Battle of the Bands: Preorder to Get "Tickets" and Backstage Passes!
So Battle of the Bands is almost here! We’re a few month away from this wholesome collection. It’s been a real thrill putting this together and watching it work its way into the world, especially with one of my writerly BFFs.
Kirkus even gave it a star, calling it “an impressive feat impeccably pulled off.”
Usually when you see a preorder campaign, there are signed bookplates and other such things, which is kinda hard with an anthology. It’s a bit impossible to get bookplates sent to all sixteen people. Whew!
So, we came up with really cute pieces of swag that I think everyone will get a kick out of. In the spirit of music festivals and Warped Tours, the kind of events so many of the contributors grew up on, we’ve put together these fun backstage passes and VIP tickets.
And by tickets, we do mean bookmarks. That look like tickets.
As for those festival passes, designed by my friend Andres Jimenez (hire him for things!), they have the names of everyone in the book on them, and will look so good as keychains or bulletin boards where you collect your own music festival passes.
How do you get these? Easy! There are two ways:
Preorder from Your Favorite Retailer: Order a copy from the retailer of your choice, and send us proof of your purchase! Just email a screenshot or something on over to ericsmithrocks@gmail.com, and we’ll send you a pass and bookmark the week after the book comes out. International orders are okay! These are light, flat items. We can do that.
Request a Copy at Your Local Library: We love libraries. Obviously. A certain co-editor is a librarian. Hi Lauren. So if you request a copy from your local library, let us know! You can send us a photo or a screenshot or whatever of the request, and that’ll count for the bookmark and exclusive backstage pass! Just send it on over to ericsmithrocks@gmail.com
And that’s it!
If you’re a school, librarian, school librarian, book club, etc… let us know. We’re happy to send a few extra bookmarks if you’d like them to give away to your teen readers. Are you a bookseller who wants a bundle to giveaway? Yes, ask! Happy to share!
Thanks for supporting this book. It’s been a total blast putting it together, and we hope you all love it.