

June 1, 2025

It's $2.99 for 'I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom' in June

My most recent book (about to hit 10,000 ratings on Goodreads!!) is $2.99 in any ebook format this month:

https://static.macmillan.com/static/s...

Should all books cost that amount all the time? You can make the case! For now, be happy with the 80% discount! Or whatever the percentage is, the ebook is normally like 16 bucks
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Published on June 01, 2025 08:45

March 1, 2025

The new book is three bucks, TODAY ONLY (Sun Mar 2)

The new book is $2.99 in ebook form TODAY ONLY (Sunday March 2), that's all ebook formats, just search your device for 'I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom', check the GR reader ratings/reviews if you feel the three bucks is still too risky a price:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Thanks!

-Jason
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Published on March 01, 2025 22:08

January 17, 2025

It's 50% off the new book in hardcover right now

It's 50% off the hardcover everywhere for 'I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom' (I'm showing $15 instead of the normal outrageous $30 cover price at Amazon, B&N etc). I have no idea how long this sale lasts but I'm seeing that price at all stores right now:

bit.ly/boxofdoom
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Published on January 17, 2025 12:12

November 12, 2024

We're up for a Goodreads Choice award!

Please vote for 'I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom' for a Goodreads Choice award, assuming you've actually read it and think it deserves it! There should be a "vote now" button at the top:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Yes, I realize they have it in the Best Science Fiction category and that this book technically isn't sci-fi. That was not my doing! Thank you
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Published on November 12, 2024 17:55

October 15, 2024

I'm doing an "Ask Me Anything" at the new subreddit

I'm doing an AMA about the new book at the dedicated subreddit that I think somebody made as a joke, r/AbaddonsNavigator:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AbaddonsNavi...?

Come ask me a question about the new book! Or some other subject idc
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Published on October 15, 2024 11:32

October 11, 2024

We're racing toward 1,000 ratings

And are holding strong at a score of 4.2, which is about as high as my books ever get on here:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...

Thank you so much for taking time to rate/review, even if you hated it. Also, I'm occasionally dropping book trivia into the subreddit somebody made, possibly as a joke:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AbaddonsNavi...
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Published on October 11, 2024 12:27

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