Writers and Readers discussion

Hello fellow authors! I have a rather crazy idea I'd like to toss out here: QR Novel Tees. Me and a couple of my friends had this idea of putting the text from my book onto a shirt (a Novel-T;) Then I had the idea of making the text into a QR code that people could scan and be brought to my website where they could read/purchase my book. So the graphic designer among us whipped this bad boy up using the first chapter of my novel, Warped & Wired. If you scan the QR code using your smartphone, it brings you to my website. Cool, huh?

Okay, enough back-story, here's my idea: I've started an online t-shirt shop where I will be selling various graphic tees. One section I would like to have is for these QR Novel-Ts. So here's how it would work: you would send me the link and text (about 30k words or so) you would like on your shirt and I would do the conversion and make it available to purchase. All you would have to do is promote the fact that your readers can buy a shirt with your book on it at my shop. You wouldn't be making any proceeds from the shirts, but I also wouldn't be charging for converting your book into a QR textcode shirt.
If this takes off, it would be a great way to promote your books. Your fans can wear these shirts that other passers-by could scan and be brought directly to your site to purchase your book:)

If you're interested, please contact me either through Goodreads or my email address: JoshuaCaleb(at)TheWryterChronicles(dot)com


Here's a pic of what my QR code(made entirely out of my novel text) t-shirt(for full size image go here: http://twitpic.com/2pqjns/full )

It sounds like an interesting idea. Are you using a site like Cafepress or Zazzle to sell the t-shirts or is it your own website shop?

A. F. wrote: "It sounds like an interesting idea. Are you using a site like Cafepress or Zazzle to sell the t-shirts or is it your own website shop?"

it's actually www.Printfection.com I tried cafepress and zazzle but didn't like the way they worked, not enough control or features. Plus I was able to map my own domain to it:)

Joshua wrote: "A. F. wrote: "It sounds like an interesting idea. Are you using a site like Cafepress or Zazzle to sell the t-shirts or is it your own website shop?"

it's actually www.Printfection.com I tried ca..."

It looks like a good site.

A. F. wrote: "Joshua wrote: "A. F. wrote: "It sounds like an interesting idea. Are you using a site like Cafepress or Zazzle to sell the t-shirts or is it your own website shop?"

it's actually www.Printfecti..."

yeah, a little sparse, but very customizable.