Conversations with Kathy and Connie
So would you believe my batteries died and I couldn't take pictures at the book signing...so I must wait for Concetta to forward her photos to me, and will post.
The Barnes and Noble in Lancaster is a great store (how I wish we had one close by) and the CRM (Community Relations Manager) Ken did a bang up job of making us feel welcome, but here is my honest opinion of book signings: they don't sell books unless you're probably like Steven King or someone huge. It was a beautiful day and there wasn't much traffic in the store, and most of the people who came in avoided eye contact with us (there were four of us with three different books) and didn't want to be approached. In fact, Connie said she has heard over and over again that the public finds authors intimidating. Hmmm...And I thought we were rather a fun, funny and congenial group, although I personally don't really want to work the crowd, rather sit back and be available for conversations that others initiate. Book signings are historically a poor way to sell books.
But it was wonderful to connect with fellow writers Carol Cool and Carolyn Ruch who I knew from previous writer's conferences, and we had a great lunch afterwards at a Brewery, despite the fact that not a single person ordered beer.
Connie and I spent time after that working on our Diva Day presentation and have a gig worked out that we are getting pretty excited about. So it was a productive day.
Tomorrow is Mother's Day and Nicole's birthday. How did I get so lucky? It only falls that way every six years, not like Matt's birthday that is also on our anniversary and fell that way every year.
The Barnes and Noble in Lancaster is a great store (how I wish we had one close by) and the CRM (Community Relations Manager) Ken did a bang up job of making us feel welcome, but here is my honest opinion of book signings: they don't sell books unless you're probably like Steven King or someone huge. It was a beautiful day and there wasn't much traffic in the store, and most of the people who came in avoided eye contact with us (there were four of us with three different books) and didn't want to be approached. In fact, Connie said she has heard over and over again that the public finds authors intimidating. Hmmm...And I thought we were rather a fun, funny and congenial group, although I personally don't really want to work the crowd, rather sit back and be available for conversations that others initiate. Book signings are historically a poor way to sell books.
But it was wonderful to connect with fellow writers Carol Cool and Carolyn Ruch who I knew from previous writer's conferences, and we had a great lunch afterwards at a Brewery, despite the fact that not a single person ordered beer.
Connie and I spent time after that working on our Diva Day presentation and have a gig worked out that we are getting pretty excited about. So it was a productive day.
Tomorrow is Mother's Day and Nicole's birthday. How did I get so lucky? It only falls that way every six years, not like Matt's birthday that is also on our anniversary and fell that way every year.
Labels: Book signings, conversations with Kathy and Connie, diva
posted by www.kathypride.com at
10:54 PM
1 Comments:
Yep, it's true...book signings are normally a poor way to sell books, but it's a great way for authors to connect (we get to have lunch!). ;)
It was a day of all my favorite things and since I don't go to writer's conferences, I learned a lot about writing. Who knew--right?
We had a productive day all around and it was FUN, FUN, FUN!
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