Toulouse: she had promoted her book on billboards, we tell you how many she sold
In June, Martine Grandjan-Marquès decided to promote her first book through billboards around Toulouse. This bold initiative was a springboard for this Toulousaine.
“I am on all fronts. I don’t touch the ground anymore”, enthuses Martine Grandjan-Marquès, self-entrepreneur, who in June decided to promote her first novel “Do not look at me” through billboards around Toulouse. An unusual gift from his brother for his birthday that seems to have changed his life. “The idea surprised me but I played the game. It was an excellent way to publicize my book”, assures this great reader, in charge of writing since always but whose audacity lacked: “I I’ve always been the one who gave speeches for family events, who wrote poems for Mother’s Day. Since my youngest age, I have always liked to handle words. But writing to me seems impossible. It wasn’t for me. In short, an unattainable dream. And then the words caught up with me. “.
“To date, I have sold 180 books”
Installed for a week, the 70 panels boosted sales. And gave strength to this “shy” who did not dare: “To date, I have sold 180 books. According to my publishing house, for a first book, it’s promising. The returns were to be numerous in the next six months ”.
The dedications are linked everywhere: “My book, me and my readers, we are inseparable. People welcome the unusual and unprecedented initiative. Many knew me through this display before being seduced by this psychological thriller”.
Today, Martine has practically completed her second novel, which is scheduled for publication in early 2023. “This time by the normal route”, says the one for whom writing is both synonymous with liberation and with characters emerging on the blank page. .