You guys.
This time next week, our new book, BATTLE OF THE BOOKSTORES will officially be out in the world, and we’ll be one stop into our book tour! We’ve been looking forward to this day for more than a year, so it’s a little surreal that it’s almost here. But we are SO incredibly excited!
Keep reading for all the ways (and incentives!) to pre-order, where you can find us on book tour, and a few other fun things—including a Spotify playlist we made to go along with the book!
But first, let’s talk about those personalized, signed copies!
We’ve partnered with our local indies—Volumes Bookcafe in Chicago, The King’s English in Salt Lake City, and Park Books in Severna Park, MD—to offer signed, personalized copies, plus book swag for everyone who pre-orders the book!
If you pre-order from one of the above stores, you’ll get a print of the custom character art by @artofseda that we commissioned of our bookish lovers, Josie and Ryan (isn’t it cute?!?), plus a naughty or nice bookish pin, and a custom bookmark.
IF YOU WANT YOUR COPY TO BE PERSONALIZED make sure to indicate that on the bookstore’s online order form. You can also use that space to tell us if you want a naughty pin, or a nice one!
PRE-ORDERING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE? ENTER TO WIN A PRIZE BUNDLE!
No matter where you pre-order the book or what format you get it (print, ebook or audio) you can enter to win a prize package including all of the above PLUS a beach towel with the Battle of the Bookstores cover on it. To enter to win, simply email your proof-of-purchase to us at alibradybooks@gmail.com by Monday, June 2nd. (U.S. only)
DID YOU KNOW?!?
There are a few big reasons that authors like us offer incentives for pre-ordering books. First is because all of the pre-order sales count toward the number of copies sold in the first week, so it can give the book a boost on the charts, and give it a chance at landing on a bestseller list.
Also, publishing companies look at those pre-sale and first week numbers to decide if they want to publish another book by the author, and bookstores use the data to determine how many copies of future books they’ll order. So it’s a big deal!
If you think you’ll buy a copy (or copies!) of the book at any point, it would really help us out if you could pre-order or pick it up the first week. To make it easy for you, we’ve gathered all the ordering links right here on our website.
And we’ll include them here, too: Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Target, Books A Million, Hudson, Your local indie or ours: Volumes, The King’s English, and Park Books.
Come and see us on tour!
Our bags are packed and we’re ready to hit the road on book tour! Getting to meet so many of you at our events is a true highlight, and we hope to see you at one of our stops!
You can find information about all of the tour dates on our website, www.alibradybooks.net/booktour. We’ll also include direct links below. RSVPing and buying tickets helps the bookstores know how many books to have in stock so they don’t run out!
6/2 - Naperville @ Anderson’s Bookshop with Shelby Van Pelt
6/3 - Chicago @ Volumes BookCafe with Carly Robyn
6/4 - St. Louis with The Novel Neighbor (Now at the bookstore!)
6/5 - Westfield, IN with Turn The Page Bookstore (at Christ United Methodist Church)
6/6 - Centerville, MD @ Romance-Landia (book signing 1-3)
6/6 - Severna Park, MD @ Park Books with Kathleen Barber
6/7 - New York, NY @ BedHead Pajamas (A pajama party with Ali Rosen)
6/8 - Cambridge, MA @ LoveStruck Books
6/17 - Waterford, WI @ Reads by the River
6/21 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The King’s English with Love Bound Library
9/5-6 - Milwaukee, WI @ Romance Con
A few more fun things…
To help set the mood for Battle of the Bookstores, we created a playlist of songs to go along with the book. It’s a work-in-progress, so we might be adding a few songs or shifting the order, but it’s full of all the romantic vibes of the book. You can listen here.
Our publishing company is hosting a giveaway of 50 digital copies of Battle of the Bookstores over on Goodreads. You can enter to win now through June 2nd!
We are also thrilled to share the news that BATTLE OF THE BOOKSTORES has the incredible honor of being a LIBRARY READS pick for June. You can see the full list here, If you aren’t aware of Library Reads, it’s a huge deal! Every month, librarians around the country vote on their favorite books coming out, and the top ten are included on this list.
Since this is a “special edition” of our newsletter, that’s all we’ve got for now. But just for fun, we’ll pick one random winner to get the pre-order swag. (U.S. only). To enter, let us know what kind of bookish pin you would want—naughty or nice!
Thank you in advance for your support and your friendship and for buying and sharing our book. It truly means the world to us!
xo!
Alison & Bradeigh
AKA Ali Brady
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Nice!
Naughty, of course.
So excited for your book. Enjoy the Bookstore tour