no really, help KJ launch Playing the Witch Card
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no really, help KJ launch Playing the Witch Card
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Hi writers! Today’s episode was supposed to come with a link to a Google Doc containing everything you could POSSIBLY use or do to help me get Playing the Witch Card out into the world. It didn’t. The doc is HERE—and hang onto it if you have a book of your own launching soon, because you should just copy and paste and re-create.
But since fate has forced me into this email (the third in as many days; apologies), I’m just going to go ahead and drop all that info right here. Truly, it’s hard to break a book through the noise right now. If you doubt me, take a look at the latest from Publishing Confidential (which you should 100% be subscribed to) which quotes Jane Friedman’s Hot Sheet (huge ditto, totally worth the $$). I appreciate absolutely anything you’re willing and able to do.
Ways You Can Support Playing the Witch Card
Yes, order the book (thank you!). You probably want two. Or more. So don’t hesitate to order from all the places and share all the links with all of your friends.
Bookshop.org Amazon Barnes&Noble Still North Books and Bar
And here are plenty of other ways you can offer support! Keep scrolling and you’ll find: Suggested Instagram posts and Reels--all with suggested text and hashtags to make it EASY PEASY LEMON SQUEEZY.
A TikTok video with complete instructions for adding music, a caption and hashtags or links to my tiktok posts to re-share or stitch if that’s your vibe.
Do you X-Twitter or Thread or anything of the ilk? Here’s a great short phrase to adapt or use:
It’s all fun and games until your mother shows up with your ex in the trunk of her car… which is why I cannot wait to read Playing the Witch Card by KJ Dell’Antonia. It’s a warm and witchy book full of hereditary magical chaos and unexpectedly eerie twists–perfect for fall!. https://geni.us/PlayingTheWitchCard (53 words)
Everything you need to suggest that your library system purchase Playing the Witch Card.
Suggested text for an addition to your weekly email, if you have one. Cover images and the flap copy are all way down there too!
SO:
1) Please tell your local indie bookstore about Playing the Witch Card.
2) Please add Playing the Witch Card to your WANT TO READ shelf on Goodreads!
3) Please leave a review of Playing the Witch Card on Bookshop.org, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Goodreads, etc. (only Amazon cares if you purchased the book or if it’s released yet, so knock yourself out in those other places!)
4) Please download these graphics and share on social media:
Instagram Posts:
Caption idea: Here’s my first pic for a fun read this fall: Playing the Witch Card from @kjda! Why? Because it’s all fun and games until your mom shows up with your ex in the trunk of her car… Think Gilmore Girls meets Practical Magic or Elin Hildebrandt but make it witches, and think rogue Tarot deck in a small town full of family secrets, bound and determined that the truth will out no matter how many recalcitrant teens, unpredictable mothers or dueling exes get in the way. #bookstagram #fallvibes #playingthewitchcard #witchybooks
Or here’s the book image to pop into anything of your own…
Instagram Reels to download (no Canva login or experience required) :
UK Reel
Caption: Time for #fallvibes and #witchybooks and I’m starting with Playing the Witch Card by @kjda (cookies from @cookieinthekitchen). #playingthewitchcard #witchyvibes #bookstagram
TikTok–just click the link to download a short TikTok, and upload it to your TT. I suggest either Out of the Woods or Season of the Witch for music, and know that if you hit “add link” then “book” and search Playing the Witch Card, you can add it. Caption: #witchybook by @kjdellantonia with cookies from @cookieinthekitchen Want more hashtags? #booktok #fallvibe are good. (No Canva account or experience required, and it WILL download to your phone.)
5) Please include Playing the Witch Card as a recommended read in your email! Suggested text:
Looking for a book with a spooky fall fun vibe–AND complex family relationships and a few twists and turns? How about Playing the Witch Card from KJ Dell’Antonia. Why? Because it’s all fun and games until your mom shows up with your ex in the trunk of her car… Think Gilmore Girls meets Practical Magic or Elin Hildebrandt but make it witches, and think rogue Tarot deck in a small town full of family secrets, bound and determined that the truth will out no matter how many recalcitrant teens, unpredictable mothers or dueling exes get in the way.
Bookshop.org Amazon Barnes&Noble Still North Books and Bar
6) Please suggest that your book club read Playing the Witch Card!
7) Please suggest that your library system purchase Playing the Witch Card. Don't know how to do that? Go to your library’s website (or library system) and look for a section called “Recommend a title” or “Suggest a Title for Purchase” etc. It’s often in the Contact Us tab. This usually brings up the needed form. When filling out the form, you'll likely need some or all of the following information:
Title: Playing the Witch Card
Author: KJ Dell'Antonia
Format: Book
Paperback : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 0593713796
ISBN-13 : 978-0593713792
Item Weight : 11.6 ounces
Dimensions : 5.16 x 0.72 x 7.96 inches
Genre or category: Fiction, Witches, Family Saga, Halloween, Adult, Romance
Audience: Adults
Language: English
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Year: 2023
Publication Date:September 12, 2023
Price: $17.00
8) And, of course, please tell someone else about the book!
9) If you’re thinking how thorough this is and planning to steal it for your own book launch use, DO–but while you do, credit Patrice Gopo, whose structure and library language I totally copied here. Check out her support page for her book, Autumn Song, Essays on Absence, which you should also just get and read.
10) If you made it this far, hit reply and tell me to hang in there? :)