Monday, July 25, 2011

Join my evil marketing scheme...

Just when I thought I would hang up my writing hat for a while as I work towards my Irish exams, I find myself working on marketing.

Remember that fabulous book you've been meaning to buy? You know, Wings of Light... Oh yeah, that one. Well, I'm trying to get it into some stores near you.

A little trick that you could do to help me in this quest...

Call your local bookstore or library and ask if they have Wings of Light by Laura Bingham. When they say no, or offer to special order it for you, just say, "That's okay, I'll just order it from Amazon," and then hang up.

Here's the carrot for you, leave a post saying that you did this and you will be entered to win a $25 Amazon gift card. For each store or library you call, you get one entry.

And, we'll only give away $25 if we get at least 25 stores or libraries called by August 6. We'll use Random.org to choose the winner.

Alright, get your phones out and let's do this thing. It takes people like you to make things work. Thanks for your help.

24 comments:

Unknown said...

I just called my Local Borders =)
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Unknown said...

I just called my local Barnes & Noble
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Unknown said...

I just called my local non-chain book store
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Unknown said...

I called my local Bookstation (book store which caters English books here) :-)

stella.exlibris (at) gmail (dot) com

Kristen said...

I called my local library.

I called my local Barnes and Noble.

And I called my local Borders. :)

It was quite fun to be honest. :)

Great idea!

dragonzgoil at gmail dot com

Llehn said...

Filled out a form for it at my local library :D

lesly7ch(at)yahoo(dot)com

Llehn said...

Badger my local Borders.

lesly7ch(at)yahoo(dot)com

Jenni James said...

I'm sooo happy for you! :)

Now I've gotta call my bookstore.
*grins*

Anonymous said...

Just called my local B&N--I love pushing them to get great authors in :)

Chichai_hana at hotmail dot com

Anonymous said...

Done & Done!

Heather! said...

I just tried to call Borders here in Ireland. Yep, there are five stores on the Emerald Isle. At least, there WERE. Unfortunately, I just found out that they all have closed. What a shame! So instead I called my local library. They know me well there. I asked them to buy *Wings of Light* before I told them I'd get it through Amazon! We'll see what happens! :) Good luck with your evil plan...mwah-ha-ha-ha!!

h4schaffer at gmail dot com

Heather! said...

By the way...Irish exams?? Yikes! Difficult language to learn (for me, anyway). Good woman! :)

WildIrishRose33 said...

I just called the local Borders and did that! :-)

wilirisros33@aol.com

WildIrishRose33 said...

And I called a little "shop around the corner" type of bookstore called The Griffin.

wilirisros33@aol.com

WildIrishRose33 said...

Just called the local library and asked them! Salem Church Library.

WildIrishRose33 said...

Just called the headquarters branch of the library downtown.

WildIrishRose33 said...

Just called the library one county over. England Run Branch.

WildIrishRose33 said...

Called another mom and pop bookstore called the Book Rack.

WildIrishRose33 said...

Just called the walmart on Carl D Silver parkway. They didn't really bother looking, just said they hadn't "seen" it. And then hung up on me.

WildIrishRose33 said...

Called the walmart in Washington Square Plaza. They put me on hold to look and never picked the phone back up.

WildIrishRose33 said...

Just called the Barnes N Noble on Fair Lakes Promenade Drive in Fairfax.

WildIrishRose33 said...

Called the Barnes N Noble in Springfield. Kind of felt bad about that one because she was really nice. :-P

WildIrishRose33 said...

Called the Barnes N Noble in Falls Church.

WildIrishRose33 said...

Called the Barnes N Noble in Glen Allen (really wondering how they have the big chain bookstore when it's a smaller town/city).

Can't make anymore phone calls!! LoL. I have a problem talking on the phone so I can't make anymore calls. But I hope I helped!

wilirisros33@aol.com