It's Kind of a Funny Everything: Contest & Tour
It's Kind of a Funny Tour The tour is over -- long live the tour. See pictures and recaps below.
[Barnes & Noble Park Slope, 10/26/10]
A common misconception that people have about authors is that they go on book tours. It seems reasonable enough -- if you write a book, you travel around the country reading from it and signing it, like a touring band. But, as Peter Hyman explained to me once, the economics of book tours rarely make sense.
If you go on a book tour, it's going to cost the book company a few grand to fly you around from city to city and put you up in hotels. Let's say that every night of the book tour, you do a reading at a bookstore and bring 25 people -- which means you're a smashing success. (I have done readings where 0 people showed up and I had to walk around the bookstore trying to convince people to listen to me). Say 10 of these people actually buy your book. Now you've sold 10 books, times 7 for a week-long tour... your book company has just sold 70 books for the low low price of a few thousand dollars. It doesn't compute.
That's why, the last time I went on a U.S. book tour, it was 2004 and it was self-financed. Luckily my friend Adam Collett traveled with me and took video: the result is "Squip Takes Over Tour 2004" , one of my favorite videos of all time.
Now, with the It's Kind of a Funny Story film in theaters around the country (check out the movie stub/book giveaway contest below!), I am going back on tour. Once again it's self-financed as I am flying from LA to NYC with my American Airlines miles and then borrowing my parents' van for some visits in the Boston area before heading down to Radford, VA to speak at Radford University. I will be signing books at all events. I hope I can see you at one of these dates. Without further ado:
It's Kind of a Funny Tour: October 24 - November 2, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010, 2pm - Teen Read Week at the Metuchen Public Library
I will be presenting my "How Not to Go Crazy in High School" program, followed by a Q&A.
FREE. Open to the public.
480 Middlesex Avenue, Metuchen, NJ 08840 [more] Thanks to everyone from Metuchen for a great event!
Monday, October 25, 2010, 1:45pm - "It's Kind of a Funny Story: the Book and Film" at Tompkins Square Middle School
I will speak to 175 6th-8th graders about It's Kind of a Funny Story.
600 E 6th St New York, NY 10009 [more] Thank you Tompkins Square Middle School for your excellent questions and your wonderful letters to me!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 7:00pm - Reading at Barnes & Noble Park Slope with Samantha Schutz
This is the big one!! I hope to see you there, Brooklyn. I'm honored to return to Barnes & Noble Park Slope, where I ran the B&N Teen Writing Workshop for five years, to read from new work. Also reading is my friend Samantha Schutz.
FREE. Open to the public.
267 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215 [more] [Facebook] Thank you everyone for coming! (see photo above) [more photos]
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 1:00pm - Passages Academy "Be More Chill Book Discussion & Completion Celebration"
I will be speaking with students in the juvenile justice system in Brooklyn.
167 Willoughby St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 [more] Thank you Passages students and staff for making this a great event, and for the "Katz's Deli" hat.
[more photos]
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 6:30pm - "Do the Right Thing" Fourth Annual Benefit for Behind The Book
It's my privilege to be a guest at the Annual Benefit for NYC nonprofit Behind the Book. This is a charity event to benefit students. I will be auctioning off "brain map" art from the It's Kind of a Funny Story film.
Open to the public.
William Bennett Gallery 65 Greene St #A New York, NY 10012 [more] [Facebook] Thank you to Behind the Book, host Ben Greenman and fellow participant Randy Cohen -- and thanks to the winner of the IKOAFS "brain map" auction!
Thursday, October 28, 2010, 7:00pm - Ned Vizzini and Timothy Gager at WELLESLEY BOOKSMITH
Please come out for this bookstore reading in the Boston area so I don't have to walk around asking random people to buy books! Also reading is my friend Timothy Gager.
FREE. Open to the public.
82 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 [more] [Facebook] Thank you Tim Gager, Lee at Wellesley Booksmith, and everyone who came down to the event.
This high school visit will include a "How Not to Go Crazy in High School" keynote presentation and two "From Personal to Published" intensive writing workshops.
758 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA 02421 [more] Thanks so much to student Jake Ravanis for spearheading this visit and to all Minuteman students for your time, attention, and cake!
Also thank you Judy Bass for this wonderful report on the visit. [report] [photo]
Saturday, October 30, 2010, 2:00pm - New Haven Free Public Library
I will read from It's Kind of a Funny Story, discuss the novel and film, and do a Q&A session.
FREE. Open to the public.
133 Elm Street, New Haven, CT 06510 [more] Thank you for your questions, New Haven, and for sticking around to talk YA books.
Monday, November 1, 2010, 9:08am - Institute for Collaborative Education
I will present my "From Personal to Published" workshop to I.C.E. students.
345 E 15th Street, New York, NY 10003 [more] Thank you I.C.E. student Travis and I.C.E. teacher Nadia for bringing me in!
I will present my "How Not to Go Crazy in High School" program to students and adults interested in mental health and take questions about the It's Kind of a Funny Story book and film.
FREE. Open to the public.
43-06 Greenpoint Avenue, Sunnyside, NY 11104 [more] Thank you QPL teens and librarians Abigail Goldberg and Christian Zabriskie for having me return to speak with the talented Sunnyside students.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 7:00pm - Speaking at Radford University
I will present my "How Not to Go Crazy in College" program to Radford students.
801 East Main St., Radford, VA 24142 [more] Thank you R-SPaCE for bringing me to beautiful Radford University!
[photos by Brooke Nelson]
[photos by Karen Valluri]
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Well now this is pretty simple. I'm having an old-school contest to encourage people to get out and see It's Kind of a Funny Story or see it again. Here's how it works:
Go and see the movie at a theater near you.
Take a picture of your ticket stub.
Comment on this blog entry with a link to the ticket stub photo. (You can use Photobucket, Flicker, or Facebook to host the photo, or your own blog or website. Be sure to leave some way to contact you in your comment; do not post your street address or phone number.)
You will automatically be entered for a chance to win a signed & personalized brand spanking new movie tie-in edition of It's Kind of a Funny Story!
I will do a random drawing to determine the winners. I will respond to your comment if you are one of the winners and we will message one another so I can get your address and send you the signed book. I will pay for shipping!
Good luck and thanks everyone for your support of the film.
[Barnes & Noble Park Slope, 10/26/10]
A common misconception that people have about authors is that they go on book tours. It seems reasonable enough -- if you write a book, you travel around the country reading from it and signing it, like a touring band. But, as Peter Hyman explained to me once, the economics of book tours rarely make sense.
If you go on a book tour, it's going to cost the book company a few grand to fly you around from city to city and put you up in hotels. Let's say that every night of the book tour, you do a reading at a bookstore and bring 25 people -- which means you're a smashing success. (I have done readings where 0 people showed up and I had to walk around the bookstore trying to convince people to listen to me). Say 10 of these people actually buy your book. Now you've sold 10 books, times 7 for a week-long tour... your book company has just sold 70 books for the low low price of a few thousand dollars. It doesn't compute.
That's why, the last time I went on a U.S. book tour, it was 2004 and it was self-financed. Luckily my friend Adam Collett traveled with me and took video: the result is "Squip Takes Over Tour 2004" , one of my favorite videos of all time.
Now, with the It's Kind of a Funny Story film in theaters around the country (check out the movie stub/book giveaway contest below!), I am going back on tour. Once again it's self-financed as I am flying from LA to NYC with my American Airlines miles and then borrowing my parents' van for some visits in the Boston area before heading down to Radford, VA to speak at Radford University. I will be signing books at all events. I hope I can see you at one of these dates. Without further ado:
It's Kind of a Funny Tour: October 24 - November 2, 2010
Sunday, October 24, 2010, 2pm - Teen Read Week at the Metuchen Public Library
I will be presenting my "How Not to Go Crazy in High School" program, followed by a Q&A.
FREE. Open to the public.
480 Middlesex Avenue, Metuchen, NJ 08840 [more] Thanks to everyone from Metuchen for a great event!
Monday, October 25, 2010, 1:45pm - "It's Kind of a Funny Story: the Book and Film" at Tompkins Square Middle School
I will speak to 175 6th-8th graders about It's Kind of a Funny Story.
600 E 6th St New York, NY 10009 [more] Thank you Tompkins Square Middle School for your excellent questions and your wonderful letters to me!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 7:00pm - Reading at Barnes & Noble Park Slope with Samantha Schutz
This is the big one!! I hope to see you there, Brooklyn. I'm honored to return to Barnes & Noble Park Slope, where I ran the B&N Teen Writing Workshop for five years, to read from new work. Also reading is my friend Samantha Schutz.
FREE. Open to the public.
267 7th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215 [more] [Facebook] Thank you everyone for coming! (see photo above) [more photos]
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 1:00pm - Passages Academy "Be More Chill Book Discussion & Completion Celebration"
I will be speaking with students in the juvenile justice system in Brooklyn.
167 Willoughby St, Brooklyn, NY 11201 [more] Thank you Passages students and staff for making this a great event, and for the "Katz's Deli" hat.
[more photos]
Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 6:30pm - "Do the Right Thing" Fourth Annual Benefit for Behind The Book
It's my privilege to be a guest at the Annual Benefit for NYC nonprofit Behind the Book. This is a charity event to benefit students. I will be auctioning off "brain map" art from the It's Kind of a Funny Story film.
Open to the public.
William Bennett Gallery 65 Greene St #A New York, NY 10012 [more] [Facebook] Thank you to Behind the Book, host Ben Greenman and fellow participant Randy Cohen -- and thanks to the winner of the IKOAFS "brain map" auction!
Thursday, October 28, 2010, 7:00pm - Ned Vizzini and Timothy Gager at WELLESLEY BOOKSMITH
Please come out for this bookstore reading in the Boston area so I don't have to walk around asking random people to buy books! Also reading is my friend Timothy Gager.
FREE. Open to the public.
82 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481 [more] [Facebook] Thank you Tim Gager, Lee at Wellesley Booksmith, and everyone who came down to the event.
This high school visit will include a "How Not to Go Crazy in High School" keynote presentation and two "From Personal to Published" intensive writing workshops.
758 Marrett Road, Lexington, MA 02421 [more] Thanks so much to student Jake Ravanis for spearheading this visit and to all Minuteman students for your time, attention, and cake!
Also thank you Judy Bass for this wonderful report on the visit. [report] [photo]
Saturday, October 30, 2010, 2:00pm - New Haven Free Public Library
I will read from It's Kind of a Funny Story, discuss the novel and film, and do a Q&A session.
FREE. Open to the public.
133 Elm Street, New Haven, CT 06510 [more] Thank you for your questions, New Haven, and for sticking around to talk YA books.
Monday, November 1, 2010, 9:08am - Institute for Collaborative Education
I will present my "From Personal to Published" workshop to I.C.E. students.
345 E 15th Street, New York, NY 10003 [more] Thank you I.C.E. student Travis and I.C.E. teacher Nadia for bringing me in!
I will present my "How Not to Go Crazy in High School" program to students and adults interested in mental health and take questions about the It's Kind of a Funny Story book and film.
FREE. Open to the public.
43-06 Greenpoint Avenue, Sunnyside, NY 11104 [more] Thank you QPL teens and librarians Abigail Goldberg and Christian Zabriskie for having me return to speak with the talented Sunnyside students.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 7:00pm - Speaking at Radford University
I will present my "How Not to Go Crazy in College" program to Radford students.
801 East Main St., Radford, VA 24142 [more] Thank you R-SPaCE for bringing me to beautiful Radford University!
[photos by Brooke Nelson]
[photos by Karen Valluri]
=
Well now this is pretty simple. I'm having an old-school contest to encourage people to get out and see It's Kind of a Funny Story or see it again. Here's how it works:
Go and see the movie at a theater near you.
Take a picture of your ticket stub.
Comment on this blog entry with a link to the ticket stub photo. (You can use Photobucket, Flicker, or Facebook to host the photo, or your own blog or website. Be sure to leave some way to contact you in your comment; do not post your street address or phone number.)
You will automatically be entered for a chance to win a signed & personalized brand spanking new movie tie-in edition of It's Kind of a Funny Story!
I will do a random drawing to determine the winners. I will respond to your comment if you are one of the winners and we will message one another so I can get your address and send you the signed book. I will pay for shipping!
Good luck and thanks everyone for your support of the film.
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