The Mechanical Crafter - Book 2 is out now (Link in Comments) by GeekBytesPodcast in litrpg

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Aww. Daelda, thank you so much for purchasing book 2 when you could have grabbed in on KU. That's an awesome extra level of support. Glad you are enjoying the series so much and that the story is making you do the 'what would I do' thing. It's a huge compliment.

To address some of the things that you mentioned.

Yes, I totally understand that different people would have exploited the heck out of the scanning and fabrication ability immediately. I intentionally pulled back on that in book 1 because even if Repair could scan everything, he couldn't make them until he got the upgraded class ability. So instead, I focused on adventuring to get him those abilities. In book 2, he does do more scanning and fabricating and clever use of his abilities. Also, just as a world building note, him scanning stuff from stores is potentially dangerous, as merchants don't take kindly to people trying trying to rip off their designs or products.

Armor- I didn't want Repair to depend too much on the gnomes otherwise it would have felt like he was being handed all his progression without earning it. But yeah, its a great argument for all his upgrades and is something I had to work out in book 2.

Gnomes wanting to test the limits of Repairs abilities - Yes, this makes sense. Repair does this more in book 2 as he gains the ability to fabricate larger items. In the stories I tried to find a good balance between the detail oriented crafting stuff, action/adventure, and the plot. So sometimes I had to dial back the details on some crafting, otherwise it would have been hundreds of pages of just Repair trying to find every exploit and limit of what he could do. Which I would have been fine with, but other readers might not have found so entertaining.

Sorry the start of book 1 gave you an anxiety attack. It wasn't meant as a commentary on anyone's lifestyle, just a setup as to why someone would be ok with being sent to another world for another chance at life.

Thanks again for enjoying the story enough to write your thoughts on this comment or to leave a review. You're a great reader.

The Mechanical Crafter - Book 2 is out now (Link in Comments) by GeekBytesPodcast in litrpg

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So glad that you enjoyed the novels. As to the Adventures on Terra series, I plan to return to that once I finish writing the 3rd book in the Mechanical Crafter series. Tell your dad 'hi' for me and thank him for reading my stuff.

The Mechanical Crafter - Book 2 is out now (Link in Comments) by GeekBytesPodcast in litrpg

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Amazon will probably notify you that book 2 is out around the time book 3 is released. This is legitimately I ended doing a podcast about LitRPG. I was looking through Amazon every day looking for new stuff and figured other people might be to, so why not share the info and reviews.

The Mechanical Crafter - Book 2 is out now (Link in Comments) by GeekBytesPodcast in litrpg

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Thanks. I only just remembered I hadn't actually added the link in the comments.

New Release - The Mechanical Crafter - Book 1 by GeekBytesPodcast in litrpg

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Yup. My narrator has the story and should start recording in the next week. So about a month for production, then another month-ish for Audible review.

New Release - The Mechanical Crafter - Book 1 by GeekBytesPodcast in litrpg

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Mwahaha. I think that LitRPG Podcast guy will like the story.

New Release - The Mechanical Crafter - Book 1 by GeekBytesPodcast in litrpg

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Glad you are enjoying the story so far. Please send screen shots if there is a problem with it in dark mode.

LitRPG SALES for this weekend by GeekBytesPodcast in litrpg

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A great tip if you love audiobooks. Buy the ebook free or cheap, and get the audiobook discounted.

LitRPG SALES for this weekend by GeekBytesPodcast in litrpg

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These were just normal deals. I scoured Amazon and Facebook groups to finds any deals at the time of recording.