Okay, I don't usually bother you faithful readers o'my blog with things like this, but this one's a little different.
I'd like to do a Love and Capes t-shirt for San Diego. My plan is to do it as a giveaway, or something close to that as San Diego has rules about giveaways at the show. Here's the concept: You come up to my booth at San Diego, and somehow, you walk away with a shirt with the requirement that you wear it right there. I've seen this a lot of times and it does have the ability to "flood the zone." The convention has a bunch of people walking around the show with t-shirts, walking billboards for your book.
Yeah, people could walk twenty feet and take it off, but in my experience, that doesn't usually happen. And even if only half of them keep the shirt on, it still serves the larger purpose.
Here's the thing: it's expensive. Not crazy expensive, but it'd be a bit of a bite. I'd be willing to put a sponsorship logo on the back, if anyone's interested, but I've got another idea… premium t-shirts.
I've posted my design and versions on black and dark red. I could sell the black through preorders on my websites, and charge $15 or so for them. Selling those would defray the cost of my free shirts. And, it'd give me a little more flexibility with sizes. I play the odds when I print a bunch of shirts, so heavy on the extra-larges, light on the smalls. With pre-orders, if you need an XXL or a medium, I can probably swing it.
If I wind up doing this, it'll be in June or so. The question I have for you now (admittedly, a couple of months early) is would you buy one of the shirts? If you would, e-mail me or make a comment below and let me know.