Episode 20: Sell It!

Kate's preorder and launch + holiday reports 🏝

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In episode twenty, we talked about marketing in all its guises, and the ways in which authors participate in it.

So, in the interests of being vaguely okay at marketing, let’s start off with a few of the links we promised in the episode itself.

First up, our personal newsletters — which have different content to this newsletter.

Kate’s author newsletter:

Kate J. Armstrong

Amie’s author newsletter:

Amie Kaufman: Finding North

Amie’s occasional newsletter with her co-author, Meagan Spooner:

Amie and Meg's Newsletter

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All done? We’ll reward you with a couple of behind the scenes holiday pics! Amie’s holiday trip was spent in the bush, with zero phone reception. As Pip and the other kids threw stones into the river (good for at least an hour’s entertainment a day), the adults reflected that kids have probably been doing this, in this very river, for tens of thousands of years.

Meanwhile, Kate has been on a far more exotic trip. Here’s her dinner view in Mexico. Just awful. HOW DID SHE BEAR IT. (You can probably tell who’s writing this newsletter, and that I am totally and absolutely fine with Kate’s glorious beach adventure. No, really. Love that for her. Zero jealously.)

Now, on to Kate’s other big news! First up, we’ve got her appearances—if you come along to one of these events, make sure you tell Kate you’re a Pub Dates listener!

We’ve also got Kate’s preorder offer — you can click here to get all the details and FAQs, including how to register for your enamel pin.

And if you want a signed and personalised copy of Nightbirds, character cards AND that pin, then you can preorder from One More Page books right here. (And if you’re an Aussie, stand by for future news about Kate’s launch and giveaway plans!)

And that’s it for this issue! We’ll see you next time when, sneak peek, we’ll be talking about how an author chooses which research to use and which to leave behind, through the lens of all the stuff we learned about the 1920s! See you then!