2026
For folks who were asking if there are other places than Amazon to order my new book, The Art of the Unknown, there sure are!
My publisher has a page listing several options: Amazon, Bookshop dot org, Waterstones, Indigo, and Barnes and Noble.
But here are a few more ways to support the book that you might not have thought of:
✷Ask your local independent bookshop to order a copy for you, or better yet, ask them to stock it. A customer request goes a long way toward getting a book on the shelf.
✷ Request it at your local library. Libraries purchase based on patron requests more than people realize, and a library copy means the book finds readers who might not otherwise stumble across it.
✷ Buy it as a gift for an artsy-fartsy weirdo. Most platforms allow gifting, and trust me, you definitely know a weird art person!
✷ If you have a connection to a museum, an art school, occult shop, witchy boutique, or independent bookshop with a dark and esoteric bent, put in a word. Bulk and institutional orders count toward first-week sales and genuinely move the needle.
✷ Are you a teacher, professor, or workshop leader whose students might find this useful or inspiring? Desk copies exist and I will help you get one.
✷ Are you someone with a very large and enthusiastic following who just genuinely loves books about strange art? No formal arrangement necessary. I just want you to have it.
✷ Add it to your Goodreads shelf and follow it there too. Following means you get notified of updates, and it helps with visibility.
✷ Do you do gift guides, round-ups, or “books I’m obsessed with” posts? September is coming fast and I would love to be on your list.✷If you think it might be a good fit for a subscription box or a holiday gift guide (gift guide season starts earlier than anyone expects!) please say something to the person who runs it. A mention to the right person now could mean a feature later.
✷Are you a Jacksonville (or north Florida area) bookstore with a local authors shelf? I’d love to be on it.
✷ When your copy arrives, photograph it, hold it, put it next to your cat, your crystals, your little bug friends, your collection of teeth. Tag me. I reshare everything!
✷ If you’re a bookstore that showcases employee recommendations and this looks like something your staff might love, I’d be so honored to end up on that shelf.
✷ After you’ve read it, a review on Amazon, Goodreads, or StoryGraph makes a big fat difference to the algorithm and to readers deciding whether to take a chance on something new.
✷ And finally…. I am available for podcasts, interviews, collaborations, and conversations of all persuasions. If you have a platform, a publication, a newsletter, or a podcast, I would be delighted to come and talk about art, mystery, and the glorious, vertiginous pleasure of not knowing things. You know where to find me.
✷✷Every single one of these things matters big time! Thank you for asking, and thank you for caring enough to look for ways to help. ✷✷