Paul Davidson's Blog
September 20, 2023
Company of Foos Audiobook!
You know what's exciting? Listening to your novel come alive in an audiobook!
That's why I'm excited to share that the audiobook version of Company of Foos will also be available in October right around the 10/17 release date of the book and eBook versions. In fact, it will be officially available across Amazon, Audible and iTunes on 10/24.
Here's a look at the cover, with the reveal of my awesome narrator, Anthony LeRoy Lovato!
In the meantime, if you haven't pre-ordered your copy of the book, I encourage you to do so ahead of the release date. It'll help me, the book and you (since you won't have to think about it again.)
Thanks for everyone's continued support!
That's why I'm excited to share that the audiobook version of Company of Foos will also be available in October right around the 10/17 release date of the book and eBook versions. In fact, it will be officially available across Amazon, Audible and iTunes on 10/24.
Here's a look at the cover, with the reveal of my awesome narrator, Anthony LeRoy Lovato!
In the meantime, if you haven't pre-ordered your copy of the book, I encourage you to do so ahead of the release date. It'll help me, the book and you (since you won't have to think about it again.)
Thanks for everyone's continued support!
September 7, 2023
People are Talking about Company of Foos
With just over a month and a half until the release of Company of Foos, more people are reading the book and providing blurbs for the final edition. This is always the exciting time before you are sure just how a book will do and if it will resonate or not.
I was saying to a friend today that each day is like a rollercoaster. Blurbs come in, potential coverage, journalists and others asking for advance copies to see if it's something that makes sense for them.
You never know what could be right around that corner.
To that end, I wanted to share some of the great new blurbs below and encourage you to pre-order the book on your favorite online or "real-life in person" book store. It obviously helps!
And if you haven't opted in to my newsletter (over at www.pauldavidson.net) I encourage you to do so, so I can keep you in the loop of what's going on. There are more exciting announcements to come!
“A very funny window into the culture of tech.”
-Kevin Roose, New York Times bestselling author of Young Money
“Company of Foos is a really funny book. It nails the culture, mentality and zeitgeist of big tech like no other book ever has.”
-Bradley Tusk, Author of The Fixer and Obvious in Hindsight
“A well-crafted, biting satire that shines a hilarious spotlight on the hall-of- mirrors world of big tech. I could not put it down.”
-Mark E. Greene, Author of Lobster Wars
“A brainy and hilarious corporate satire-not-satire that’s like the wicked love child of The Social Network and The Big Short. Davidson pulls out all the stops in this wild rollercoaster ride with a big heart at its nutty center. So much fun.”
-Gary Goldstein, author of The Last Birthday Party
“Davidson packs more pop-culture references into the fun and compelling Company of Foos than an entire season of Family Guy.”
-Keith Wisniewski, Author of Too Small to Fail
“Funny and timely.”
-Wayne Gladstone, Author of Notes from the Internet Apocalypse
“Davidson has given us a needed morality tale for the New World Order.”
-Dustin Kidd, Author of Pop Culture Freaks
I was saying to a friend today that each day is like a rollercoaster. Blurbs come in, potential coverage, journalists and others asking for advance copies to see if it's something that makes sense for them.
You never know what could be right around that corner.
To that end, I wanted to share some of the great new blurbs below and encourage you to pre-order the book on your favorite online or "real-life in person" book store. It obviously helps!
And if you haven't opted in to my newsletter (over at www.pauldavidson.net) I encourage you to do so, so I can keep you in the loop of what's going on. There are more exciting announcements to come!
“A very funny window into the culture of tech.”
-Kevin Roose, New York Times bestselling author of Young Money
“Company of Foos is a really funny book. It nails the culture, mentality and zeitgeist of big tech like no other book ever has.”
-Bradley Tusk, Author of The Fixer and Obvious in Hindsight
“A well-crafted, biting satire that shines a hilarious spotlight on the hall-of- mirrors world of big tech. I could not put it down.”
-Mark E. Greene, Author of Lobster Wars
“A brainy and hilarious corporate satire-not-satire that’s like the wicked love child of The Social Network and The Big Short. Davidson pulls out all the stops in this wild rollercoaster ride with a big heart at its nutty center. So much fun.”
-Gary Goldstein, author of The Last Birthday Party
“Davidson packs more pop-culture references into the fun and compelling Company of Foos than an entire season of Family Guy.”
-Keith Wisniewski, Author of Too Small to Fail
“Funny and timely.”
-Wayne Gladstone, Author of Notes from the Internet Apocalypse
“Davidson has given us a needed morality tale for the New World Order.”
-Dustin Kidd, Author of Pop Culture Freaks
August 14, 2023
Company of Foos!
I'm excited to announce my next book, COMPANY OF FOOS, releases October 17th, 2023.
Inspired by years working at big behemoth tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Apple and more -- the book is like a modern day THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, telling the story of a family man who moves his wife and daughter to the Pacific Northwest for that "dream job" that turns out to be much more than that.
It's a fun, satirical look at what it's like working in tech and I hope you'll check it out!
July 17, 2023
The Small Stuff Summer Deals!
It's summer. Which means you're reading far more books than you normally would.
Which means it might be a good time to pick up THE SMALL STUFF if you haven't already.
For a limited time (that is, until the end of August) you can pick up my debut rom com for $12.99 over at Amazon Books.
http://amzn.to/3ISoE07
I hope if you haven't checked it out yet, this may be the time to do it! And hope everyone is having a great summer.
Which means it might be a good time to pick up THE SMALL STUFF if you haven't already.
For a limited time (that is, until the end of August) you can pick up my debut rom com for $12.99 over at Amazon Books.
http://amzn.to/3ISoE07
I hope if you haven't checked it out yet, this may be the time to do it! And hope everyone is having a great summer.
April 14, 2022
It's heeeeeeeere!
THE SMALL STUFF came out two days ago.
Can you believe it's been such a whirlwind I haven't been able to find the time to post here about it?
Well, believe it.
I'm proud to say it's available now for you to buy everywhere -- physically and digitally. Paperback and Kindle. I hope you'll give it a shot and take a chance on something I'm very proud of.
And once you do, I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Can you believe it's been such a whirlwind I haven't been able to find the time to post here about it?
Well, believe it.
I'm proud to say it's available now for you to buy everywhere -- physically and digitally. Paperback and Kindle. I hope you'll give it a shot and take a chance on something I'm very proud of.
And once you do, I'd love to hear your thoughts!
March 16, 2022
ONE. MONTH.
Not even. More like 26 days.
It's amazing how long ago I started The Small Stuff which was back in the year 1922 when the pandemic first started and I was looking for a way to ignore the noise and immerse myself in a story I wanted to read myself.
And now, here we are, one hundred years later and the book is finally close to winging its way to book stores and online stores alike.
So, sue me -- two years feels like a hundred. It can sometimes feel that way when you pour your head into a few hundred pages and can't wait to see if it resonates for people.
There's an old adage: books are never finished. No, they're abandoned. You can always go back and change things, but ultimately you have to pick a moment when you let it out into the world and let the chips fall where they may.
That's the stage I'm at now.
All to say, I'm thrilled that on April 12th I'll be able to know that it's out there, and looking forward to all the feedback (good or mildly good) that will come out of it. I hope, if you've been following me along this road, that you'll think about pre-ordering the book and jumping on that same bandwagon.
In the meantime, I'm here to answer questions, give you inside information (nothing you can use on the stock market) and generally be the concierge for YOU, the reader.
Thanks for all your support and interest!
It's amazing how long ago I started The Small Stuff which was back in the year 1922 when the pandemic first started and I was looking for a way to ignore the noise and immerse myself in a story I wanted to read myself.
And now, here we are, one hundred years later and the book is finally close to winging its way to book stores and online stores alike.
So, sue me -- two years feels like a hundred. It can sometimes feel that way when you pour your head into a few hundred pages and can't wait to see if it resonates for people.
There's an old adage: books are never finished. No, they're abandoned. You can always go back and change things, but ultimately you have to pick a moment when you let it out into the world and let the chips fall where they may.
That's the stage I'm at now.
All to say, I'm thrilled that on April 12th I'll be able to know that it's out there, and looking forward to all the feedback (good or mildly good) that will come out of it. I hope, if you've been following me along this road, that you'll think about pre-ordering the book and jumping on that same bandwagon.
In the meantime, I'm here to answer questions, give you inside information (nothing you can use on the stock market) and generally be the concierge for YOU, the reader.
Thanks for all your support and interest!
March 6, 2022
Publisher's Weekly Review!
As you may or may not know, the elusive Publisher's Weekly review is always something that authors look forward to receiving.
Well, today I'm excited to share their review of THE SMALL STUFF.
They write:
"Davidson’s quirky debut rom-com cleverly charts the zig-zagging path of its eventual lovers. The cinematic narrative cuts between a variety of seemingly unconnected Angelenos, peripheral characters who are slowly revealed to be instrumental to pushing food critic Maggie Mills and scientist Josh Allen toward each other. The pair’s first remembered meeting happens at an auto body shop after separate traffic accidents, where they exchange flirtatious banter before each mistakenly heading home with the other’s paperwork. The mix-up throws Maggie and Josh back together—and they’re shocked to discover that they’ve been consistently just missing each other since Maggie was 13 and Josh was 15. But when Josh is offered a plum job in Europe, will he choose to prioritize his personal or professional life? Davidson’s large supporting cast is the real charmer here, especially Josh’s romantic father, Mel, who provides the novel’s thesis: there’s “no such thing as an accident.” This unconventional path to happily ever after is sure to stick in readers’ minds. (Apr.)"
You can see it here.
Well, today I'm excited to share their review of THE SMALL STUFF.
They write:
"Davidson’s quirky debut rom-com cleverly charts the zig-zagging path of its eventual lovers. The cinematic narrative cuts between a variety of seemingly unconnected Angelenos, peripheral characters who are slowly revealed to be instrumental to pushing food critic Maggie Mills and scientist Josh Allen toward each other. The pair’s first remembered meeting happens at an auto body shop after separate traffic accidents, where they exchange flirtatious banter before each mistakenly heading home with the other’s paperwork. The mix-up throws Maggie and Josh back together—and they’re shocked to discover that they’ve been consistently just missing each other since Maggie was 13 and Josh was 15. But when Josh is offered a plum job in Europe, will he choose to prioritize his personal or professional life? Davidson’s large supporting cast is the real charmer here, especially Josh’s romantic father, Mel, who provides the novel’s thesis: there’s “no such thing as an accident.” This unconventional path to happily ever after is sure to stick in readers’ minds. (Apr.)"
You can see it here.
February 13, 2022
Blurbs 'o Plenty
It's tough enough to write a book. It's even tougher to get another author who has their own books to write to sit down and read yours and provide a blurb.
That's why I am indebted to the folks who took the time out to read The Small Stuff and provide these amazing blurbs to me ahead of the book release.
I simply wanted to call out these authors, their great books, and the generous words they heaped upon mine.
They are, as follows:
David Yoon: Author of Frankly in Love among many others. I've known David for a long time, in fact before he was ever publishing NYT best selling books he helped design the look and feel of the website for my second book The Lost Blogs. He and his wife (author Nicola Yoon, also a best-selling author in her own right) are genuine, awesome folks.
Nia Vardalos: Author of Instant Mom which was a NYT best seller, and the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of one of the most well-known, celebrated romantic comedies ever: My Big Fat Greek Wedding. She's a genuine, talented person, who is a playwright, an actress, a novelist, a screenwriter, and so much more.
Ann Garvin: Author of I Thought You Said This Would Work. Ann is amazing, hilarious, her book is awesome and when I read her book I felt like she would "get" mine. Which she did. She's been super generous with her time.
Luke Geddes: Author of Heart of Junk which I read and totally dug -- the characters Luke created and their voices in his novel just jumped off the page, which ultimately landed it in Hollywood's Development Hell bucket, meaning a TV network is trying to turn it into a TV series, and hopefully at some point they do. I was pretty humbled when Luke told me had been having a hard time getting into ANY book until he picked up mine, and it was something he just tore through in a pretty short time. He was my first blurb in, and will always be my first. :)
Elizabeth Gonzalez James: I'd seen some of her writing across the Internet, then quickly picked up Mona at Sea when I saw it get announced. It's such a great, well-written book, and Elizabeth's style is unique unto herself.
Melissa Maerz: In this town, how you meet people is often a story unto itself. When I was blogging around the time of my first book Consumer Joe I met a fellow blogger who I established a relationship, who had a good relationship with Melissa. Melissa was promoting her book Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed & Confused and I was hosting my podcast The Side Track and she came on to record her own audio commentary of the movie her book was about. I loved her sense of humor and energy, so I was stoked she wanted to give my novel a read. Needless to say, I credit her with coming up with a great line about the book -- namely, that it's like Nora Ephron and Philip K. Dick wrote a book together!
Suzy Krause The author of Sorry I Missed You, which (wait for it) has sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide -- I thought her book was such a sweet, funny, character-driven book and hoped someone with such talent would lend her words to evaluating MY book. She was as generous as you'd expect, and I so appreciated her words here.
Gary Goldstein: Author of The Last Birthday Party, which also happened to have been released by my publisher Hadleigh House, I'd known Gary through our own industry gigs and since we were both in the Hadleigh House family it was an easy ask. His own debut fiction novel (mentioned above) is a really great book if you haven't had a chance to check it out.
DM Sinclair: Author of A Hundred Million Ghosts, he's been pumping out the novels for years now. He just released Psychic Simon which is the third in a trilogy of books that Ghosts sparked, and he's a hilarious, witty author whose sense of humor is worth checking out.
That's why I am indebted to the folks who took the time out to read The Small Stuff and provide these amazing blurbs to me ahead of the book release.
I simply wanted to call out these authors, their great books, and the generous words they heaped upon mine.
They are, as follows:
David Yoon: Author of Frankly in Love among many others. I've known David for a long time, in fact before he was ever publishing NYT best selling books he helped design the look and feel of the website for my second book The Lost Blogs. He and his wife (author Nicola Yoon, also a best-selling author in her own right) are genuine, awesome folks.
Nia Vardalos: Author of Instant Mom which was a NYT best seller, and the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of one of the most well-known, celebrated romantic comedies ever: My Big Fat Greek Wedding. She's a genuine, talented person, who is a playwright, an actress, a novelist, a screenwriter, and so much more.
Ann Garvin: Author of I Thought You Said This Would Work. Ann is amazing, hilarious, her book is awesome and when I read her book I felt like she would "get" mine. Which she did. She's been super generous with her time.
Luke Geddes: Author of Heart of Junk which I read and totally dug -- the characters Luke created and their voices in his novel just jumped off the page, which ultimately landed it in Hollywood's Development Hell bucket, meaning a TV network is trying to turn it into a TV series, and hopefully at some point they do. I was pretty humbled when Luke told me had been having a hard time getting into ANY book until he picked up mine, and it was something he just tore through in a pretty short time. He was my first blurb in, and will always be my first. :)
Elizabeth Gonzalez James: I'd seen some of her writing across the Internet, then quickly picked up Mona at Sea when I saw it get announced. It's such a great, well-written book, and Elizabeth's style is unique unto herself.
Melissa Maerz: In this town, how you meet people is often a story unto itself. When I was blogging around the time of my first book Consumer Joe I met a fellow blogger who I established a relationship, who had a good relationship with Melissa. Melissa was promoting her book Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed & Confused and I was hosting my podcast The Side Track and she came on to record her own audio commentary of the movie her book was about. I loved her sense of humor and energy, so I was stoked she wanted to give my novel a read. Needless to say, I credit her with coming up with a great line about the book -- namely, that it's like Nora Ephron and Philip K. Dick wrote a book together!
Suzy Krause The author of Sorry I Missed You, which (wait for it) has sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide -- I thought her book was such a sweet, funny, character-driven book and hoped someone with such talent would lend her words to evaluating MY book. She was as generous as you'd expect, and I so appreciated her words here.
Gary Goldstein: Author of The Last Birthday Party, which also happened to have been released by my publisher Hadleigh House, I'd known Gary through our own industry gigs and since we were both in the Hadleigh House family it was an easy ask. His own debut fiction novel (mentioned above) is a really great book if you haven't had a chance to check it out.
DM Sinclair: Author of A Hundred Million Ghosts, he's been pumping out the novels for years now. He just released Psychic Simon which is the third in a trilogy of books that Ghosts sparked, and he's a hilarious, witty author whose sense of humor is worth checking out.
January 16, 2022
Books Clubs, Playlists and Giveaways
I did it. I actually did it.
I never thought I'd do it, because when someone asked me if I should do it, I said, "you know what, I'm not sure anyone will really care" so I jettisoned that idea of creating a discussion guide for The Small Stuff out the back of my brain.
Then someone asked me about it again. What if their book club chose my book -- couldn't I just whip up a page of engaging, introspective questions for everyone to think about, think about some more, and then answer with emotion and impact?
So I did it.
If you head over to my website there's a new section called BOOK CLUBS (catchy, right?) and not only does it include a discussion guide for my upcoming fiction novel, but a Spotify Playlist (!) featuring many of the songs that pepper the landscape throughout the narrative.
On top of that, there will be more I'll be dropping in there as we get closer to the book release which is now a mere 86 days away!
There's also some other cool virtual/viral marketing happening around the book and the characters, but I'll leave that for you to find it and reveal it as we get closer.
Don't forget: My publisher is giving away 100 copies of The Small Stuff in a Goodreads Giveaway, and next week I'll also be giving away 10 signed copies of my last book The Lost Blogs so keep an eye out.
Hope YOU'RE all doing well!
PD
I never thought I'd do it, because when someone asked me if I should do it, I said, "you know what, I'm not sure anyone will really care" so I jettisoned that idea of creating a discussion guide for The Small Stuff out the back of my brain.
Then someone asked me about it again. What if their book club chose my book -- couldn't I just whip up a page of engaging, introspective questions for everyone to think about, think about some more, and then answer with emotion and impact?
So I did it.
If you head over to my website there's a new section called BOOK CLUBS (catchy, right?) and not only does it include a discussion guide for my upcoming fiction novel, but a Spotify Playlist (!) featuring many of the songs that pepper the landscape throughout the narrative.
On top of that, there will be more I'll be dropping in there as we get closer to the book release which is now a mere 86 days away!
There's also some other cool virtual/viral marketing happening around the book and the characters, but I'll leave that for you to find it and reveal it as we get closer.
Don't forget: My publisher is giving away 100 copies of The Small Stuff in a Goodreads Giveaway, and next week I'll also be giving away 10 signed copies of my last book The Lost Blogs so keep an eye out.
Hope YOU'RE all doing well!
PD
January 11, 2022
Goodreads Giveaway for The Small Stuff
A quick note to let. everyone know that The Small Stuff Goodreads giveaway is now live and active.
You can enter for one of 100 free advance copies of the book for your Kindle HERE.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
You can enter for one of 100 free advance copies of the book for your Kindle HERE.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
