Danny in a Newfangled World

Where to Buy the Book

// November 18th, 2010 // No Comments » // Books

More and more people are asking me where they can pick up a copy of Danny in a Newfangled World.  It is still not widely available at bookstores… But I’m working on that.

For now, the book can be purchased at Lollipop Art Lounge in downtown Oakville and a Different Drummer Bookstore in Burlington.  As well, it is available through Amazon.com and will soon be on the shelves at Chapters Oakville.

I am hitting the Christmas fairs in and around Oakville and Mississauga starting with the Hopedale Presbyterian Christmas Fair this Saturday.  Next week, I will be attending Chapters Oakville to do a reading from my book on Tuesday November 23 at 7pm.  On December 4, I’m selling at St. Christopher’s Elementary School Christmas Bazaar in Mississauga.  On December 9, I will be at the Sip & Shop event at the e-Spot in Oakville above Artisano Restaurant from 4 to 8pm. 

Better news is that I’m meeting with a distributor next week and hopefully will soon see my books in more local stores.  The biggest challenge to a self-published author is definitely distribution!  It doesn’t help that most bookstores across Canada are owned by one corporation.  Although Chapters is a fantastic bookstore that I love to shop at, they do not sell books by authors who do not have a distributor, except by consignment.  And, selling by consignment is proving quite difficult to do at this time of year since their shelves are full for the holiday season.  I’m thrilled, however,  that our own Oakville store is welcoming my book during the Christmas season.  Hopefully more Chapters and Coles will follow in the new year.

Book Launch Coming

// May 18th, 2010 // No Comments » // Books

The book is getting closer to production and will be officially available to purchase through Amazon and select stores in the Fall of 2010.  Did you know that in the U.S. there are almost ten million gamers between the ages of 2 and 5 years old?  Over 12 million are between nine and eleven years old! 

No wonder so many kids don’t have time to read anymore… Why not give ‘em a book they’ll want to read?  Danny in a Newfangled World is for kids who’d rather be playing video games (usually!)  That’s not to say kids are completely disinterested in books and reading.  They’re not so different from adults, though.  We all like a little downtime, and for kids that can mean lots of things – it just turns out that gaming is one of their preferred activities.  So, chances are they”ll want to read about a kid that’s not so different from them (except for the part that he actually gets sucked inside his computer.) 

Stay tuned for new sketches of Danny and his friends by the book’s new illustrator.  Coming soon.