My friends and I went to the local bookstore to see Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse in stores on 9/9/09! I also secretly signed a copy in the store, so if you’re at a bookstore in the Los Angeles area, you might stumble across it
Last night, during the live BlogTV release party for Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse, the enormously awesome BranFans did the impossible yet again:
Yes, Bran Hambric was the #1 Trending Topic on Twitter.com for over an hour. BranFans topped the likes of Jon Gosselin, Jay-Z, and even ‘goodnight’ (a nearly impossible feat on Twitter in the evening!). Not only that, but we knocked “The Beatles” off the trending topics entirely!
How’s that for awesomeness?! I was freaking out just seeing it on the trending topics: I never even IMAGINED that BranFans would be powerful enough to actually TAKE OVER TWITTER! There’s no better thing in the world for this day than to see an army of epic people getting it all the way to the top, so a huge thank you to everyone who helped get it there
Not only that, but I see that Bran Hambric is on the front page of Borders.com:
Hooray for Borders! I’m already hearing stories of bookstores putting the book on shelves and it selling out this morning, so if you really want a copy and didn’t pre-order, you might want to head out there early before they run out. If the book is gone before you get there, the stores will restock it, but it might take a few days!
It’s super early in the morning but I had to post that up for everyone who missed the show. I’ve got so much stuff to post about today, epic day of all epic days, but I have a Radio Disney phone interview in two hours and I’m super sleepy (and I don’t want to slip up and say crazy things like “OH YES Zac Efron could TOTALLY play as Bran Hambric” or something equally ridiculous). Going grab some more sleep and I have more blogs later! –Kaleb
I found this video on YouTube of some awesome BranFans getting Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse in the mail early! A ton of people have already seen it in stores, and I know that Amazon.com shipped out a lot of their pre-orders early. If yours hasn’t arrived yet, it should be getting there by 9/9/09. Only one more day left until it’s officially out!
I love hearing from everyone in the comments and on Twitter about getting the book, too. Thanks for reporting in with all the photos
To celebrate the release of BRAN HAMBRIC: THE FARFIELD CURSE, I’m partnering with BlogTV.com for an epic live release party! I will be giving away prizes like signed Bran Hambric books, posters, and some real necklaces just like on the cover of the book, and doing a reading at midnight!
BlogTV has some amazing stuff of their own planned (including some extra-special redesigns to their site just for the release party!) so be sure to check out BlogTV.com on the morning of the show! Hope to see you there
As many of you might have noticed, the moon-shaped necklace is a key part of BRAN HAMBRIC: THE FARFIELD CURSE (if you look at the cover, you can see that Bran is holding it!). So, the amazing people at Sourcebooks decided to make a REAL moon necklace charm, just like in the books!
The charm is made of shiny metal and has “Hambric” on it, just like the necklace in the book. And, the best part about this: you can very easily get one FOR FREE! All the info from Sourcebooks is below:
WIN HALF MOON CHARM & EXCLUSIVE EVENT INVITATION! Anyone who posts links to the Bran Hambric Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble.com and Borders.com links on their social networking sites (ex: Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, YouTube, blog, website, etc), and posts a review of the book on one of the retail sites, will receive a Bran Hambric Half Moon necklace charm and an exclusive invitation to a Blog TV event with Kaleb, where he will reveal secrets from the next book in the series! Proof of links and reviews must be emailed to branhambric@sourcebooks.com (please put “Bran Hambric Street Team” in subject-line). Promotion ends September 30.
I have some of these awesome necklace charms coming in the mail, and I’ll have more photos of it soon! It’s kinda crazy seeing something made in real life from a story that I wrote
A few months ago, an awesome BranFan named Katie Parr (from the Twilight band ‘Bella Rocks!’) wrote a song inspired by the prologue of Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse, called “Emry’s Farewell”. The song still stands as one of my favorite songs written about the book, and in celebration of the release date, Katie is now giving the song away for FREE for a short time!
If you want to download it for free, all the info is here. If you like the song, Katie has lots of other great music on her latest album “Nostalgia” which includes a bunch of Twilight songs as well as “Emry’s Farewell”. Huge thanks to Katie for all the awesome that she put into the song!
Wowsa, it’s been forever since I’ve updated here! As some of you know, I’ve been really busy with my move to California, and for the past week I’ve been reduced to an iPhone and a tiny netbook to stay connected. My moving truck was three days late, so I’ve been sleeping on the floor of my new apartment — but now, everything is moved in, and I’ll be back to blogging as usual very soon!
Driving Through California!
Even though there’s just under a week until Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse is supposed to be in stores on 9/9/09, some bookstores have put the book out early! I’ve been keeping up with it all on Twitter — thanks to everyone who’s been sending me photos of the book in stores and videos of it arriving via mail! I’ll have more soon on all the wonderful videos and photos I’ve been getting
Photo from Twitter.com/EmilyWoody
Meanwhile, I wanted to let everyone know about the HUGE online blog tour that my publishers have arranged with some of the finest book and teen blogs on the internet! Many of these blogs will have prizes and exclusive Q&A’s about Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse, as well as reviews of the book. Be sure to check them out on the days below:
This is the package I have been dreaming of getting for more than 6 years now. And it has finally arrived! As you can probably tell in the video, I’m super excited about everything now. Less than two more weeks to 9/9/09!
