With the online auction just a little over the week away, we’re ramping up our promotion! This online auction is open to the public. Here are a few ideas on how you can help:
- Download the PDF version of the ad: 8.5″ x 11″ (portrait) OR 5.5″ x 8.5″ (portrait)
- Add this web badge to your site and have it link directly to the auction at http://myworld.ebay.com/abffe OR copy and paste this code to add this badge to your website, blog, or social networking profile:
To put it on a WordPress blog, click the “Text” tab in the WordPress.com editor and paste in the code as it appears below. Switch back to HTML view to see the image. (Sorry, I can only help you with WordPress blogs!)
—-With Text Area Box——
<div align=”center”><a href=”http://myworld.ebay.com/abffe” target=”_blank”><img alt=”Support Kids’ Right to Read! Children’s Book Art Online Auction May 18-24″ src=”https://abffesilentauction.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/web-badge-for-online-auction.gif” border=”0″ /></a>
<form><textarea cols=”20″ rows=”6″><a href=”http://myworld.ebay.com/abffe” target=”_blank”><img src=”https://abffesilentauction.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/web-badge-for-online-auction.gif”border=0 alt=”Support Kids’ Right to Read! Children’s Book Art Online Auction May 18-24″/></a> </textarea></form></div>
—-Without Text Area Box—— (USE THIS ONE FOR FREE WORDPRESS ACCOUNTS)
<div align=”center”><a href=”http://myworld.ebay.com/abffe” target=”_blank”><img alt=”Support Kids’ Right to Read! Children’s Book Art Online Auction May 18-24″ src=”https://abffesilentauction.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/web-badge-for-online-auction.gif” border=”0″ /></a>
><img src=”https://abffesilentauction.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/web-badge-for-online-auction.gif”border=0 alt=”Support Kids’ Right to Read! Children’s Book Art Online Auction May 18-24″/></a>
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- DISPLAY IDEA FOR BOOKSELLERS & LIBRARIANS:
Along with the above printable ad, pull a few books off your shelves of participating illustrators, open to the corresponding page with a sign saying something like, “The original art from this very page of this very book could be yours!” Be creative! This is a great fun opportunity to link the books on your shelves, original art and your customers/partons (and yourselves!) while making them aware of censorship of children’s books. Make a scavenger hunt out of it. Ask them to create a piece of their own art and hold you’re own auction. Call a few customers/patrons personally to let them know about this opportunity. Be sure to get all of it on your social media platforms, too. I’d love a photo of what you come up with!! Email it to kristen@abffe.org or post it on your Facebook page, tagging ABFFE.
- Add the online auction to all your social media outlets. On Twitter, please use the hashtags: #abffeauction, #bea13, #kidlit. On Facebook, please tag ABFFE (and “Like” us if you haven’t!)
- Write a blog post. Check out a couple of the illustrator’s posts here.
- Tell your friends and family.
- Don’t forget to check it out yourself!
Think presents, too: birthday, new baby, graduation, holiday, new house, a special treat to yourself for all your hard work, etc.
7-DAY ONLINE SILENT AUCTION: Opens Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 9am and closes: Friday, May 24, 2013 at 9pm
Children's Book Art Silent Auction 
