It works relatively simply. You determine how many copies of a book you want to ship (it has to be a physical book), WHERE you want to ship it and how long the contest will run. Goodreads then has to approve it and if so, it's live.
When I contacted my publicist about it, he said, sure, Dundurn would ship 5 copies to any address in Canada. (Spooky Sudbury is a regional title, focusing on ghost, UFO and supernatural creature stories set in or near Sudbury, Ontario).
We had 197 people enter the contest. The winners were drawn earlier this week.
Yesterday I popped down to Dundurn's office to sign copies of the winning entries and they are being mailed out today.
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| Laura Harris (editor), Mark Leslie (author), Jim Hatch (publicist) |
I had the pleasure of getting to meet my amazing editor (Laura Harris) and awesome publicist (Jim Hatch) in person. One of the things I love about Dundurn is that the people there are wonderfully supportive. Yes, I toil in the indie-publishing world, and also release self-published products. But I also enjoy working with a great publisher, too. I find that there is much to be gained by embracing both traditional publishing and self-publishing ventures.
Laura was a fantastic editor to work with - she helped Jenny and I take the book from a really good original draft to something really great. She made insightful suggestions, asked great questions, pointed out modifications that would make it even better and kept things on track. And Jim has been tirelessly working at various angles to get some spotlight on the book -- so far, I'll be doing two radio spots and one television spot next Friday when I'm in town. And there's more great promo opps coming.
The results of the giveway are that 103 people added SPOOKY SUDBURY to their Goodreads libraries (only 7 of them are Goodreads friends). Getting your book added to folk's libraries by getting them to add it to their "To Read" and even better, their "Read" library, help aid in the discovery of a title. Of course, getting people to rate and review the boo, help best of all. But it all adds up.
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| Banner for Spooky Sudbury - author photos by www.jorophotography.com |
SPOOKY SUDBURY is being released officially next week. Jenny and I will be signing copies at the Chapters in Sudbury from 11 AM to 1 PM on Saturday September 28th. Then we're heading over to the Coles New Sudbury from 2 PM until 5 PM. Here's a link to the event on Facebook.
Here are some places you can purchase the book
Print Book - Chapters/Indigo
Print Book - Amazon.ca Amazon.com
Print Book - Support US Independent Bookstores
Print Book - Barnes & Noble
eBook - Kobo
eBook - Jan's Paperbacks (Oregon) - US Indie Store I'll be at in Nov. (You can search for the eBook at your favourite local indie bookstore to purchase the Kobo book through them and support your local bookstore - http://www.indiebound.org/ebooks)
eBook - Amazon (Kindle)
eBook - Barnes & Noble (Nook)
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