tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post4761675926305735972..comments2024-03-22T03:27:19.859-04:00Comments on Sourcebooks Casablanca Romance Authors: Signing BooksAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12914920560584429315noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-61628852982832380842010-06-01T09:14:21.952-04:002010-06-01T09:14:21.952-04:00Believe it or not, before I worked in publishing, ...Believe it or not, before I worked in publishing, I was never really intersted in book signings... I just wanted to read the books! But now, whenever I'm in my local bookstores and I see an author signing books, even if I'm not interested in the books (which is rare, I read A LOT), I stop by and talk with them a bit, take a postcard/bookmark, or even buy the book! <br /><br />Great post, Libby!Danielle Jackson Dresserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293766728921704640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-70781964893000653312010-06-01T01:28:26.776-04:002010-06-01T01:28:26.776-04:00The video was great! I'm stealing it and sprea...The video was great! I'm stealing it and spreading it around - thanks for posting it.<br />Working in bookselling, I've seen lot of sparsely attended signings, so at least my expectations were realistic! So many new writers look forward to signings and are disappointed when adoring hordes don't show up.<br />I had fun doing local signings where people know me, and when events aren't well-attended, you have more time to connect with the few that show up. <br />Interestingly, when I signed in Denver, I sold more books to men than women! All for their wives and daughters, of course:)Joanne Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02842031719126899384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-89876072745072615712010-05-31T19:04:58.152-04:002010-05-31T19:04:58.152-04:00Love that video. Wonder how his sales are doing no...Love that video. Wonder how his sales are doing now. LOL.<br /><br />I had a woman come up to me at one of my first signings and GUSH about loving romance and how she was going to buy my book (ended up buying a bunch of them), and then she joined our RWA chapter. Turns out she wants to be an author, too. So it was a good day for both of us!Judi Fennellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12913199632952461638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-56668438013279408242010-05-31T15:03:24.691-04:002010-05-31T15:03:24.691-04:00These are terrific stories. Thanks for sharing the...These are terrific stories. Thanks for sharing them. I was very nervous for my very first book signing, but have become quite sanguine, if that's the right word, over them through the years. I did one signing where not a single new release of mine was sold but several of my old YAs sold! Go figure.skLibby Sternberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189737938551021370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-24082434802516693172010-05-31T13:55:46.692-04:002010-05-31T13:55:46.692-04:00Loved the video and the post! I have had a few in...Loved the video and the post! I have had a few interesting signings. One was when a lady picked up my book and read the back cover, talked to me and then said she didn't have money with her and couldn't buy it but when walking away she saw Virginia Henly's latest and turned back to me and said, "Well, I do have enough money with me to buy this one." I just smiled becaue I like Virginia too! There was another time a man wouldn't leave but kept hanging around. Very creepy. The manager asked him to leave and he did and just to be sure, the manager walked me to my car. So always be careful of strangers!<br />Too cute about the JD poster, Linda!<br />AmeliaAmeliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07603588884175706382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-56065455824213366502010-05-31T12:24:23.695-04:002010-05-31T12:24:23.695-04:00Probably too many to count. One where a friend and...Probably too many to count. One where a friend and I had a signing at a mall, seated outside B Dalton and a gangbanger came up. He was very impressed we actually wrote the books and shook our hands. <br /><br />One where an elderly lady was miffed at me for switching from Linda Wisdom in my early Silhouette days to Linda Randall Wisdom when I started writing for Dell Ecstasy. I was supposed to tell a body these things. :} When I attended the conference several years later she showed up with many of my backlist for me to sign. <br /><br />A signing in Virginia City where Janet Dailey's bookcover poster was behind me and kept bopping me in the head. Until it somehow landed in the gully behind us.Linda Wisdomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04398941824875217938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-5763252834148985112010-05-31T11:32:50.012-04:002010-05-31T11:32:50.012-04:00Those are some good ideas, Libby. I like your idea...Those are some good ideas, Libby. I like your idea of follow up press releases.<br /><br />Yah, I saw this video a couple of weeks ago and it cracked me up. It's also a smart marketing ploy on his part.<br /><br />I try to support booksignings when they come to my neck of the woods. The last one was three author who signed together and they made it fun. Lots of laughter from that corner which, of course, drew people over.~Sia McKye~https://www.blogger.com/profile/08470562659597351033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-84561538240788205782010-05-31T10:31:16.508-04:002010-05-31T10:31:16.508-04:00That video is great! I've had wonderful and ho...That video is great! I've had wonderful and horrible signings. Yesterday at Borders I saw a couple signing a children's book. I felt so bad for them. They were sitting there, looking so bored for like a half an hour and no one came to get a book. I almost wanted to buy a book because I felt so bad, but my little one can't even read the 100+ books she has already.Shanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06267793335415078380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-78840994972085432742010-05-31T10:18:04.172-04:002010-05-31T10:18:04.172-04:00Very funny video!
Signings for me have been hit ...Very funny video! <br /><br />Signings for me have been hit and miss. I always enjoy them and I do think it has a potential impact beyond what we see in actual sales. Folks do read about you in the newspaper blurb or take your card home to think about it. You never really know.<br /><br />That being said, they do take a great deal of time and effort, so to be honest I do not go out of my way to line up a ton of signings. If it comes my way as part of a group thing or I am invited, then I will do it happily. <br /><br />Thanks for a fun post, Libby!Sharon Lathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09539439531975181469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-87172047703483129542010-05-31T09:07:53.589-04:002010-05-31T09:07:53.589-04:00I've had good experiences and some that were a...I've had good experiences and some that were a bit letdown. You just never know how they'll turn out.Cheryl Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11464377381132807409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-44779411037540138712010-05-31T09:04:35.462-04:002010-05-31T09:04:35.462-04:00Libby: That's the cleverest video. Yes, you ne...Libby: That's the cleverest video. Yes, you never know about signings. I've had some where I ran out of books and had to take names and mail the books later, and I've had some where no one comes. You just never know, but like you said, there can be other rewards. Like you, from a signing where no books were sold, I made a Book Club contact and later got invited to speak at a large women's club, so you just never know.Joyce Elson Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08761334760088495024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-41701786049221098902010-05-31T08:53:02.153-04:002010-05-31T08:53:02.153-04:00I've found that often the signed books are sna...I've found that often the signed books are snatched up at the store after I leave! :) So, yes, it helps.<br /><br />My funniest experience was saying to potential fans: "Are you interested in a hot romance?" That way if readers didn't care for romance or hotter romances, they would say no, and that would be that. Wellll....I was doing pretty well with that...No, no, no...smiles, no...(I live in the Baptist Bible Belt) so then a man comes along--probably 60 or so, and dummy me doesn't change the spiel. "Are you interested in a hot romance?"<br /><br />*sigh* Well, I embarrassed myself and made his day!!!! He came back two more times to tell me just how much he appreciated me asking, that he hadn't been asked that in years. LOL!!!! I'm sure he told his wife and all his friends!!!<br /><br />And in another case, my redheaded daughter was acting as my publicist, and some guy fell in love with her and bought a book, more interested in dating her than anything else. Yep, you use whatever means you can! :)Terry Spearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788961423817944896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-15644875852103449572010-05-31T07:17:27.615-04:002010-05-31T07:17:27.615-04:00I showed the video to my husband, too, Amanda, and...I showed the video to my husband, too, Amanda, and he also had a good laugh! Parnell really nails it, doesn't he? I've not read his books but my sister has enjoyed one of his series.<br /><br />I'm on the road today, ladies, so if I don't weigh in right away, that's why!Libby Sternberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189737938551021370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2802601138878132017.post-47633953435355007362010-05-31T04:11:56.142-04:002010-05-31T04:11:56.142-04:00Hillarious!! Showed the video to my husband so he...Hillarious!! Showed the video to my husband so he could get a good laugh too. I haven't had any negative experiences at signings... yet. I am planning to go to RWA and do the signing with all those fab authors. I feel better suited to be a fan girl than an author!Amanda Foresterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985238568270688021noreply@blogger.com