Book Event Basics

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By Barbara M. Britton @BarbaraMBritton Recently, a debut author emailed me asking what I brought to book signings. After I finished my response, I looked at the many paragraphs in my email and considered what her reaction would be. One of dread and panic. There are numerous items that you can bring to an organized book event, but all you …

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 …