This giveaway is now closed – congratulations Alexa!
I came home this evening to find this email sent from Paul Samuelson of Sourcebooks:
Dear Blogger,
Pardon the group email, but I just heard some fantastic news and since it is Book Blogger Appreciation Week, I wanted to share. I am happy to report that Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse, by debut middle grade novelist Kaleb Nation, has debuted on the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association bestsellers list in the #10 spot for Children’s Interest!
For those of you unfamiliar with the list, this indie group is one of the largest in the country, and includes stores such as BookPeople & Blue Willow (TX), Tattered Cover (CO), Changing Hands(AZ) and King’s English (UT), among many others. These are some of the biggest and best indies in the country.
What does this have to do with your blog? Because the focus of publicity efforts for this title have been primarily online—it is YOU we have to thank for this phenomenal success. For a 20 year old first time author to debut on this list, before he has even begun his cross-country tour, can only mean that word-of-mouth generated by all of you in the book blogging community (and masters of the twitterverse) has had a significant impact on the sales of this book.
As you all know, there are many types of book bloggers—teen fan blogs, vlogs, kidlitosphere blogs, homeschool blogs, mommy blogs and the established book blogs we all know and love—and it has been remarkable to bear witness to how so many different types of readers have all come together to discuss and review Bran Hambric in an ever-growing online reading community.
A sincere “thank you” from Sourcebooks for helping us bring a little bit of magic, fantasy and adventure into the lives of readers everywhere. We’d like to show our appreciation by offering autographed posters of Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse (cover art by Brandon Dorman!) to use as a giveaway.
Sincerely,
Paul Samuelson
Sourcebooks, Publicity
There it is! I for one would love an autographed poster for my reading room to remind me of this wonderful moment of how Book Bloggers were able to assist in bringing a wonderful book to the attention of the public in a short amount of time.
Thanks to Paul and Sourcebook, I would like to offer you a chance to win an autographed poster of Bran Hambric as well.
This one will be easy! Leave a comment here of what you would do with the poster if you won. That’s it. Open to USA only – no PO box numbers please.
This giveaway will close late afternoon on Sunday September 20th.
Happy BBAW!!!!
See my review of Bran Hambric here
Book Journey 
I have been telling my son of this book. He has a few books to read first but this book is on my list to purchase and read with him. I think we both would enjoy it.
So, If I were to win a signed poster I would have to share it with my son. We could post it on his wall currently, then when we get a new house it will most definitely be in the reading room with all our books and notes.
Very cool and nice!
What a nice email to receive!
Lezlie
Wow, how amazing! We can all take hope from this story.
I would love that poster for my office, which is kind of your equivalent of a reading room, I guess…minus the “million” shelves. But my computer is in the office, and a big comfy sleeper sofa. My walls in here are covered with family photos, an autographed author photo from Book Expo America, my book signing poster from Book Expo, etc. So the autographed poster of Bran Hambric’s book would fit right in!
It is on my wishlist!
BBAW: Thanking Feminist Reviews
Awesome giveaway – awesome moment for you and all bloggers. And I must say, I really want to get my hands on this book after your great review and reading about its swift success.
And to answer your question, I would hang the poster in my dorm room. Unfortunately, it’s quite sparsely decorated right now (I haven’t had much time for decorating since move in), so another poster would be a great addition.
I think there’s no escaping or ignoring this book. It may not be the next Harry Potter, but everybody is raving about it and I am very interested!! Plus, it is rare that the author is as young as this one is, and a bestselling one too! Kudos to him!
I’d love to hang the poster next to my bookshelf. My room needs more book posters!-lol