And so, it begins ...

Let the cacophony of coercing Christmas consumption commence!

Nov 01, 2025

And so, it begins ...

Halloween is over. Let the cacophony of coercing Christmas consumption commence!

You know I wrote some books, right?

Volume I of On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down has sold close to a hundred thousand copies. Volume II has sold a shit-ton as well.

Half of all sales occur in November and December. That’s because the books make great gifts. But it’s also great for me if you buy them, because duh.

But what is the best way for YOU to give ME a gift this holiday season? Buy either book, or both books. Both is good. But the effect is quite different, in case you’re curious.

Volume I was first published in 2021. The sales were so strong it led to a two-book deal with Penguin Random House the following year. A big-ass deal. We reworked and republished Volume I in 2023 under the Bantam imprint. If you buy Volume I, it makes a small dent in the large advance they gave me. Perhaps even more important is that it shows the salespeople and the bookstores that this book continues to sell well more than two years since its (re)launch. That’s relevant because I mentioned it was a two-book deal. I have a new book coming in the next year or so that I have high hopes for. Strong ongoing sales for V1 will be beneficial for when this new book, tentatively titled Greedy Sexist Religious Bigots: A History of Humanity, comes out.

Volume II, however, continues to be self-published (my decision). If you buy that, I make money now. The margins on self-published books are really good, so it’s actually a decent chunk that I make off each purchase.

Every single story from both volumes has been available for free on this page, published repeatedly, because that’s the kind of guy I am. The books are also available in a lot of libraries. So, read them here for free, or get them at the library. That’s awesome and I appreciate ALL my readers.

But if you wanna give them as a gift, people do love to receive them. Buy a bunch of them. One guy said he bought 15 one year for all his employees. Another woman said she bought six to give to all her MAGA family just to piss them off with all the various euphemisms for Orange Julius Seize Her.

Enough rambling. There are ample linkages to get them via JamesFell.com/books.

Oh and if you already bought the books, muchas fuckin’ gracias! Please feel free to say something awesome about them in the comments to boost this fucker.