I was browsing the web and came across a book marketing post with a fantastic idea. Create business cards for your book! So I did. Aren’t they lovely? I am really pleased by the brown border for the front of the card. It grounds the book cover and gives the card some weight. Also, it’s just a gorgeous cover! 🙂
I honestly can’t wait to hand these out to people that I meet.
Stranger: “What do you do?”
Me: “I’m an author! I just published my first book.”
Stranger: “That’s awesome, what’s it about?”
Me: “An American girl in Norway whose best friend is kidnapped by an ugly troll.”
Stranger: “That’s so creative. What’s the title?”
Me: “Zaria Fierce and the Secret of Gloomwood Forest. Here take my card.”
Stranger: “Wow! That’s the cover? It looks so good!”
Hi Keira,
It’s a brilliant idea, never thought or seen this before. Good strategy for authors to promote their books.
Thanks Alex! I’ve found it very useful and easy. I can slip somebody the card while chatting and they can use it to remember me or pass it along to another reader who might be interested. Some people have told me they use it as a bookmark once they get the book, which is neat because I wasn’t intending the business cards to be used that way. That’s what I call an expected bonus. 🙂