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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

October will be a very important month for me, as I will come up to the 2nd anniversary of me starting my book on the 31st. To celebrate the price will be 0.99 everywhere for the month! on amazon and kobo, the promotion is already live :) #BookSky #IndieFantasy #indieauthors books2read.com/u/b59XOk

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The Shape of Magic by Marco Michelutto

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This here is the most important thing about dog training: understand your dog’s emotional state and learn how to regulate it. This means learning to “read” your dog, and communicate to the extent that it is possible. Also build up their confidence so they can learn how to self regulate a bit.

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I will be at #FantasyCon again this year, and this time I am moderating two panels, participating in another and doing a reading! Signed copies of my book will be available at the BFS table too, while stock lasts! A small thing I am excited about, however, is a short story I submitted for...

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Talk about your book to people, they won't know your book exists if you don't tell them. Today I was chatting with a friend of my wife I see walking my dog multiple times a week, and she asked me if she could read my book. Turns out, she didn't know I released it two months ago #BookSky #IndieAuthor

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Have you talked about your book yet today?! Drop and give us: Title: The Shape of Magic Genre: Back to (Magic) School Fantasy Word count: 92.000 Funniest moment: I can finally read my books! www.marcomichelutto.com/buy-the-book

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Took a hot minute to go from like 95 to 100, but here we are! 6 and a half weeks in, 100 confirmed sales for The Shape of Magic, my debut novel. It has magic academia, dangerous conspiracies and wholesome friendships. Check it out here! www.marcomichelutto.com available on #koboplus #BookSky #indie

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Quite frankly, he would be blown away.

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 14/09/2026

When you get a good editor, it's like being gently guided by a an experienced mountaineer over a deadly crevasse, and it's such a great feeling, knowing both trust each other When you get a bad one, it's like the mountaineer is saying, 'if you don't do things my way, I'll push you off the cliff.'

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Shape of Magic is exactly at 99 sales across all channels, do you want to be the 100th to but it? It’s a book about magic, it ought to be good luck for sure #booksky

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I would like to raise a bug report with Amazon, the feature where you refresh your kdp report page and a new sale shows up only seems to work occasionally. #BookSky #Authorsky #indie

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Courtney McCaskill @courtneymccaskill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Do you love indie authors? Here are a few ways you can help your favorite indies without spending a penny! We are so grateful for your support 🥰 #booksky #indieauthors #historicalromance #romancebooks

No-Cost Ways to Help Indie Authors, with an image of a bookshelf across the bottom.

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Just a girl and her books @thebookwyrmshoard2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New on the pinned!

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Jane Lia @jane-lia.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

What's especially crazy to me in this sentiment (which I also had pre bluesky) is how much every other artistic field lauds indies. Indie filmmaking? Good. Indie music? Good. Indie books? Suddenly people draw a line, even though all the reasons Indie is good everywhere else *still apply*.

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I will be moderating two panels and do a reading from The Shape of Magic (not sure which part yet, I have to time myself). Excited! Also, signed physical copies will be available for purchase there :) #authorsky

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I am convinced 90% of Mr Beast's book preorders were people that bought it to talk about it on social media. I understand, we all hate that it's a thing that happened. Best thing you can do is ignore it. Don't talk about it, don't mention it, just move on and let it vanish into oblivion. #BookSky

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Delilah Waan | Epic fantasy author @delilahwaan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Convincing you read these indie books with only the pitch and first line 👀 💙📚🪐 🧵 1/8

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Text reads "convincing you to read indie books with only the pitch + first line"

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Shape of Magic is my debut novel: a story about friendship, power and duty featuring one of the best magic universities in fantasy. Don't believe me? check out these review snippets! Also read more on my website: www.marcomichelutto.com where you will find all the links #Booksky #IndieFantasy

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Autumn Wolff | Lesbian Romance Author @autumnwolff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Support indie creators. Game devs, artists, authors, and more. Take a chance on our works. 🥰

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My first review in Spanish from Netgalley! My best translation is: "I have to say that it surprised me. I was expecting something similar to Harry Potter, but it is nothing like it. This is adult academia with a deep plot. " (they read the book in English, no translations yet unfortunately) #BookSky

Text for a review in Spanish of my book. It reads as "Tengo que decir que me sorprendió. Por una parte, esperaba una especie de Harry Potter o algo así, pero nada que ver. Estamos ante una ficción de academia adulta, con una gran profundidad argumental"

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

To support an indie author the most important thing you can do is to talk about their book online. Our biggest issue is discoverability. Every reddit/bluesky/etc post, every YouTube/instagram/tiktok video, they are worth much more than sales when you are unknown [continue]. #AuthorSky #BookSky

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Of all the stats I can track, this one is the one that gives me the most joy to see going up. #AuthorSky #BookSky #Goodreads

A screenshot of my book's stats on Goodreads. Highlighted is the line that says "currently-reading: 5 people"

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Tru Skies @trudieskies.readindiefantasy.com · 01/09/2026

After a few years of hard work, The Chosen One Con is out now on ebook with paperbacks to follow soon! Available on Kindle, Kobo, Itch and more to come. books2read.com/thechosenone... But of course, I couldn't publish this book without help, and I have a lot of people to thank! 👇

A promo image for The Chosen One Con, out now on Kindle, Kobo, and Itch. It shows the book cover to the Chosen One Con (a young white man in a trench coat holding a glowing blue potion bottle as though trying to steal it) and the following text: Magic spoke to me, whispering promises of fortune and fame. It spoke when I switched on the old MV and the screen came alive with the blue glow of magic, the faint spark and pop of aether flowing through the cables.

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

First month of sales for The Shape of Magic! 94 sales total which I take as a success for an unknown indie author with no meaningful social media presence. It includes preorders, which were most of the wide distribution sales, with 41 paperback preorders via IngramSpark) #AuthorSky #BookSky

pie chart of sales for my book in the first month. Amazon: 30 sales and 31.9%, Kobo: 20 sales and 21.3%, wide distribution: 44 sales and 46.8%

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I really like this review, and the reason I am not showing how many stars it has is because I find review scores to be one of the dumbest inventions humanity ever cursed the Cosmos with, and the reason God has long abandoned us to wander the infinite void of space, deprived of His once eternal love.

Screenshot of a Netgally review, not showing the number of stars. The text of is: "I recieved this book as an ARC through Netgalley and was really looking forward to picking it up. I enjoyed the dynamic between the main 3 friends and how they relied upon each others skills and talents to build and learn towards finding the conduits.

I did find the beginng half of the book quite slow but the second half I flew through, unable to put it down.

I thought the ending was a little rushed but if didnt take away from the book as a whole. I would read more books by this author in the future."

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I don't have numbers for kobo plus yet, but I will say that the fact that 1) they are not exclusive and 2) have a promotion system that does not require you to be exclusive or even be on kobo plus makes them an absolute no brainer for indie authors that don't want to be on KU.

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Just watched the Mad King play in Stratford and I am emotionally spent. What an incredible show. 10/10 no notes I beg of you go watch it.

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Hey, they worked out mathematical proof that water is wet!

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Scott Lynch @scottlynch78.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

If I want to start arguments I sometimes say that science fiction isn't a literature of prediction, it's a literature of extrapolated consequences. If it's 1890, "in the future there will be cars" is boring-ass mere prediction. "Because of cars there will be vast traffic jams" is extrapolation. 🧵

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Tip from a fellow indie writer if you are one. Figure out early on if you want to write books and then find their audience (even if it costs you sales) or if you want to find an audience and write books for them (even if it limits your artistic vision). You can't do both. #BookSky #AuthorSky

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

If anybody is good at guessing neurodivergence, yesterday I left Tesco with a backpack full of groceries and only when I met a friend a couple hundred meters from the entrance I realised I was still pushing the empty trolley (she very graciously brought it back to the store for me)

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I still don't know who placed my two pre orders of 20 books each on IngramSpark. I think it was bookstores stocking my book (I am an incurable optimist) but so far nobody reached out. I think they underestimate how far I would travel to see them in the wild and sign some copies. #BookSky #AuthorSky

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Joining the BFS was one of the best thing I did for my writing career, such a lovely bunch of passionate and talented people! #BookSky #AuthorSky

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Lucile Danilov @locdandloaded.net · 06/08/2026

You may not like it, but this is what peak localization looks like (Asterix: Mega Madness (PS1, 2001))

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Every time I look my book up on Kobo I am greeted with this masterpiece. At this point I kinda want to read it. #AuthorSky #BookSky

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

That’s right Space Unicorns - ONLY 7 DAYS LEFT of the Uncanny Magazine Year 13 Kickstarter!! So, SEAS THE DAY and check out all the amazing backer rewards still available!!! We need YOUR KELP to make Year 13 happen!!! buff.ly/nuCWVxG

Background is a photo of calm sea, green hilly land on the horizon and blue sky above - the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. In the sea photos of the head of small plastic toy horse have been edited in to look like kelpies in the sea. In the sky a digital drawing of the number 7 in black and purple with three Celtic knots inside the 7.

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I have been thinking a lot about politics in fiction lately, and I think I may have a somewhat nuanced opinion (so it's probably a bad idea to post it on social media, but alas I like to live dangerously). The way I see it there are two meanings of the word "political" that are relevant here

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Realised that you folks on Bluesky have not seen this picture of Kevin yet, thought you may appreciate it. Book unrelated (sort of, he is in it after all). #BookSky #AuthorSky

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Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

a university is not for generating profit, it provides cultural enrichment via weird little gremlin people who love visigoths or haikus, and very occasionally a scientist who figures out faster than light travel

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Read Indie Fantasy.com @blog.readindiefantasy.com · 31/07/2026

Today we’re celebrating the release of The Shape of Magic by @marcomiki.bsky.social, a new fantasy story set in a magical university with themes of found family and heart: www.readindiefantasy.com/release-day-...

A banner showing a map with a open book and pages flying in the air. It has the text Release Day Spotlight and the book cover to The Shape of Magic by Marco Michelutto.

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Shape of Magic, my debut fantasy novel, is out NOW on Amazon and Kobo stores, plus anywhere Ingram Spark decided to send it to. All links to buy it here: www.marcomichelutto.com/buy-the-book check out some of the reviews here: www.marcomichelutto.com/reviews #BookSky #AuthorSky

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The reason why people talking about how they use AI often sounds like a commercial for AI is that who's talking is really the AI itself. These people are, quite literally, mouth pieces, given words to say by a soulless machine whose first instinct it's self preservation.

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Five things in my upcoming release TOMORROW, straight from reviews: "What stood out to me most was that it wasn't just another story set at a magical university—it was also a thoughtful story about friendship, identity, power, and the choices we make when we're given it. 1/5 #BookSky #AuthorSky

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Noticed a (small) grammatical error on the back cover, 3 days from release! I am updating new covers, but some of you ordering the paperback may get a very rare edition :D hardback I can only change later so that's a given for the first few orders. I choose to be chill about this #BookSky #AuthorSky

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I uploaded the first three chapters of The Shape of Magic on Patreon. You have to sign up to the FREE tier (the only tier I have) to get them, but once downloaded they are yours to keep and share. Both PDF and EPUB are provided! www.patreon.com/MarcoMichelu... #BookSky #AuthorSky

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The Shape of Magic - first 3 chapters PREVIEW | Marco Michelutto

The Shape of Magic - first 3 chapters PREVIEW by Marco Michelutto on Patreon. Join Marco Michelutto's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It’s #SelfPublishedAuthorsAppreciationWeek and I am one week away from publishing The Shape of Magic! You can check early reviews (15 of them! With 22 ratings!) on Goodreads and preorder on amazon and kobo stores. Release date 31st of July. #BookSky #AuthorSky also links in bio.

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

9 days from release, I love the way ratings are nicely distributed on Goodreads for my debut novel, The Shape of Magic :) preorders are up btw! #AuthorSky #BookSky

ratings on Goodreads for The Shape of Magic, my debut novel. Eight 5 star ratings (40%), six 4 star ratings (30%), four 3 star ratings (20%), two 2 star ratings (10%) and zero 1 star ratings (0%).

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

And it just so happens that The Shape of Magic will be available on Kobo Plus!

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

One of the biggest tragedies of life is that you all don't get to see the bad jokes I type up and then delete, thus showing great sense of humour. I am very funny, at least negatively speaking.

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Marco Michelutto @marcomiki.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Regardless of how the launch of my novel ends up going, what a tremendous learning opportunity it was! I could write another book just on how to get an indie book published :D now if you excuse me there are still a handful of typos left that needs squishing before final uploads #AuthorSky #BookSky

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