## Chapter 74: On-Shelf Thoughts
Tomorrow at noon, the book will be going on sale. Although this isn’t my first time, I still can’t help but feel a little nervous and anxious.
After all, every book is a brand new start, a new story, and a new experience.
While this isn’t my first time writing historical fiction, writing about the Victorian era is a first.
To be honest, before starting the book, I discussed it a lot with my editor Canaan, and I’m very grateful for his inspiration and help with the story’s setting.
Initially, I planned to write a fantasy story set in the Victorian era.
But as I prepared more and more, and read more and more related books, I realized that even without modifying the background, creating a story directly using the historical context of the Victorian era was already very exciting.
That’s how this current book, “Shadows of Great Britain,” came to be.
In “Sapiens,” the author divides human history into several stages, marked by three significant events.
The first, starting in ancient times, is the Cognitive Revolution, which ultimately ended with the victory of Homo sapiens over Neanderthals and other species, marking the end of this era.
The second is the Agricultural Revolution, which began 10,000 years ago. This revolution changed the way humans produced goods, transitioning from gathering and hunting to settled agriculture based on farming. Dotted city-states were built upon this foundation, and the light of civilization began to appear. Slavery, feudalism, centralized power… various forms of social organization emerged, and various empires and kingdoms took their turns on the stage.
The third is the Industrial and Technological Revolution, which began two hundred years ago. To be honest, until now, there is still debate in academia about why the Industrial Revolution first emerged on the small island of Britain, isolated overseas. Some say it was the accumulation of colonial plunder, others say it was because Britain was the first to establish a constitutional monarchy, others say it was because of Britain’s navy and trade tradition, and still others say the Industrial Revolution was purely a coincidence.
I don’t know the specific reason, and I can’t figure it out either. I can only try my best to present a glimpse of that era through my own limited understanding of it.
Of course, my perspective cannot represent that era.
Here, I want to quote a famous saying by Marcus Aurelius: “Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
I hope that while entertaining you, I can provide you with a perspective. As for what you see from that perspective, that’s your readers’ skill.
Alright, I’ve said enough about that. Let’s talk about the on-shelf issue.
Here, I want to first thank all of you readers for your collections, recommendations, votes, and rewards. I also want to thank Old Wolf and Magic Melon for the chapter pushes. Thank you all very much.
Of course, the book is going on sale, so I have to ask for subscriptions. Tomorrow it goes on sale, so first, I’m asking for a first-day subscription.
Tomorrow’s on-shelf update should be five chapters, and after that, the update frequency will be three chapters per day.
The extra update rule is that for every 3,000 first-day subscriptions, I’ll add one chapter. For every 1,000 monthly votes, I’ll add one chapter.
For every Patron, I’ll add one chapter, and for Silver Patrons, and so on.
Also, I just asked the book’s operations officer, Gruggy Witch, to help build a reader group. The group number is in the author’s words and introduction. You can join if you cast a monthly vote and have 100 fan points.
Finally, thanks again for your support. Tomorrow at noon, if you have time, please come and subscribe on the first day. I kneel in gratitude to all of you!
(End of Chapter)