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Abby McDonald
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- United Kingdom
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September '09 pub dates!
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Marketing and Promotion
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Fiction Writers
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Children's Writers
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Bernice L. McFadden left a comment for Abby McDonald
"Dear Book Lover:
You may not know me or my work, but I am the national bestselling, award winning novelist of six critically acclaimed novels who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR…"
Abby McDonald posted a video
Do you know the popularity rules?
Join the conversation at http://www.popularityrules.comCopyright Ben Mallaby & Abby McDonald 2009
Jennie Nash replied to the discussion 'Corporate partnership/sponsorship' in the group Marketing and Promotion
"Hi Abby,
The impact of the Ford relationship was complex because the deal was quite unusual. 100,000 books rather saturated the market, which was both good and bad. For awhile there, everyone in the known breast cancer universe had read my book --…"
Abby McDonald replied to the discussion 'Corporate partnership/sponsorship' in the group Marketing and Promotion
"Jennie, this is great - thanks for sharing! Did you see it make a marked impact on your sales at all? (You mention Ford gave away 100k copies... were those purchased, and did you see royalties, or was it a purely promotional move?) As for their…"
Jennie Nash replied to the discussion 'Corporate partnership/sponsorship' in the group Marketing and Promotion
"I did both -- a cold call phone pitch and a VERY detailed print pitch. My phone pitch was basically jsut to get a YES for sending the print package.
Ford worked with my breast cancer memoir because they are a major national sponsor of Komen Race…"
Hope Edelman replied to the discussion 'Corporate partnership/sponsorship' in the group Marketing and Promotion
"Jennie, that sounds absolutely brilliant. Did you type up an actual marketing plan, or was the "pitch" you described one you gave over the phone? And what was the connection between Ford Motor Company and a breast cancer memoir? Did their…"
Jennie Nash replied to the discussion 'Corporate partnership/sponsorship' in the group Marketing and Promotion
"Hope, do you feel comfortable telling us the name of the company?"
Jennie Nash replied to the discussion 'Corporate partnership/sponsorship' in the group Marketing and Promotion
"I've done two book tours with corporate sponsors -- and one of them gave away 100,000 copies of my memoir. That was Ford Motor Company, and the book was a memoir about my experience with breast cancer. I also did a tour last year for a novel,…"
Angela Henry replied to the discussion 'Corporate partnership/sponsorship' in the group Marketing and Promotion
"I've heard of stores like Macy's who have authors come sign and then give away copies of their books for women who buy a certain product, like a gift with purchase. Check out the link below for what I mean. And I'm guessing their…"
Hope Edelman replied to the discussion 'Corporate partnership/sponsorship' in the group Marketing and Promotion
"That Cocoa Bella promotion is brilliant. Coralee jewelry company did something similar for 7 authors--a limited edition bangle bracelet collection. http://www.carolee.com/category/bracelets/authors+collection.do
These are the kind of ideas we really…"
Angela Henry replied to the discussion 'Corporate partnership/sponsorship' in the group Marketing and Promotion
"It can be done as long as you clearly outline what the corporation/sponsor has to gain by partnering with you. I was just reading the other day about mystery writer Kyra Davis whose main character in her mystery series loves Cocoa Bella chocolates,…"
Susanne Dunlap replied to the discussion 'Corporate partnership/sponsorship' in the group Marketing and Promotion
"This is an interesting idea, but unless it's a topical non-fiction book, I can't imagine in these days of tight budgets that corporations would be interested. I honestly don't know!
On the other hand, you could be a trailblazer.…"
Abby McDonald commented on the group 'London Writers'
"Another London writer here.. Hello! I write commercial fiction for teens and adults: abbymcdonald.com"
Profile Information
- Who I am:
- www.abbymcdonald.com
www.twitter.com/abbymcdonald
wwww.poptext.org
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- For teens: Sophomore Switch (US - Candlewick Press, UK - Walker Books as 'Life Swap'), 'Boys, Bears & A Serious Pair of Hiking Boots (2010)
For adults: The Popularity Rules (UK - Arrow, Sept 2009)
- My writing is:
- Fiction
Abby McDonald's Videos
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 1:28pm on February 16, 2010,
Loretta Matson said… - Your website looks great!
- At 10:07am on December 4, 2009,
Bernice L. McFadden said… - Dear Book Lover:
You may not know me or my work, but I am the national bestselling, award winning novelist of six critically acclaimed novels who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR will celebrate its 10th anniversary and in order to commemorate this milestone I am campaigning to sell 10,000 copies between now and that date.
“Bernice L. McFadden's first novel begins with the brief, poetic description of a crime so startling that the reader is helplessly drawn in, as if a bright red door stood ajar on a bleak and forbidding house. Pearl Taylor's daughter, Jude, has been found murdered and mutilated near a field at the edge of town. "The murder had white man written all over it," writes McFadden. "But no one would say it above a whisper. It was 1940. It was Bigelow, Arkansas. It was a black child. Need any more be said?" In the years that follow, Pearl catches sight of Jude in so many strangers that when Sugar Lacey comes to town and sets up her unwholesome "business" in the house next door, she doesn't know whether to believe what she sees in Sugar's face: a striking similarity to Jude, dead 15 years. In her sedate but supple prose--rising at times to a light, unforced lyricism in the description of landscape or character--the author perfectly renders the closed and protective society of a small Southern town, the superstitions, gossip, and prying.”
I’m asking that you purchase a copy of SUGAR for yourself, a friend or family member. And yes, KINDLE purchases count.
If you could help spread the word by blogging, twittering ad Face-booking my campaign, it would mean the world to me.
Peace & Light,
Bernice L. McFadden
www.bernicemcfadden.com
www.firstborngirl.blogspot.com
www.amazon.com
www.B&N.com
- At 7:42am on July 3, 2009,
Rebekah Spicuglia said… - welcome!! thanks for adding me:) xoRebekah
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