http://bookmachine.org/2011/07/25/5-things-authors-should-know-about-bookshop-events/ We love your books Tue, 21 May 2013 07:05:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://bookmachine.org/2011/07/25/5-things-authors-should-know-about-bookshop-events/#comment-59 Lari Don Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:21:00 +0000 http://bookmachine.org/?p=687#comment-59 Excellent advice! I do lots of school events (with a captive audience, and you usually know the numbers and ages beforehand) so bookshop events are a bit more of a highwire exercise in terror and nerves for the author too. We don’t know who will be there, whether they will be the right age for the event / book, or whether their parents will let them get the book afterward.  We can feel embarrassed if not many people turn up, and equally embarrassed if too many turn up and block the aisles so noone else can look at the travel books.  But a good bookshop event can lead to great contacts, committed readers, and even a few book sales. Always worth doing. And always worth being nice to booksellers!

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