Notes from the Slushpile is a team blog maintained by eight friends who also happen to be children's authors at different stages of the publishing journey.
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Saturday, 29 May 2010
Book signing: say it isn't so!
When I look into my crystal ball, I can see this happening to me ... oh no!
Be kind to authors: if you see an author sitting and waiting to sign something. Go have something, anything, your arm, signed - you don't need to buy the book. just rescue that poor author! who knows, it might even be me!
I remember thinking I was rescuing a writer at BookExpoAmerica one year - he couldn't even get people to take it when it was free - and it turned out to be a really good read.
An American publicist once told me that the average uptake for a bookstore signing is two books.
Be kind to authors: if you see an author sitting and waiting to sign something. Go have something, anything, your arm, signed - you don't need to buy the book. just rescue that poor author! who knows, it might even be me!
ReplyDeleteHa ha, that's a brilliant video! :D
ReplyDeleteI remember thinking I was rescuing a writer at BookExpoAmerica one year - he couldn't even get people to take it when it was free - and it turned out to be a really good read.
An American publicist once told me that the average uptake for a bookstore signing is two books.
We shouldn't do it! Mind you, he managed to turn it into a great video!
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