Adam Selzer: King of the Wild Frontier - Avast, Ye Scurvy Scalawag! It's The BE A PIRATE CONTEST!

The BE A PIRATE CONTEST is a officially launching this morning - help promote PIRATES OF THE RETAIL WASTELAND, pirate-style, and earn "indie street cred point" that can be traded in for valuable prizes!

There are lots of ways to enter:

1. Copy and paste the following text into your blog or webpage <a href="http://www.adamselzer.com"><img src="http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk122/piratescontest/piratescontestbanner.jpg"></a> to post this banner:
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That's worth one indie street cred point. You can also make your own banner - just make sure to link it to adamselzer.com. Extra points MAY be given, especially if you generate a whole lot of linkage.


2. Download the official "pirate flier," make a few copies, and plant them in the YA section of any book store that isn't currently stocking Pirates of the Retail Wasteland. CLICK HERE to download the flier as a pdf file, or CLICK HERE to get it as a jpg. Two fliers come to each page - just print 'em up, cut the pages in half, and get 'em in the stores! Send in pictures of the fliers in your local bookstore (or coffee shop, library, etc) to us here. Each store you hit is worth 2 indie street cred points! All pictures will be posted in a special gallery soon!



3. If you've already read and enjoyed the book, post a review on amazon for two points!


4. Make your own promo video on Youtube - there are a few of them available here as examples. Send us a link - you'll get 2 indie street cred points right away, plus a bonus point for every 50 views you get! Send a link to the video here - we'll have links to everything here soon!


5. Send in "fan art" for the book (or for How to Get Suspended and Influence People) - the number of points each piece of art is worth will be determined by Adam after you send it in. Art will be posted online!


6. Come up with your own creative way to promote the book, pirate-style. Email us your idea for approval first; we don't want anyone running around naked and shouting "Pirates!" and expecting to get street cred points for it. That kind of thing doesn't get you points, only citations for indecent exposure. And it'll make Adam look like an alleged smut peddlar - just like Leon in his first book, How To Get Suspended and Influence People. Points awarded will vary depending on the stunt.

EXTRA POINTS MAY BE AWARDED FOR CREATIVITY!

Prizes include everything from eyepatches and fake mustaches (fool your friends! baffle your teachers! get into r-rated movies!) to signed copies of the upcoming book I PUT A SPELL ON YOU. And EVERY prize comes with a certificate of Indie Street Cred, a link to download mp3s of Pirates Always Cheat at Bingo by The Back Row Hooligans AND at least one other song, and a coupon for a discount on a Weird Chicago Ghost Tour.

For a complete list of prizes and all of the "void where prohibited, part of this complete breakfast, etc" fine print, go to adamselzer.com.

YARRRR! I'd be remiss if I didn't credit kidlit_kim for this!