All Hat, No Cattle: Marketing Q&A
Thanks to all the creators that attended Curious City’s “All Hat and No Cattle Children’s Book Marketing in Today’s Wild, Wild West” talk at the SCBWI Wild, Wild Midwest Conference. You had great questions. I hope these are great answers. (For those with website or blog questions, I answered your questions over yonder.) CURIOUS CITY How does Curious City work with new clients? What do you cost? Does Curious City work with unpublished authors and illustrators? Self-published creators? Thanks for asking. That is swell of you. These questions are best answered on...
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THE MEMENTO NORA PROJECT Publishing Student Comics Inspired by Teen Novel “You said someone needs to remember. I was thinking maybe we could do it with a comic book. Okay, maybe more like a comic strip. With our stories. And maybe other kids could tell us their memories before they are erased.” -from the novel, Memento Nora by Angie Smibert The upcoming teen novel, Memento Nora by Angie Smibert (Marshall Cavendish) is set in a near-future dystopian world where daily attacks by a terrorist Coalition (as well as any other memory) can be wiped from people’s...
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Attention Junior Mushers! Attention Readers! Terry Lynn Johnson’s novel, Dogsled Dreams is based on her own aspirations as a teenager to become a champion dogsled racer. What are your aspirations? Do you have ‘dogsled dreams’? Produce a video or photo slideshow for YouTube featuring your personal ‘dogsled dreams’ and you could, Win $100 from Komatik Outfitters. This contest is open February 1, 2011 – April 1, 2011 Everyone will be invited to VOTE of their favorite video from April 10 – April 20 with the winner...
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