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A light-hearted ode to the immense pleasure of reading and its resulting neuroses in a collection of cartoons created by beloved bookstore The Wild Detectives.
About the author
The Wild Detectives The Wild Detectives is a independent bookstore, bar and venue in Oak Cliff, Dallas, that encourages community-driven cultural conversations. Since its opening in 2014 this small bookstore has hosted over 600 events and featured authors and artists such as Ben Fountain, Leni Zumas, Morgan Parker, Damien Jurado or Bill Callahan, just to mention a few. They also maintain a strong Spanish language calendar of events, having promoted some of the best young Latin American voices, featuring authors such as Eduardo Rabasa, Daniel Saldaña París, Verónica Gerber, among others, in single events or as part of the international literary festival Hay Festival. So far, the business has been chosen Best Bookstore 2014, 2015 and 2016 by D Magazine, and also 2018 by the Dallas Observer. It was selected by American Way, along with Powell's and other 3 bookstores in the country, as the spearheads of the recent American indie bookstore renaissance.
Andrés de la Casa HuertasAlthough Andrés (San Sebastián, Spain, 1979) started his career as a journalist -he was press assistant for the Basque social democrats in the Spanish Parliament- he was always more interested in creativity. As graphic designer and art director he's worked for top international brands, first in Madrid, then also in Dublin and London. He's currently creative director at The Wild Detectives, a bookstore bar venue in Dallas. Reading Quirks is his first published work.
Javier García del Moral Javier Garcia del Moral (Logroño, Spain, 1978) worked as a civil engineer in places like Spain, Ireland, Middle East and the US. In 2014 he founded The Wild Detectives bookstore along with his longtime friend Paco Vique. He combines his civil engineering work with directing The Wild Detectives bookstore and currently lives in Dallas, TX
Laura PachecoLaura (Almería, Spain, 1984) is a well known Spanish illustrator and cartoonist. She's the author of several graphic novels in Spain, such as
Señor Pacheco: agente secreto (¡Caramba!, 2013) and
Problemas del primer mundo (Lumen, 2014). Along with her sister, the author Carmen Pacheco, they've also published
Una semana en familia (¡Caramba!, 2011),
Troll Corporation (¡Caramba!, 2018) and
Divas de diván (¡Caramba!, 2018).
Summary
A light-hearted ode to the immense pleasure of reading and its resulting neuroses in a collection of cartoons created by beloved bookstore The Wild Detectives
Foreword
• Galleys mailing to all major review outlets as well as alternative review sources in spring & summer 2019
• Outreach to illustration and graphic novel specific outlets, reviwers, and librarians
• Print publicity targeting literary journals and newspaper book sections
• Promotion on LibraryThing, Goodreads, Riffle, and other social reading websites
• Promotion on the publisher's website (deepvellum.org), Twitter feed (@deepvellum), and Facebook page (/deepvellum)
• Promotion in the bookstore's and publisher’s e-newsletter
• Promotion at the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference (AWP), Texas Book Festival, Brooklyn Book Festival, the American Literary Translators Association Conference, Book Expo America, Dallas Book Festival, and Bay Area Book Festival
• Publicity targeting The Paris Review, The New Inquiry, The Millions, Full-Stop, Three Percent, The Literary Saloon, the Quarterly Conversation, and more
• Print and digital advertising in select literary journals and magazines and on their websites, such as Granta, The Rumpus, The White Review, A Public Space, Full Stop, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Electric Literature, Music & Literature, and others
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"A charming paean to the not-yet-bygone act of reading books—both lighthearted and wonderfully reverent, this lovely book is a fantastic gift for all your favorite book-reading nerds. (And if you're one of them, don't deny yourself.)” –Merritt Tierce, author of Love Me Back and writer for Orange is the New Black
"A bible for the fellowship of readers worldwide… Every page will make you laugh, cry for a finished book, and feel again the company of all the other human beings on this planet who know the importance of pockets big enough to fit paperbacks, that the hardest part of a breakup is losing her half of the books, and that a broken ankle is only an opportunity to read without interruption. Funny, warm, and full of keen wit, Reading Quirks provides solace in these all-too-bookless times.” –Louisa Hall, author of Speak and Trinity
