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Book Signings anyone?
JRob:
I know that as a reader, I love going to signings of authors that I like. A signed book is a treasure that stays forever in my book collection.
I saw Hank Phillippi Ryan a couple weeks back on the second event of her tour for "The Murder List". She's always a thrill to see and she even mentioned me and the reviewing I do for Mystery Scene as an example to illustrate a point she was making in her talk. (There's video of it, so I have proof! LOL)
I just got back from a book signing at a library two towns over from where I live. The author is Jack Matthews and the mystery he was promoting was his debut novel "Arte Perdida". He put on an engaging talk about the process of researching and writing the story and I picked up a copy of the book and had it signed.
This week, I'm headed to see Brad Meltzer on his tour for his kid books, but I'm going to have him sign a couple of his thrillers and a comic trade paperback he wrote after I buy the kid book as a Christmas gift for my nephew. (I checked with the store and they said he'll sign any of his work at the event.)
I've also got plans to see William Kent Krueger and Kyle Mills when they hit stores within driving distance for me.
So does anyone else here have any book signing events in their future? Do you like to go to these events? And for those who are writing the books, how much input do you have on going out on tour to promote?
JRob:
I kind of feel like I'm talking to myself on the board as of late but I ended up having to miss the William Kent Krueger signing I mentioned in the first post.
I'm trying to do a double signing on Saturday September 28th. Author Peter Colt has a new detective series that saw the first book 'The Off-Islander' published recently. He's doing a signing at Titcomb's Bookshop on Saturday afternoon.
After I go to that, I've got to then head up to the New England Mobile Book Fair store where Hank Phillippi Ryan and Steven Cooper are doing a tandem event for their respective new books The Murder List and Valley of Shadows.
Dinobar:
Love book signings. Although I only went to a few in my life though, sadly. The most memorable was Brandon Sanderson's book signing. Love that guy.
JRob:
--- Quote from: Dinobar on October 22, 2019, 04:38:45 am ---Love book signings. Although I only went to a few in my life though, sadly. The most memorable was Brandon Sanderson's book signing. Love that guy.
--- End quote ---
He's the fantasy author, right? He's got his own stuff plus finished Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series?
JRob:
My local library's mystery book club (of which I'm a member) hosted author Edith Maxwell on October 10th as we discussed her book 'Delivering The Truth', the first book in her Quaker Midwife Mysteries series.
It was a pretty good time, especially since I'm a big fan of her work.
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