Darlin' Wiki

***Darlin'*** is a young adult, romance & drama book created by Ana Sophía, written by Miggy & distributed by **NONUPLE Black Media**. It follows the life of 16-year old Ana Sophía in the United States, challenged with overcoming social difficulties in high school while balancing her love life with Miggy as she begins to feel her world become fast-paced.

## **The Darlin' Wiki**

Her story. My story. Our story. The Darlin' Wiki website is a free online reference service, updated by Ana Julia as a place to find information regarding the content of the book. It contains additional information from the story regarding the background of characters featured in the book.

***Darlin'*** was released globally on January 22 of 2022 exclusively through the **Darlin' By Miggy** website for a limited time until February 20, 2022. Although eBook sale numbers were never posted publicly, the United States & Brazil generated the majority of sales. It features 300 eBook pages & names over 20 different characters along the storyline. The physical copy edition, ***Darlin' 117***, was made available for online purchase on ***May 26, 2022***. at 00:00 (PST). With just 100 copies available for public purchase, they sold all available stock by 00:02 (PST), selling out in just under 2 minutes. The remaining 17 copies were reserved and distributed by Ana Sophía & Miggy.

## Synopsis

Ana Sophía has life in the United States going excellently for her. She attends her classes regularly, practices soccer with her best friends, Emma & Julie, and maintains a healthy relationship with her boyfriend, Miggy. For the past 3 years, Ana Sophía has nothing but unforgettable memories in her experience away from home. That all changes when Miggy offers her the opportunity to enlist as a paid athlete for a private league. Ana Sophía must challenge her limits in grace of competitiveness and test her trust amongst those that enter her life of popularity. Wanting to return back home to Brazil means making money and making correct decisions, something Ana Sophía believes she & Miggy can achieve to pull off her once-thought impossible dream.

## Marketing & Sales

### **Launch campaign**

On November 19 of 2021, **NONUPLE Black Media** assumed distribution rights for the upcoming release of Ana Sophía's story, titled ***Darlin'***. With a pre-order window of 24 hours, ***Darlin'*** eBook sales surpassed the 1,000 targeted mark within the first hour. On January 14, of 2022, the pre-order sales were released and the following day, the United States version was made available for regular purchase. The launch was deemed successful within the first hours, with many positive reviews of both the pacing and portrayal of the first-person narrative. Marketing for the book during its release included ad-space on YouTube podcasts.

The following week, ***Darlin'*** was made available globally, with Brazil, Canada and Russia placing the top ranked numbers for international purchases made. The eBook was available globally for a 1 month period, from January 22 to February 22 of 2022. With anticipation, NONUPLE Black Media confirmed that there would not be an extended period of time for additional purchases beyond the 1 month availability. Although the eBook sales ended, a future physical copy version was announced for a May 2022 launch, convincing some to halt their purchases of electronic copies.

### **Public Review**

***Darlin'*** charted an overwhelming positive feedback wave upon its release. Critics and trial readers reported an outstanding opinion on the content, citing relatability and excellent organization of story flow as its strengths. A major negative point included its failure to close the ending story and leave the outcome open. Although it was a personal choice from the author to allow the reader to decide whether or not the story finishes as how it ended, many readers reported a desire to have closed the story with more clarity instead of an open outcome. Miggy cited that the 1st draft version explained the fate of all characters but was removed by decision of Ana Sophía, whom Miggy insisted was the final decision-maker on storyline events for his debut book.

## Darlin' 117

### **Launch campaign**

May 26th of 2022 was the launch date of the ***Darlin'*** physical copies. ***Darlin' 117*** was produced in honor of Ana Sophía & Miggy's 117 combined career goals, with Miggy scoring 101 across the pro-teams he represented and Ana Sophía with 16 during her career, up to the point of the book release time period. They were printed with the intention of targeting close friends that could learn about the relationship of Ana Sophía & Miggy. 100 copies were sold online at a first come, first serve basis. 17 copies were distributed by Ana Sophía & Miggy personally. The physical copy version contains more explicit content and detailed explanations of events within the chapter storylines.

## Second book plans

### Story continuation

Although no update nor comment on a potential second book that continues the story of Ana Sophía, she herself confirmed that the acquisition of her original personal journal was made by Miggy in 2021. In an Instagram story, Ana Sophía revealed that he purchased the journal that contains all her stories from when she lived in the United States, never making a copy of it. Part of the purchase also meant he could publish future books containing any content from her journal. Despite not wanting to detail the amount purchased for, she highlighted that Miggy's ***Darlin'*** contained just 1/3 of all her experiences she wrote down, which opens the possibility of a second book launch in the near future. Despite having had sold the rights of usage of her story, Ana Sophía expressed support for a second ***Darlin'*** book..