I’m very excited to be releasing my first children’s picture book starring Doug the Dung Beetle – The Long Roll Home.
It’s now available in Apple’s iBookstore (or iTunes) for your iPad (also coming out soon as hardback on Amazon).
But that’s enough of a plug, as now I have a favour to ask you and as you know I don’t ask for many favours.
Please check out the book if you have an iPad. I admit that dung mightn’t be your cup of tea (and if not, then why not by now?). So don’t feel obliged to buy, but please tell a friend, who might be interested in a bit of toilet humour.
Yep, this is my flashy marketing campaign – word of mouth – and it all starts with you!
Hopefully it will not end in Chinese whispers with a result of ‘Mug the Coffee Cup – the long cold drink’. Here’s to becoming a big, shiny pitchfork in the haystack!
Best of luck with your book. I wish I had an Ipad so I could read it.
Hey, thanks for taking the time to read my post and wishing me luck.
Marti
Congrats, Marti! I’ll leave this post in my inbox and go download the book tomorrow. I’m sure my kids will love it as much as me!
Thanks Carrie. I would have thought your kids are a bit too old – but having said that, are you ever to old for a bit of toilet humour?
Marti
No. No you’re not. 😉
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Just came back to tell you I love the book. So cute! Can’t wait to show my nephew when I go visit him next. 🙂
Oh shucks Carrie, that means alot coming from you. I googled kids picture book marketing tips and tricks and ended up on a site saying how hard it was and advice like avoid rhyming, get someone else to draw etc etc…..made me feel down – don’t know what it is that seeing the written word makes it therefore true….anyway I had fun, learnt heaps and am happy with how it ended up. Glad you like it.
I think when writing about poo, all rules go right out the window. 😉 And rhyming sure seemed to work for Dr. Seuss…
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Congratulations! … and good luck! 🙂
Thanks – I’ll need it….so many books out there – but not many dung beetles
The good ones are always found at one time or another! 🙂
Thanks:)
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Congrats Marti! Best of luck with the book!!
Thanks – with a whopping total sales total of 6, I think it will be a long journey 🙂 onwards and upwardds!