The Keepers: preorders now live!
THE DAY HAS COME: Preorders are now open for my debut novel, the first book in a five-book epic literary fantasy saga!
(Okay, so The Day comes on 06.16.26, otherwise known as ~Release Day~ when The Keepers will actually be published and out in the world…but there’s a rumor going around that preorders may make their way into readers’ hands a smidgeon early.)
The preorder campaign is live, as of TODAY (03.16.26) on Kickstarter!
(Why Kickstarter? I answered some of that here for transparency into this highly transparent means of supporting a small press and its authors.)
Preorders Now Open!
The Kickstarter is live, it’s aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive!
Through this campaign, you gain some supremely cool opportunities: Not only can you be among the first in the whole world to read the story of Aleris, Cora, Iris, and Daphne, but you can do so in splashy style.
Exclusive to the Kickstarter (and future in-person author events), the special hardcover edition of The Keepers with gorgeously designed edges, created by the same talented designer as the cover, WolfBell8, will be available for just $35.
Also a Kickstarter exclusive, the hardback with more standard pages!
Not exclusive to Kickstarter, but discounted from final sale prices upon release, paperback copies for your shelf and eBooks for your eReader of choice!
But Wait, There’s More!
You’re going to love this book (I hope); if you’re ready to fall in love with the characters, why don’t you bring them home with you, too?
Meet our four POVs characters! (click to enlarge)
I have been dying to share the utterly stunning character art I commissioned from the wildly talented Kristina Gehrmann, and now I can—and they’ll be coming, too, in the campaign! So will some other delightful extras:
Vellum page overlays with all four POV characters
Stickers of the four characters + book
Art prints in convenient postcard size
Stickers of some quotes from the book
A mug with what several early readers have long flagged as their favorite line
A signed bookplate with my real, human-author signature to add in for your own signed copy
My undying appreciation (included free with every pledge)
Vellum page overlays with Kristina Gehrmann's character art of Aleris, Cora, Iris, and Daphne; shown as an example over page one of The Keepers (click to enlarge)
Art prints! Treats not included. (click to enlarge)
And There Could Be Even More 👀
Since it’s Kickstarter, funding is an all-or-nothing sort of deal.
So, first, I am not above begging: Please help this happen.
Second, if we meet the funding threshold…there could be some extra good things coming for every single person who’s backed at any level.
Like, say, a bonus story that will shed some light on mysteries in the book. We have four POV characters, which seems like a lot, but even as much as these four women see, they cannot be everywhere.
And…remember how this is Book One?
Want a sneak peek into Book Two?
We can make that happen. Together.
btw, Kickstarter Loves This Project
Even before its formal launch, Kickstarter let Quills and Cosmos (my incredible publisher) and me know that they had selected The Keepers as a certified Project We Love.
Kickstarter emailed us this and said LOOK, WE LOVE IT
So…that’s super stinking cool!!
Quills and Cosmos has run successful Kickstarter campaigns to launch The Ice Moves for No One (Arlo Z. Graves), Beyond the Border Forest (Molly Haniszewski), and, most recently, When Everything Was Fresh & Green (Bethany Tap).
I have personally chosen to back every one of these books and they are all stunning five-star reads, IMHO. As a backer, I found the process for each of these super rad, honestly; I was pleased with the transparency of the campaign on the Kickstarter platform, clarity of what I was backing and when I would receive it, and the chance for exclusives and discounts. Yes, I’m another author with the same press, but I backed the same as any reader, and for real, 9/10 experience (it would be 10/10 but I’m an impatient human and stared at my mailbox despite everything arriving totally on time, so that last 1/10 point is wholly on me).
Your Support Is Everything 💖
As a reminder, Quills and Cosmos Press is a small, indie publisher, making me a small, indie author.
Launching a new book through a new publishing house into the big world with so many books everywhere is hard. The best ways to support me, Q&C, and my fellow Q&C authors are to back the Kickstarter or, after release, order direct from Q&C; and please, please, please, if you like The Keepers, review it.
Word of mouth is the best thing—and easiest, because it’s free!
Now If You’ll Excuse Me…
I will be alternating between hiding in fear of perception and refreshing the campaign page.
Preorders are open for the next month!
Thank you and good day!
-Sarah
