First a group of new children's and YA authors with debut books coming out in 2007 formed The Class of 2k7 so they could help each other promote their books. This year a group of new new children's and YA authors have formed the The Class of 2k8 to do the same thing.
They have a blog called, of course, The Class of 2k8. Whenever one of the class members has a book reach its publication date, the blog gives him or her a week-long launch, meaning they blog about the book and author for a whole week. Today is Day 2 for Marissa Doyle.
I think this week-long thing is a neat idea. I know, for myself, publication days are cruelly uneventful. As I may have mentioned before, I think I was cleaning toilets once on the day one of my books was officially published. Even here at the blog nothing much happens. I mention that it's publication day. If I've done a book giveaway I notify the winner. And then that's it.
Of course, this blog is all about me most of the time, anyway, but still I'm liking this week-long launch idea. I will have to think about how I can talk about A Girl, a Boy, and Three Robbers for a whole week and make everyone think I'm saying something new and different and entertaining and not just repeating myself.
2 comments:
Or you could take over the blogs of your blog friends during that week. I'd be happy to host you over at Big A little a!!
I recently went on record about how awkward it is to ask people you know for reviews, so I definitely appreciate your offer. A blog tour had crossed my mind, but I didn't know if there'd be much interest in an early chapter book. But now that you've shown interest, I'll look into it.
The bloggers and I could bring attention to the whole idea of early chapter books rather than just promoting my new one.
Post a Comment