A Novel Marketing Idea
Woohoo! When I got to work this morning, my coworker handed me *$60 in cash and a $15 check. Why? He sold five copies of My Lost Summer. He teaches English at a local community college, and he offered his two classes (45 students total) extra credit if they’d read my book and write their responses. They don’t know he knows me. He wants to save it as a surprise and then bring me in the last day of classes to talk about the book, answer their questions.
He sold three copies last week and thinks two more students will order on Wednesday. When he told me he was going to do this, I figured on 20% of the class going for extra credit, and I’m right on.
He said he’d keep making the offer each semester he taught. I say, “All right!”
Thanks, Cris.
*The retail price for My Lost Summer is $16.95. I sell copies from my own stash for $15.
He sold three copies last week and thinks two more students will order on Wednesday. When he told me he was going to do this, I figured on 20% of the class going for extra credit, and I’m right on.
He said he’d keep making the offer each semester he taught. I say, “All right!”
Thanks, Cris.
*The retail price for My Lost Summer is $16.95. I sell copies from my own stash for $15.
posted by Elizabeth Evans Fryer at 5:25 AM
3 Comments:
What an awesome friend to do that!! Very cool!
Yeah, that he's selling my books for me is pretty cool. And I under-reported for last week. He sold FOUR last week--and he just stepped in to my office and handed me money for six more copies! So that's 15 copies in total! That's like a signing with no effort on my part.
I'm sure a big name like John Grisham wouldn't be this excited about 15 copies, but I'm a little no-name--yet :) it's pretty good.
Overall, the book is doing as well as I'd expected, maybe a little better. Maybe I'll write a blog entry about my success in the first year.
All right what a good friend you have!
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