I am looking for up to 19 MG and/or YA authors interested in participating in The Great Postcard Swap & Distribution Promotion.
What it is: A giant exchange of postcards (or bookmarks) promoting a book.
How it works: Twenty authors (including me) will agree to mail out 5 of their postcards or bookmarks to 19 other authors. When you receive the promo material from the other authors, you agree to distribute them in your area (see options for distribution in guidelines).
Objective: To get our promo material in the hands of people we don’t know.
Who is eligible: Middle Grade & YA authors whose novel comes out between January 1st, 2010 and June 30th, 2010.
Books must be from a publisher (no self published books or ebooks at this time).
Canadian and U.S. writers (this means if you live in the US, you must be willing to send postcards to Canada, and vice versa).
How to participate:
I will be taking sign-ups until March 31st, or until I have 20 participants.
Send me an email at restoringharmony10 @ yahoo dot com (please use this even if you have my private email address to make it easier to coordinate).
Include:
author’s name
title of your book & release date
date you expect to have your postcards ready to mail
mailing address
website or blog if you have one (for verification* – see below)
email address
If you don’t include all these things, I may not have time to follow-up with you and I might not include you. Please do not leave this info in the comments section!
What happens next: Once I have 20 people, I will send out an address list to all participants. Each author will send 5 postcards to each person on the list.
Once you start receiving your packets of 5 from other authors, it is your job to distribute them. Please avoid dumping them off somewhere in hopes that people will find them interesting. The idea is to give them to people/places you think might actually be interested.
*Your info will remain as private as I can keep it, while still sending it out to 19 other participants. If you have a P.O. Box, this is the time to use it. I will not post your info anywhere on the web, and all participants agree to use this list ONCE to mail their cards out, and not to distribute it in any way. I will verify that each book is a legitimate release from a publisher and not someone just phishing for addresses.
Suggested places/people to distribute to:
Librarians you know.
School staff you know.
Personal friends who read.
Kids you know – your babysitter, your child’s best friend who loves to read, etc.
Booksellers you know.
Thanks for participating and I look forward to hearing from you! Feel free to ask questions or leave suggestions in the comments section. Since this is an experiment, I’m totally open to ideas from you. If I get more than 20 interested authors, I will probably do a second list. Also, while I know that 5 postcards may not sound like a lot, please remember you will be responsible for handing out 95 others, so that’s why we’re trying it with 5. I’m perfectly willing to discuss it, but I’m afraid if we do more than that, some people might feel overwhelmed and the postcards might not get handed out.
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