Galley mailing to key reviewers and media outlets 4-5 months prior to publication.
Advanced review copies and press materials sent to a targeted list of 150-200 reviewers. Additional review copies available by request: [email protected].
National advertising: Poets & Writers.
Outreach to online media and bloggers including BuzzFeed, Bustle, Book Riot, Literary Hub, etc.
Buy-ins to relevant academic conferences, trade shows, and publications: American Library Association Annual Meeting, CBSD Sales, and Academic catalogs, etc.
Spring book announcements submitted to Publishers Weekly.
Online/social media campaign: Extensive promotion through BOA’s website, blog, e-newsletter (7,400+ subscribers), Facebook (7,000+ followers), Twitter (9,000 followers), Instagram (2,500+ followers), and Pinterest (840+ followers) accounts.
Full-page feature in publisher’s in-house catalog.
E-postcards will be sent to the author’s professional contacts as well as BOA’s academic contacts, reviewer contacts, bookstore contacts, and literary bloggers.
Personalized physical postcards will be sent to author’s 500-person mailing list.
Simultaneous ebook and print publication. Ebook ISBN will be included on all press materials, author and publisher websites, and whenever print ISBN is listed.
Planned events for bookstores and colleges in Indiana, Ohio, Alabama, and New York.
Limited co-ops available.
Promotion through the author’s website: www.fourforaquarter.com
Winner of the BOA Short Fiction Prize
Finalist for the the Big Other Award for Fiction
The Complete Writings of Art Smith, the Bird Boy of Fort Wayne, Edited by Michael Martone is a Midwestern mythology that celebrates facts, fiction, and the impermanence of art. Inspired by the real-life pioneer of early aviation who invented the art of skywriting, the brief stories in this collection by “editor” Michael Martone follow the adventures of Art Smith and his authorship in the sky. In the spirit of Kurt Vonnegut and Hayao Miyazaki, The Complete Writings of Art Smith, the Bird Boy of Fort Wayne, Edited by Michael Martone recreates the wonder of the early flying machines as it reimagines the unwritten stories we tell about the daredevils who flew them.
