Newspaper Blackout Poems

Newspaper + Marker = Poetry. Buy the book.

THE HANGIN’

Thursday, April 1, 2010

This is day 3 out of 14 that I’m posting a poem a day until the book comes out on April 13th.

You can help the release by entering the contest to win a free limited-edition screen print or pre-ordering your copy today.

HIS BEARD

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

I’m posting a poem a day until the book‘s release on April 13th. This is #2 out of 14.

I made this poem last night while listening to my friend John T Unger’s radio show, Art Heroes.

You can help the release of the book by entering the contest to win a free limited-edition screen print or pre-ordering your copy today.

NEWSPAPER BLACKOUT PRE-ORDER / PRINT GIVEAWAY

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

UPDATE: These prints are now available in the store!

The book is out Tuesday, April 13th, and that means I need your help getting the word out.

As an incentive, I’m giving away these signed and numbered limited-edition prints, hand-silkscreened by my good friend and brilliant printmaker, Curtis Miller. (Watch a video of Curt pulling the prints.)

You can’t buy these babies. The only way you can get your hands on one is by doing one or all of the following:

Pre-order the book from Amazon, Borders, B&N, or your local bookstore before April 13th, then e-mail me some proof of your purchase to preorders@austinkleon.com. Either forward me your confirmation e-mail, your receipt, a cell phone shot of you next to your computer monitor or bookseller, or just a note of where and when you bought the book. (If you already pre-ordered, or got a copy at SXSW, that TOTALLY COUNTS. Send in an e-mail note.)
Sign up for my new mailing list: http://www.austinkleon.com/mailinglist
Reblog on Tumblr: if you’re on Tumblr, reblog this post from my Tumblr, and I’ll keep track of the notes
Tweet with the hashtag #NewspaperBlackout on Twitter: you can click here to post a pre-formatted tweet.

I’ll select one person at random from each group and each winner will get their choice of a print, so if you want the maximum chance of winning, you’ll do all four!

Giveaway ends April 12th, midnight CT. Winners will be announced a few days after.

The giveaway is now closed. Thanks to all who entered!! and congrats to the winners:

Pre-orders: Dominic Hackley
Mailing list: Jackie Chaiken
Tumblr: Sean Trani
Twitter: Tim Cigelske

Thanks!

YOU MUST

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Until the release of the book, I’ll be posting a poem a day. This is just a tiny one to get things rolling.

Items of interest:

By pre-ordering, you get the book for dirt-cheap and boost important first-week sales
Enter to win a free limited-edition Newspaper Blackout screenprint
We’re giving away 5 copies of the book on Goodreads

SXSW BOOKSIGNING

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

On Monday, I did my first-ever booksigning at the SXSW bookstore. My awesome publisher had copies shipped hot off the press to SXSW, for sale a whole month before the release date. People who picked it up at the conference officially owned it before anyone else…including me!

I’d never actually seen the final book before –I haven’t received my author copies yet, so I didn’t get to do the whole un-boxing-your-author-copies-at-home thing — the first time I saw the book, Adam Norwood tweeted that he’d seen it, so after a panel I rushed over to the bookstore to see it stacked next to Laura Dern (not a bad first impression):

I must say, I was not 100% about the book cover until I saw it in person. It looks really great, it has a matte finish, and feels real nice in your hands.

Here I am gesticulating to somebody. Loved getting to chat with all the folks that came up to by a copy. The added bonus was that everybody had their SXSW badge on, so spelling names was no problem…