Welcome to the Private Launch Team Resource Page
Thank You, Launch Team!
All Your Launch Links
Find the book!
How-To Links & Tutorials
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This tutorial will walk you through all the steps to find and request a library purchase. For school or church orders, email the general email address and/or the director of the Media Center.
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This video will walk you through the steps!
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Verified Purchase means the reviewer bought the item on Amazon, and paid a price available to most Amazon shoppers.
Be sure you're signed in to the same account used to purchase when writing your review!
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Here's a how-to blog post that encourages you to keep it simple!
Helpful book reviews will answer questions readers want to know. Use these questions to inspire a short, four-sentence review! I put my answers in parenthesis.
Why did the topic of this book interest you? (My family has celebrated Advent for two decades and have been looking for the perfect book all that time.)
How does the book give you something you need? (I finally found a book that can be used with the whole family!)
What are you most excited about in reading the book? (I'm so excited to incorporate the activities and feast days into our celebration.)
How will this book make your life or family better? (I can't wait for Advent now because I have a simple guide that is rich, meaningful, and easy to keep up with.)
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If you posted a review on Amazon, then you're one copy/paste away from sharing that review with other online retailers! Below are direct links to the book page on other sites that accept reviews.
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Joy of Advent Facebook (Information related to Advent and Christmas)
Joy of Advent Instagram (Share our “Christmas Digital Business Card!”)
Rebecca Grabill's Author YouTube (Book trailers, playlists, and more)
Rebecca's Pinterest (Education, holiday, food, life, everything!)
Rebecca's Author Facebook (Active all year with topics from creativity to parenting and everything in between)
Rebecca's Author Instagram (A digital “business card!”)
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A link to the PDF came in your welcome email. Can't find it or missed it? Feel free to email us at: info@joyofadvent.com
Please note: the PDF will only be available until October 7th!
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Launch Faqs
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Your participation is entirely up to you! Read on to discover some reasons to actively participate.
We request that you do two things at an absolute minimum:
Review the book on Amazon and also on Goodreads
Request that your local school, church, and/or public library purchase a copy. Most libraries have "purchase request" forms available on their websites!
What else can you do? Here are just a few examples, never to be limited by your own creativity!
Send an email to friends and family encouraging them to look at the book. Be sure to link to the book page or our website!
Share our social media posts to your wall, story, feed, etc. as inspiration strikes.
Create your own posts to share on social media highlighting The Joy of Advent.
Purchase copies for Christmas, wedding, birthday, new baby or other gifts!
Tell your local bookstores about the book and encourage them to carry it.
Host a Jesse Tree ornament-making party using the book as your guide.
Let us know creative ways you plan to share and we'll add them here!
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This book is a full resource for children and adults, both Protestants and Catholics.
Catholic and many Protestant traditions follow the seasons of the Church year (liturgical seasons) which have been in practice since the very earliest days of the Christianity (some celebrations have roots in the ancient Jewish calendar!). Some Evangelical traditions don't use the liturgical calendar at all, so unless they celebrate St. Nicholas Day or St. Lucy's Day culturally, these celebrations may be new - which is great! They can be fun ways to open up discussion with families, learn about how the broader church celebrates, and about church history.
We have included two important liturgical holidays having to do with Jesus's mother, Mary, that could be unfamiliar to most Protestants. Protestant & Evangelical parents may opt to skip these two special days, to read them independently and share, “Today Catholics celebrate...”, or to celebrate along with their Catholic brothers and sisters and discover the beautiful role the mother of Jesus plays in Christmas!
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No matter your level of involvement, ALL members of the Launch Team will receive...
• A watermarked PDF of The Joy of Advent to use for reviews (please do not share).
• Access to this page with links to all our social platforms, downloads, comment and discussion area, and more.
• Exclusive discount codes to use in our shop.
• The joyful experience of walking through a book launch with us!
• Opportunity to earn Joy of Advent & One Star, Three Kings swag and other prizes, including free copies of the book! -
Absolutely!!! All special or bulk orders should be arranged through Paraclete Press's representative listed below:
Sharon Pfeiffer
Retail Accounts/Author Sales
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If it’s just too much right now, we fully understand. You can opt out at any time.
But if you unsubscribe via the link in your email, you will be unsubscribed from all our lists, including our digital Advent Calendar. You also won’t receive the followup email (toward the end of October), so won't receive any bonus rewards.
We'd love for you to stay and participate in whatever way you can. You can even join our prayer team! Our launch is supposed to be fun and joyful, not a burden. You can also email us with any questions at any time.
Launch Timeline & Important Dates
Official Release is October 7th!
September 1-30: Pre-launch activities. Look at your PDF, write your reviews, share your review on Goodreads, do an order request with your local library.
October 1: Begin pre-launch! Follow along with our Facebook page and begin sharing! More details will come via email.
October 7: LAUNCH DAY! If you haven’t ordered yet, order today. Also, leave your book review on Amazon.
October 18: Local Launch Party! Come to Baker Book House and celebrate with us! We’ll have holiday-themed snacks, giveaways, and goodie-bags for all. Find more details at our Events page.
October 7-14: Launch Week Fun! Share and share some more.
October 20: You’re done! Officially. But we’d love for you to stick around for the rest of the season and join in the re-launch of The Joy of Advent.
October 21: Our heavy Launch efforts will end with a drawing, and then we’ll take a break.
Late October: Launch Team Followup. Be on the lookout for your follow-up email. This is where you’ll report your activities and claim your rewards.
November: We’ll start our re-launch of The Joy of Advent!
Sticking around for the full season?
December 1: Advent begins, as does our Daily Digital Advent Calendar, which integrates seamlessly with The Joy of Advent and the companion, One Star, Three Kings.
December 25-January 6: Twelve Days of Christmas fun!