Comments on: Quick Question

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 01 May 2010 01:24:56 +0000

Well I did get a pot holder from Sherilyn Kenyon from the Simi really cool since she gives them out to only her family at Christmas. Your symbol is WAAAAYYY cool since I am a EMT-IV regular ones are you know boring but useful so a little pin or something like that. Just a thought.

By: tamibates

tamibates — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:31:12 +0000

best place to get them????????????????

By: tamibates

tamibates — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:29:07 +0000

PENS! i got a fridge full of magnet, even magnet calendar dated back to 2007

PENs
,post it notes, tshirt , totebags, condoms in match books,
little candle and match in baggies

By: Shari

Shari — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:59:05 +0000

I have never received any promo items from any author. I do love the bookmarks, pens or post-its. Key chains are cool too! I would just love for someone to ask me about my Demonica key chain (hehehe)! Thanks Larissa!

By: Yami

Yami — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:34:22 +0000

I’ve also never gotten anything from any of the authors I read. But I have to say that bookmarks are my favorite…I also read alot and an constantly using mine. Pens and post-its and shot glasses and keychains all sound awesome too. Really anything that is a gift is always appreciated. It’s a sweet gesture for the reader.

By: Ashley R. Barrow

Ashley R. Barrow — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:33:37 +0000

You know I have never gotten anything from any author. No I would never throw away anything I’m kinda a pack rat like that but its all good. I Also love pen’s and book marks, I often read multiple books at a time so the more bookmarks I have the better it is.

By: LisK

LisK — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 01:50:51 +0000

Coolest prom item I ever got was a mouse pad with a drawing of the main character from the author’s latest series on it. It’s starting to get faded cause I use it every day.

By: Anna Dougherty

Anna Dougherty — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:21:25 +0000

Best promo items:
1. vampire rubber duckie because me and my kids collect them
2. 2 miniature cauldrons with spells, book thong and 2 herbal sachets (handmade)
3. books, especially signed books
*things that somehow relate to the book are the most fun

Other items:
I love office stuff and magnets rock! I use the pens and pencils all the time and my daughter uses any G rated items that I get, like rulers/bookmarks/erasers/paper etc. Candles and coffee cups would be good swag items too!

I don’t have a great deal of experience with author swag and what I do have comes from contests. I never enter a contest unless I really want/will use the items offered up- just doesn’t seem right to win something only to toss it.

By: Beverly g

Beverly g — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:37:36 +0000

Larissa i have to say i love book thongs i have a few and i use religiously as well as book marks i likethe longer ones for tradepaperback books

signed book marks books ,cover flats postit notes tote bags

i sooo want one ofthose duckies i even looked to go and buy one lol ia lways see the out of stock icon w hen i look shot glasses would be awesome so would the luminary i read one person mentioned

a flash drive would deff be a huge perk honestly

the more creative it is the more itreasure it

and im atotal pen and pin junky i use every pen i get and put my pins all on a bag eventually i want to put them on a sheet or somethinga nd hang on the wall

By: Beth C.

Beth C. — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:15:09 +0000

The coolest promo item I ever received was a deck of cards from a publisher. Each card showed one of their book covers. Haven’t seen it since the day it came home though as my daughter asked to look at it.
From authors, I’ve received bookmarks(sometimes signed), pens, keychains, note pads, cover flats(signed) and post cards. I love the cover flats and will eventually get a large frame and make a collage once I get enough of them. My daughter usually ‘acquires’ the pens and notepads. The keychains, eh, the dreaded words “it’s here, somewhere” applies here. The bookmarks, if they aren’t signed, get used for their intended purpose. Signed ones join the flats in the file for the future collage. If I ever got any magnets they would immediately go on the fridge, where we never seem to have enough for all the stuff we like to keep there.
The absolute best thing I ever got was actually a prize in a contest. A 2GB flash drive already loaded with two different reader software programs and one of the authors books. She had bought a bunch of them in bulk just to offer as prizes.