Man I’m reading over #DeliAU again after all this time. It’s so dumb but I’m also super proud of it? It’s like my favorite thing I’ve ever done.
I’m kinda amazed I managed to pull this one off. I’m burned out now so the idea of writing like this again is… 🫠
I am like... super proud of this #DeliAU thing so I'll always come back around to talk about this one.
I am kinda bummed that it got a decent batch of reviews the world will never see now. ;_;
Milos’ Deli: Where The Meat Isn’t The Only Thing Getting Handled Paperback – December 21, 2025 by Mar Sel (Author) First edition link before Amazon removed it. It got 5 reviews before it was removed. So wish I still had those. https://www.amazon.com/Milos-Deli-Where-Getting-Handled/dp/B0GC4JZFH3/ref=sr_1_2?crid=R8J2WXGKD174&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dMHA4te950dydXT0aJ16BpR7nUziWRwSSmf4nJ6PNTw.9lP3x3jsvW-HT4NmfCwUQmpybbonEoIs5sLf8rh9jBc&dib_tag=se&keywords=milos+deli+where+the+meat+isn%27t+getting+handled&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1771794252&sprefix=milos+deli+where+the+meat+isn%27t+getting+handle%2Caps%2C125&sr=8-2#averageCustomerReviewsAnchor
First time I'm reviewing this first edition link before Amazon removed it. #DeliAU got 5 reviews before it was removed. SUPER WISH I still had those. Damn, Amazon. You and your draconian nonsense... in my mind I am yeeting you into the eternal bliss of the sun.
Whoever keeps ordering seconds of #DeliAU you’ve got my heart wrapped in butcher paper and tied with twine.
I haven’t promoted the 2nd edition at all (no push, no free copies this time around) so the fact that people are finding it anyway has me doing little toe-tappies.
I'm getting a royalties check from Amazon for using their Kindle Unlimited program last year. I can't believe it.
Everything will get tipped directly to lafillehonteuse who did all the illustrations for #DeliAU. ❤️
Gaaaah! 2nd Edition of Milos' Deli is now in available (and stable). #DeliAU ❤️
I wasn't expecting much traction from this latest edition, but I WAS surprised to see it's already charting the Romantic Comedy (Books) section, which is lovely. Because it is a romantic comedy at heart.
Link(s) in bio!
Sorry for deleting my last update! I was talking about the 2nd Edition of #DeliAU which is in a final review stage. Could have had this done this faster if I had focused, but... yeah.
Anyways!
I figured I'd talk about it more once this gets squared away.
I’ve been meaning to do more with #DeliAU but I’ve been rotting my brain elsewhere at the moment. I think my brain is temporarily trying to escape the horrors of reality atm.
I have the very rare attention of Kindle support to get Milos’ Deli / #deliAU back online and restored. They’re helping me make a second edition for this.
Should focus on getting this live tomorrow…
Am going to work on publishing that second edition of #DeliAU later today I think and it is going to happily live on Kindle since that is what I have.
It is possible.
Just, ugh. The administrative work involved…
If I suck up to Amazon (groans) I believe they'll restore #DeliAU and a new edition of Milos' Deli.
But why work on such administrative nonsense when I can expend braincells friendshipping the two most unlikely haters to ever become friends from a series I am deeply ambivalent about instead?
OH NO!
Amazon killed #DeliAU. 💔
Looks like I'll put it back on AO3 again.
They said it was republished in a way that is confusing or misleading to customers because I didn't state what edition it was.
Now it's blocked. 🥺
One neat thing about Kindle Unlimited till March (which I don’t think I’ll renew because I like keeping #DeliAU on AO3 for free) is that I can see how many pages were read.
Anyways.
Someone read a single page and then shelved it. And I take no offense but I wonder what part did it in for them.
Just when I thought I was done marketing for #DeliAU I am back again for this day only cause it's #BluePit
If you have downloaded the book in my pinned post and enjoyed it (or hell, even if you didn't enjoy it!) it'd mean a lot if you could leave a review. ❤️
What happens when good intentions go viral?
✨ MILOS’ DELI ✨
An adult, queer, character-driven comedy about:
🥪 a sweet, oblivious deli owner
🥪 his exhausted older brother doing damage control
🥪 a stoned line cook
🥪 and love that survives public humiliation
#BluePit 📖 #NA #P #LGBT #HU #R #DeliAU
Goodreads review of Milos' Deli aka #DeliAU by La Fitch: This is a very entertaining, humerous story. Milos has opened his own deli with his brother, who is the serious one. Milos asked their friend to do his marketing for him and she came up with the double entendre series of slogans for him. This book will have you laughing out loud at his inability to see why everyone finds the slogans funny. Do not miss this book.
Y'all I got my first Goodreads review on #DeliAU! I expected zero reviews on this page. I have no idea who this might be. I am just grateful it wasn't a bomb.
Not that I would have terribly minded a bomb (cause hey, it means I made them feel something).
❤️✨🥪✨❤️✨🥪✨❤️✨🥪✨❤️
My local bestie who has been RAVING about Heated Rivalry daily to me picked up a copy of #DeliAU unexpectedly and she loves it (and loves the cover artist even harder).
I told her to please keep her expectations level because it is in no way near as epic (or as spicy) as Heated Rivalry.
Was told today unless #DeliAU is outright porn/smut, DO NOT label your book 18+ or it will go into the Kindle ‘dungeon’...
... Risked it all for that one rimming scene. Was worth it. I wasn't prepared to take it out.
Sorry that I'm still talking about #DeliAU on this platform I'm just still so FLIPPING PROUD of it and am unwilling to use any other platform.
Everyone here is been the Sans to my Frisk with your support. Thank you again! 🤲
Damn, I changed my mind. Just made the changes! Back in review this goes. For anyone who already got their copy of #DeliAU sorry the chapter titles are SO BIG. I considered the size of everything else but that.
I also added an additional "thank you for reading" back page.
... Too tired and over my manuscript to update it again, but I was given some advice and am now *considering* it.
I got what I really wanted which was to have a little copy of #DeliAU to flip through my Kindle app.
Think I'll let this one go.
For any pals who picked up a copy of #DeliAU don't hesitate to leave me an honest review! Even if it's low stars. It's all completely anonymous on my side.
A range of opinions makes a book feel more real and trustworthy, anyway. 💝
I haven’t thanked @maylynn1.bsky.social for this in any official capacity but thank you for being first-reader for #DeliAU. ❤️
If May hadn’t expressed encouragement for the next chapters, Milos’ Deli may not have seen the light of day.
She was my trusted test audience. 💝
Thank you so much for everyone who picked up a copy of #DeliAU this past week! 🙏 I ended up selling 56 copies and made a whooping $6 in royalties (back when it was $0.99, so thank you to everyone who picked it up during that time)!
The free promotion is now over... unless you have Kindle Unlimited.
I've started seeing summaries pop up for #DeliAU that I definitely didn't write myself and I can only assume Amazon has run my text through a genAI machine...
(´～`)
a screenshot of a list of bestselling Two-Hour LGBTQ+ Short Reads from Amazon
Truly an honor for #DeliAU to be sandwiched between these two on Christmas Day:
... I should have rated this #DeliAU +18.
It was marketed as 16–18+
Hoping this doesn't raise flags, cause...
This rimming scene.
It's one paragraph framed as a joke.
But I'm imagining someone having a very different understanding of what "contemporary adult" and ‘slice-of-life comedy’ means.
a screen capture for a 3-day free purchase promotion for a digital copy of Milos’ Deli: Where The Meat Isn’t The Only Thing Getting Handled
Milos’ Deli: Where The Meat Isn’t The Only Thing Getting Handled Kindle Edition - Artwork by lafillehonteuse
✨💖 FREE BOOK! FREE BOOK! 💖✨
I wasn't sure if this was going to work but it works! #DeliAU is currently free for purchase from now till Christmas Day. 🎄
Link! 🔽
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DSTR9NWG
#LGBTQReads
Somewhere in here lives a #DeliAU joke.
Okay... I think. I think the promo is finally all DONE. 😮💨
Thank you to all who bore through this project with me.
Last thing I'll note is that #DeliAU is only $0.99 (which is the lowest price I could set it!) but starting tomorrow it SHOULD BE completely free (with or without KU) until xmas. 🎄
