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kammartinez · 1 year

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By Jillian Price

Jamar Perry sold thousands of copies of his first children’s book, “Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms.”

So when Perry launched a nationwide tour to promote the latest installment in the Cameron Battle series, the Decatur bookstore Little Shop of Stories eagerly invited him to be part of a two-author panel discussion.

The invitation was a bit unusual for Perry, who typically appears at schools. But he reluctantly accepted.

Perry arrived early for the 7 o’clock event and found the book store empty. The clock ticked on.7:10.

Tick tock.

Bookstore employees said people were probably running late due to traffic.

7:20.

Tick tock.

Still no one.

“I wondered to myself: Why aren’t people showing up?” Perry said during a recent interview. “Around 7:40 was when I realized that, `Oh, well, there’s nobody coming.’”

“I felt a little embarrassed,” he said.There was just one thing to do — go to dinner. Afterward, Perry decided to do what he does best. He started writing about it. First, in his journal. Then, on social media.

“I was grateful for the book tour,” Perry remembered writing in the journal. “I was grateful for having two books. Not only do I have one book, but I have two books in the world. I was grateful for having a nice hotel. I started thinking about all the school visits that I had done, all the books that we had sold up to that point.

“I was really excited about all the good things.”

Then Perry took to Twitter: “Kinda embarrassing to admit, but not one person came to my Atlanta tour event,” Perry wrote. “Instead of being bummed about it I’ve decided to focus on being grateful that I get to do this work.”

Then, magic.

Thousands of people saw his post. And the books started to sell. And sell. And sell some more.

“They sold so many,” Perry said. “First of all, they sold all (50) books that I had signed (at the book store). Plus 400 more.”

Soon other bookstores, like Barnes & Noble, were ordering his books as well.

“It just had a snowball effect,” Perry said.

Perry’s Cameron Battle fantasy series is aimed at middle schoolers. Perry is an educator who taught literature to middle school students in Washington, D.C. While completing his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland, College Park, Perry’s research focused on Black boys, the history of traditional and Black masculinity in America and racial literacy.

His studies led Perry to begin writing again, this time to a very targeted audience: “reluctant readers, Black boys who needed to understand that they were magic, that they could also have joy, that they could be vulnerable and emotional, that they could be the hero in their own stories.”

In the coming year, Perry plans to publish his third book, this one about a Black boy who inherits magic by reading his missing friend’s journal.

“The reality of book tours, even for big, huge authors is that sometimes people just don’t show up,” he said.

#books #jamar perry #bookstores

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kamreadsandrecs · 1 year

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By Jillian Price

Jamar Perry sold thousands of copies of his first children’s book, “Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms.”

The invitation was a bit unusual for Perry, who typically appears at schools. But he reluctantly accepted.

Perry arrived early for the 7 o’clock event and found the book store empty. The clock ticked on.7:10.

Tick tock.

Bookstore employees said people were probably running late due to traffic.

7:20.

Tick tock.

Still no one.

“I wondered to myself: Why aren’t people showing up?” Perry said during a recent interview. “Around 7:40 was when I realized that, `Oh, well, there’s nobody coming.’”

“I was really excited about all the good things.”

Then, magic.

Thousands of people saw his post. And the books started to sell. And sell. And sell some more.

“They sold so many,” Perry said. “First of all, they sold all (50) books that I had signed (at the book store). Plus 400 more.”

Soon other bookstores, like Barnes & Noble, were ordering his books as well.

“It just had a snowball effect,” Perry said.

In the coming year, Perry plans to publish his third book, this one about a Black boy who inherits magic by reading his missing friend’s journal.

“The reality of book tours, even for big, huge authors is that sometimes people just don’t show up,” he said.

#books #jamar perry #publishing #economics #bookstores

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black-is-beautiful18 · 2 years

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Here are some upcoming 2022 book releases by Black Authors

1. The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi

2. Bloodmarked by Tracy Deonn

3. Blood Like Fate by Liselle Sambury

4. Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye

5. The Kindred by Alechia Dow

6. The Blood Trials by N. E. Davenport

7. Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi

8. The Undead Truth Of Us by Britney S. Lewis

9. Redemptor by Jordan Ifueko

10. Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms by Jamar J. Perry

11. Amari and the Great Game by B. B. Alston

12. ONYEKA and the Academy of the Sun by Tolá Okogwu

#2022 books #black authors #black books #book recs #book recommendations #unique writes

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bookaddict24-7 · 2 years

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10 Beautiful Book Covers for 2022 Books Written by Black Authors!

Are any of these on your TBR? Do you have a favourite cover? Do you have any other favourite covers?

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Carolina Built by Kianna Alexander

Ashes of Gold by J. Elle

Cameron Battle & the Hidden Kingdoms by Jamar J. Perry

Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James

Patience is a Subtle Thief by Abi Ishola-Ayodeji

Nobody’s Magic by Destiny O. Birdsong

When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo

The Last Suspicious Holdout by Ladee Hubbard

Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde

Nerudo On the Park by Cleyvis Natera

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Happy reading!

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slaughter-books · 8 months

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Day 3: JOMPBPC: Mythical Being

Griffins 🧡

#justonemorepage #jompbpc #mythical being #griffins #cameron battle and the hidden kingdoms #jamar j. perry #beautiful book #beautiful cover #amazing author #lgbt+#pretty flowers #i love books

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stardustandrockets · 9 months

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JUNE RAINBOW CRATE SPOILERS

I'm not generally into circus stuff because clowns absolutely terrify me, but I'm excited for this month's trad book.

The June 'A Spark of Magic' box includes:

• The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson with alternate dust jacket art by @sam.spectre (trad pub)

• Prince of the Sorrows by Kellen Graves with alternate dust jacket art by @houda_belgharbi.art (indie pub)

• monthly collectible magnet inspired by Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms by Jamar J. Perry

• rainbow bookshelf blanket designed by @crookedquilluk

Practical and useful items are always my favorite and you can never have too many blankets. Even when you live in swampy East Texas where winters are practically nonexistent.

More details on individual items coming later in the week as the @rainbowcrate June photo challenge continues on.

#RCJune23 #RainbowCrate #rainbow crate book box #a spark of magic #the first bright thing #j.r. dawson #prince of the sorrows #kellen graves #cameron battle and the hidden kingdoms #jamar j perry #rainbow bookshelf #lgbtq reads #lgbtqia #queer book recs #read with pride #read queer all year #stardustandrockets

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diversereadingchallenge · 2 years

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Prompt 49 Rec List

Here are some recs for prompt 49 of the Diverse Reading Challenge 2022. Full prompt list is here

Prompt 49 - A book published in 2022 by an author from a marginalized community

Note: I have not personally read any of the following books, but they are all on my to read list.

This Rebel Heart - Katherine Locke

A YA historical fantasy novel, set during the Hungarian revolution, a teen must decide if she loves her country enough to fight for it, or to flee.

The Devouring Wolf - Natalie C. Parker

A middle-grade fantasy, it follows young werewolves that didn’t gain the power to transform, and must hunt down a mysterious creature in the woods.

Cameron Battle and the Hidden Kingdoms - Jamar J. Perry

A middle-grade fantasy, it follows a young boy, who opens a book and is transported to a magical land in extreme danger.

Sir Callie and the Champions of Helston - Esme Symes-Smith

A middle-grade fantasy, set in a fantasy land with rigid rules about girls learning magic, and boys learning to be knights, it follows Callie, who is non-binary and wants to be a knight.

Dauntless - Elisa A. Bonnin

A YA fantasy, it follows a teen girl who hunts and kills beasts, to protect her people. When she encounters a stranger who can communicate with the beasts, she starts to doubt everything she’s been taught.

#new releases #book recs #diverse books #prompt 49 2022

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dani-luminae · 3 years

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Dani’s Fic List

As promised for my 300 followers celebration, a list of all my active fics on Quotev! I think this is comprehensive. If there’s a fic that’s left off, that’s by accident. All of these are on my “published” list on Quotev.

For this story list, I’ll start with ones that already have links posted on here, then move to other lesser-known ones (below the cut). These are listed in no particular order at all.

@auradon-bore-a-don Since you asked to be tagged, here it is! Like 95% of this is all Descendants-related. It’s been my hyperfixation since the first book came out back in early summer 2015 and it’s stuck...

Behold, a bunch of nonsense that comes from an overactive imagination and no social life!

Title + link: Sophronia

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: Sequel “A” to Good to be Bad: A Disney Descendants Twisted Tale, this story focuses on Ben and Audrey’s adopted daughter, Sophie. When the terrible Horned King escapes the Isle of the Lost, Sophie sets out to protect her kingdom from any evil, no matter who it is.

Title + link: Nightshade Rose

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: Sequel “B” and a sort of “What if?” take on Good to be Bad: A Disney Descendants Twisted Tale, this story is focused on Princess Nightshade, a Princess of Auradon who lives unaware that her parents are the Rulers of Evil who threaten her land.

Title + link: Never Enough

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: The sequel to Rewrite the Stars; Ben follows Lia to her home planet of Solasar as Lia prepares to marry her fiancé and become Queen. However, there’s more happening on Solaar than they could ever expect.

Title + link: The True Defender

Fandoms: Disney’s Descendants (mostly), Treasure Planet

Basic plot: A D2- and D3-based AU featuring Lia. Will also go on to cover an AU of Good to be Bad: A Disney Descendants Twisted Tale.

Title + link: Love from the Stars

Fandoms: Disney Descendants; contains elements from the world of Treasure Planet

Basic plot: Ben and Mal’s wedding is derailed by the arrival of space pirates who abduct Ben, but he’s rescued by an Etherial, one of the most powerful creatures in the galaxies.

Title + link: A Wondrous Place

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: Essentially an AU of Descendants, just with BenJay as the endgame instead of Bal.

Title + link: Come Alive

Fandoms: Disney ZOMBIES

Basic plot: Zeraphina is a Zombrid – half-human and half-Zombie – forced to hide her hair color and fit in. But now that Zombies are welcome at Seabrook High, she’s hoping to start on a new chapter of her life, one where she doesn’t have to hide who she is.

Title + link: Darkness Falling

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: Book 2 (of 3) in my Dark Haven series; Bianca, Princess of Dark Haven and daughter of the Rulers of All Evil, returns to the kingdom of Auradon to help Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos destroy the talismans (from Rise of the Isle of the Lost.) But there’s a more dangerous threat that none of them know of… (This fic is completed and this link currently acts as a placeholder for this series, until the sequel is published.)

Title + link: Fate and Fairy Tales

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: Carly is looking forward to a happily-ever-after with her fiancé Chad Charming, as Carlos looks forward to a future without their mother around. But the sudden and unexpected arrival of their father, the malevolent king of a magical race, complicates everything. (This fic is dedicated to Cameron Boyce, who passed shortly before its publishing.)

Title + link: Blue Fire

Fandoms: Sky High and Disney’s Descendants (crossover)

Basic plot: Haley is just your average, everyday super-powered teenager attending Sky High. It just so happens that her hair turns into blue fire and she has no idea where she comes from, or who her father really is.

Title + link: The Crown and the Sea

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: a crossover between me and my girlfriend @megamultifandomtrashposts featuring our characters Bianca and Sophia. Bianca is with Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos as they return to the Isle of the Lost (from May Evil Reign), but the reign of Ursula’s daughter, Sophia, over the Isle complicates things...

Title + link: An Untold Story: Tales of Auradon

Fandoms: Once Upon a Time and Disney’s Descendants (crossover)

Basic plot: The second of three books in my An Untold Story crossover between OUaT and Descendants, this book takes place between Season 3A and Season 3B of OUaT. Instead of going to the Land Without Magic, Emma and Henry come to Auradon to stay with King Adam, Rose, and the rest of their adoptive family. This book includes an adaptation of Rise of the Isle of the Lost and the first Descendants movie.

Title + link: Heroes and Villains

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: This four-part story encompasses the first Isle of the Lost book, the first Descendants movie, and the Return to the Isle of the Lost book, before departing into an OG fourth part. This is the story of Royal, Mal’s half-sister, in a version of Auradon where the Isle of the Lost wasn’t the first solution for working with the villains and history is a bit different.

Title + link: Spells Were Made to be Broken

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: Basically a crossover between Heroes and Villains and the world of Descendants 3 post-D3, Royal, Chloe, and Skalja, the Princess Trio, are tasked to save the kingdom from an unexpected enemy.

Title + link: The Return

Fandoms: Disney Descendants and MCU (crossover, kinda?)

Basic plot: An adaptation of Return to the Isle of the Lost, featuring my OCs Lily and Balthazar, the children of Loki (from the MCU.) This isn’t an active story exactly, but it is the latest in the series while I’m planning out the next and final book.

Title + link: More than Flesh and Bone

Fandoms: Disney Descendants and Disney ZOMBIES (crossover)

Basic plot: Gwyn, a cheerleader in Seabrook, has mysterious ties to a certain Werewolf pack, ties that originate from her mother on the faraway Isle of the Lost.

Title + link: The Dragon That Cannot Fly

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: In the third and final book of her series, Nara, the adopted daughter of Queen Narissa, must team up with Naros, her brother from an alternate and almost-identical world, in order to put a permanent end to Queen Narissa’s evil.

Title + link: The Believers

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: In an OUAT-inspired story that combines OCs from various different stories, Ben awakens from a coma and discovers that his memories of Auradon were nothing but dreams. However, he soon learns that the world he’s in, Auradon City, is really his kingdom placed under a curse and controlled by Maleficent.

Title + link: Not All Treasure is Silver and Gold

Fandoms: Disney Descendants and Pirates of the Caribbean series (crossover, sorta)

Basic plot: Jackie is the daughter of Captain Jack Sparrow and Angelica. When she goes to Auradon, she finds a little adventure and a little romance with an old friend and a new one. (No love triangle, just polyamory.)

Title + link: Fathoms Below

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: In the final book of Selina’s series, Selina must confront and defeat Morveren, the first evil Sea Witch and the originator of her lineage, in order to protect her family and her kingdom. With fewer allies than ever before, this is quite a daunting task.

Title + link: The Unusual Kingdom Keeper

Fandoms: Disney Descendants and the Kingdom Keepers book series

Basic plot: Aria, the twin sister of Audrey, unexpectedly finds herself in the Magic Kingdom. In this world, Disney Characters are made real through the power of children’s belief in them, heroes and villains alike. And the villains are just as evil as ever.

Title + link: The Thieves in the Shadows

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: The second book featuring Jay and Aza, the two of them try to track down a mysterious rash of thefts throughout Agrabah. Unfortunately, they uncover a plot launched by Jay’s mother, the sorceress Azirah, to take over all the lands.

Title + link: The Rebel Descendant

Fandoms: Disney Descendants and Ever After High

Basic plot: Reign is Raven Queen’s adopted sister, and a Rebel to the core. But there’s more to Reign’s story than just a Rebel. She comes from somewhere else, somewhere that doesn’t need a Storybook of Legends.

Title + link: Maddie Baylor and the Second Titanomachy

Fandoms: Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Basic plot: Maddie is a friend of Percy Jackson, the son of Poseidon, and she’s no stranger to the world of gods and monsters; after all, she’s a daughter of Dionysus, herself. When it becomes clear that the Titans plan to rise again and defeat the Olympians once and for all, she’ll fight by Percy’s side in quest after quest to save the world.

Title + link: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Fandoms: Disney in general, I guess?

Basic plot: Belladonna Valaise is an apprentice studying in Sorcerer’s Town in a hidden, magical dimension. When an unusually mouse-like apprentice from another place arrives, seeking help to recover his master’s Animating Pen, Belladonna decides to seek out a little adventure and help.

Title + link: Bringer of Spring

Fandoms: Dreamworks’ Rise of the Guardians

Basic plot: Embla Springbringer has a very important job: each year, on Groundhogs Day, she battles the Frost Giant Rasgol to end winter and allow spring to come to her small Norwegian fjord. Embla has been doing this job even since the Man in the Moon called on her to do so. Now, the Man in the Moon has a very different job for her: becoming a Guardian to help defend the world’s children against Pitch Black.

Title + link: The Heroes of Tomorrow: The Next Trickster

Fandoms: Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow

Basic plot: An AU and then some of the movie Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow featuring my OC, Lokabrenna, daughter of Loki.

Title + link: Frost and Flame

Fandoms: Sky High and the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Basic plot: When Muspels, the Flame Giant enemies of Frost Giants, begin to come after Cassia for her half-Jotun heritage, Cassia is forced to turn to the last people she would like to help her: the Avengers.

Shared stories! These stories are shared/co-authored/inspired by @thetimelordbatgirl and her stories.

Title + link: The Daughters of the Trickster

Fandoms: Disney Descendants, MCU, and Marvel’s Descendants

Basic plot: In our very first crossover, our OCs Lily and Locket meet for the first time and have to navigate the realization of alternate worlds and alternate families while battling Mariana, Lily’s mother.

Title + link: The Trickster’s Daughters Return

Fandoms: Disney Descendants, MCU, and Marvel’s Descendants

Basic plot: In the second team-up, Lily and Locket return to join forces. They must face Mariana again, but this time the stakes are higher, with the impending freedom of the demonic Chernabogs.

Title + link: Sisters of Fire

Fandoms: Disney Descendants, Sky High, and Marvel’s Descendants (crossover)

Basic plot: An AU of Haley’s story, Blue Fire. Haley is not the only inexplicably fire-powered child at Whitefield Foster House. She has a foster-sister named Jayla, a powerful girl with golden eyes who can transform into a magnificent and fearsome dragon.

Title + link: Devil’s Due

Fandoms: Disney Descendants and Marvel’s Descendants

Basic plot: An AU of the above story. What if Haley was never kidnapped? What if she stayed on the Isle with her father? And what if Jayla had still found her way to this family? They’re quite the unexpected family, that’s for sure.

Title + link: Ties to Evil

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: A future AU on Heroes and Villains, inspired by the Family Business series. The second in the series featuring my OCs such as Adam (son of Royal) and Beryl (daughter of Beast and Belle.)

Title + link: The Dragon’s Son

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: A future AU on Nara’s series, inspired by the Family Business series. In which Fairen is the son of both Evie and Nara, he reluctantly leaves his mothers behind on the Isle when Prince Alexander chooses him to come to Auradon in his proclamation. While in Auradon, Fairen learns of Nara’s unlikely connection to Auradon, and the kidnapped Princess Roseleta.

Title + link: Heirs of Agrabah

Fandoms: Disney Descendants

Basic plot: A future AU on Aza’s story, inspired by the Family Business series. Ben’s proclamation never happened, but now his son Alexander chooses some children to leave the Isle of the Lost. One of these children is Jayra, daughter of Jay, who makes a unique and unexpected connection to Aza.

Congrats! You’ve reached the end of my list of masterpieces and nonsense.

#new drinking game: take a shot for each of these fics related to descendants #no don't do that you'll give yourself alcohol poisoning

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