200 review copies (100 prepub, 100 postpub) sent to reviewers,
booksellers, librarians, bloggers, others.
We will seek early blurbs from graphic novelists.
Available as an e-ARC on Edelweiss.
Leveled and aligned with Common Core.
Teaching guide on website, but the book is divided with 64 pages
for the graphic novel and an additional 26-28 pages of additional
information for teachers and interested parties.
We will nominate Shaka Rising for the American Bookseller's Debut
Program.
We will seek the creation of unit studies curriculum that includes
Shaka Rising as part of it, and/or actively seek the inclusion of
Shaka Rising in unit studies curriculum.
Marketing to library market begins with galleys in the Baker and
Taylor ARC program.
Promoted at ALA annual, mid-winter ALA, NCTE, NCSS, and African
Studies Association annual conferences.
Blog tour with book giveaways.
Goodreads giveaway.
We will send review copies to relevant organizations such as
Teaching History, Teaching Ourselves and TeachingBooks.net and seek
features in magazines like Teaching Tolerance.
We will seek out book clubs who are interested in the book and
offer the chance to win a SKYPE visit with the authors.
We will submit the book for all relevant awards.
Promotion online via Catalyst's website as well as the imprint
Story Press Africa's own website , email lists (in development) and
social media (blog, twitter, facebook, instagram, and youtube) with
author and publisher interviews, chats, and guest posts.
Submission to the Junior Library Guild
Simultaneous e-book, trade paper, and hardback print release
We will promote and seek ways to promote within the secular,
progressive homeschooling community for this and other titles in
the series.
Luke W. Molver, co-author and illustrator: Luke W. Molver has
always known that his life would be fuelled by storytelling. He
studied Fine Art and Graphic Design at the Durban University of
Technology and works as a freelance illustrator and comic book
creator in Cape Town, South Africa. He has produced a number of
comic books and his work has been published in a variety of graphic
anthologies including the Laugh It Off annual, Velocity, Mamba
Comix and GrafLit: Graveyard Literature.
Mason O'Connor, co-author: Mason O’Connor was born in Stutterheim
in the Eastern Cape and has spent the majority of his life living
in the small town of Hilton outside the capital of KwaZulu-Natal.
He is currently studying mathematics at Stellenbosch University.
Other works of Mason's include Late One Night, a short story
published in The Natal Witness, and Guardian Angel, a short story
published in Top Class English Grade 9 Reader.
"In a land beset by political turmoil and bloody conflict comes the epic saga of Shaka. Ousted by one of his chief father's jealous wives and raised in exile, his destiny is sealed through allegiance to a rival chief. Responding to threats from expanding slave trade in southern Africa, Shaka consolidates a new kingdom through warfare, mediation, and shrewd diplomacy. Deftly written and superbly illustrated by Luke Molver, "Shaka Rising: A Legend of the Warrior Prince" is a truly extraordinary and entertaining graphic novel that will decidedly prove to be an enduringly popular addition to community library graphic novel collections for readers ages 16 to 86. It should be noted for personal reading lists that "Shaka Rising: A Legend of the Warrior Prince" is also available in a paperback edition (9781946498984, $16.99) and in a digital book format (Kindle, $11.99)." Midwest Book Review
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