Ready, Set, Sell-ebrate

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By Barbara M. Britton @BarbaraMBritton Over the years, I have attended book events. Initially, I went as a reader, but since 2016 I have attended as an author. I love to meet readers, and sign and sell books. I also enjoy meeting authors who I know online but have never met in person. Book events usually occur on a single …

What Not to Do at a Book Signing

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By Terri Gillespie You finally made it! You’ve spent weeks of preparation: posts on social media, e-newsletters, flyers everywhere, radio interviews, reminders to family and friends, sandwich boards on your dogs. There’s a table and chair set up just for you at the local bookstore. Soon you’ll be meeting, greeting, and signing your name and special Bible passage inside your …

When Your Readers Bother and Bless You

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by Elizabeth Musser I just returned from a book signing event where I was invited to speak to a church book club. Because I posted the event on Facebook, other readers who weren’t a part of the book club also attended. I spoke about my most recent novel, The Long Highway Home. The novel is based on true stories of …

Bring These to Your First Book Sale & Signing

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By Christen Civiletto Morris A friend talked me into sharing a vending booth at an outdoor fair so that we could sell copies of our books. (‘It’ll be fun! An inexpensive way to market! We might sell some books!’) I decided to give it a try. My environmentally themed suspense novel could potentially be of interest to the fair’s new-age …

The Story Behind the Story event

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If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend, come join five Revell authors at The Door Christian Bookstore in San Carlos on Saturday November 21 from 2-4pm. Kristin Billerbeck, Suzanne Woods Fisher, Susanna Aughtmon, Debbie Alsdorf, and I will be talking about “The Story Behind the Story.” We’ll also be signing books or excerpts of upcoming books. Come …