Join author Dinah Roseberry, an editor for a prominent paranormal/mind, body, spirit/UFO line of books, as she takes you through her tried-and-true methods for a successful author signing. This short and snappy reference will offer how to’s, guidelines and tricks, and ideas that can help authors to be fabulous publicity engines for their books.
Join author Dinah Roseberry, an editor for a prominent paranormal/mind, body, spirit/UFO line of books, as she takes you through her tried-and-true methods for a successful author signing. Every author dreams of having a extraordinary signing—whether it’s the first time or one-hundredth—but it’s becoming more difficult with the tremendous competition, shrinking venues, and the need for a more high-profile performance. This short and snappy reference will offer how to’s, guidelines and tricks, and ideas that can help authors to be fabulous publicity engines for their books. Learn where to begin, how to handle helpers, understanding your money options, ways to offer something most people can’t resist, and more. Institute some of Dinah’s quicky tips and follow her easy to understand timeline. Anyway you look at it, having a successful signing is the first step to your stardom!
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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: So Where Do I Begin?
Chapter 3: The Press, the Money, and More
Chapter 4: The Great How To
Chapter 5: Helpers and Calling the Shots
Chapter 6: Offer Something Most People Can’t Resist!
Chapter 7: Quicky Tips and Some Words of Pip
Chapter 8: After the Signing
Chapter 9: Conclusion
Chapter 1: Introduction
Let the fun and games begin. Book signings when first imagined are a fabulous thing. You can usually see yourself with lines of loving fans wrapped around a building and you sitting behind a long table stocked with books that you’ve written, twirling a Cross® pen with your name engraved. You smile at the people in front of you who are obviously daydreaming about you… and your characters… or your plans to incorporate them into your next best. Ahh, the dream.
Well, it doesn’t usually happen that way—though I must say that I have seen authors who were not already celebrities have long lines of people just waiting to talk with them. It can go either way. Still, this is the part that you can’t really control. You have no idea regarding what that line-stander had to do to get to you—or not get to you. Maybe they had to work late, or couldn’t find someone to watch the kids (oh… maybe not, because there seems to be kids hanging from the overhead lighting system over your table), or, your fan may have fell sick at the last minute, or maybe they were stuck behind a slow-moving piece of farm equipment for two hours. The reasons are endless. And they don’t really matter, because you couldn’t have done anything about those situations anyway.
But there are some things that are under your control, and those things can turn a mediocre book signing into a great one, and a great book signing into a fantastic one. It can even turn a bad one into an okay one. When you control things, those are the things that can tip the scale towards success.
Do you have to do any of the things I tell you? Of course not. Some of these suggestions may be way outside your realm of desire, ability, interest, or personality. Matters not. Choose what you like. Discard the rest. (By the way, that’s the same advice you should be taking for the “tips” you receive from others about actually writing books.)
I’ve tried to make the things covered here easy and pain-free. All things are relative of course. It might be that you choose one or two of these ideas, then add more as you become more comfortable putting yourself “out there” for the world to physically see. For those of a more outgoing nature, a great deal of what I have to offer may be common sense, or you’ll have a feeling of “I can do that” almost immediately.
So, because I want this little gem to be a quick and easy guide, I won’t go into this intro any more deeply. It’s time to move on to the meat of a book signing. Let’s start!
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