Early Accolades
One of the big reasons it takes an eternally long time to publish a book is the process of reviews. By the time a book is in your hands at the store, it usually has reviews excerpted on the cover and “praise page” within the book as an enticement to get you to buy it.
In order to get those reviews, the book needs to be “done” (in the form of an “advance reader copy” AKA “galley copy”) that is sent to professional reviewers at publishing trade journals. These reviewers then need time to read the book and write their review. Then, once the review is in, quotes are pulled and put into the book with enough lead time to finish your print run and ship the books.
It’s a long process!
That’s why it’s been super gratifying to have my first trade reviews of Bit Flip come in. And they’re good! 🙂
Here’s a quick round-up of the reviews I’ve received so far.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 out of 5 stars
“In Mike Trigg’s corporate novel BIT FLIP, the seedy underbelly of San Francisco’s technology community is exposed.”
“As much a compelling narrative as it is a critical analysis of contemporary capitalism, this story worries over the coming future, in which technology could take over much of what people used to do. This helps to make Bit Flip an engrossing novel that satirizes the pretensions of tech bros and billionaires.”
(Read the full review.)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 out of 5 stars—IndieReader Approved
“The recurring business ethics theme in Mike Trigg’s BIT FLIP raises many questions.”
“Mike Trigg’s novel BIT FLIP is exceptionally well-written, with a satisfying balance of action, intrigue, back story, characterization, and description. He weaves together several compelling story elements, some of them technical in nature, with ease and the manner in which he wraps up the narrative is both concise and provocative.”
(Read the full review.)
“In Trigg’s novel, a tech executive disillusioned by life in the Silicon Valley uncovers financial fraud at his company.”
“The author’s insights into the artificiality of Silicon Valley culture won’t strike anyone as surprising. Nonetheless, this is a genuinely funny novel, and the second half of it redeems the first when a shopworn morality lesson takes an unexpected turn. The daring, authentic conclusion makes this otherwise humdrum work worth the labor. Slow to start but a worthwhile, humorous take on the moral infirmities of the tech industry.”
(Read the full review.)
Although that Kirkus review is a bit mixed, they are notoriously tough critics so I’m glad to be reviewed at all—I’ll take “daring, authentic conclusion!”
If you have read an advance copy of Bit Flip and you haven’t yet done so, please, please, please write a review and rating on Goodreads (and on Amazon once the book launches August 16.)
Finally, in support of yesterday’s Independent Bookstore Day yesterday, you can pre-order Bit Flip on IndieBound.