I've done two
library events so far, and I have at least three tentatively on my calendar for 2015.
Not exact matches
I was really hoping to make it to the
library event tonight but my dog is sick
so I have to go home (and yes, I felt the need to tell you that).
There are a lot of great
events planned
so stop by the
library and enjoy a great evening of food and entertainment,» said Legislator Mills.
So with the local cops unable to solve the case, Jami teams up with the local
library archive clerk Nick (Travis Tope) to get the whole history of these past
events.
It's a historical novel set in the medieval period (telling the story of the real King Richard III),
so I'm booking stalls at every appropriate medieval festival; it's a book aimed primarily at children aged 10 and up,
so I'm making overtures to local schools about author visits and to
libraries; I'm attending
events at my first literature festival next week to meet and network with local authors and hand out some leaflets (maybe even sell a copy or two).
So in the unfortunate
event that Barnes and Noble (who, for all their faults, has not done any remote wiping of Nook
libraries, to my knowledge) decided to wipe my
library — I still have every book I ever bought.
Many
libraries, however, do have regular newsletters
so if you book your
event with them far enough ahead, they can publicize it that way.
So the next time you're at the campus
library, or that next campus pub
event make sure you have foursquare on your BlackBerry and you've checked - in.
Your website is home base for all of your fan building, face - to - face networking, social marketing efforts,
library and bookstore outreach,
event planning, etc.,
so it's important to establish this hub as soon as possible.
Libraries typically promote guest authors,
so you'll even reach people who do not attend the speaking
event.
As an indie author marketing myself, the credibility my book trailer extends helps me
so much in booking
events, whether at my local
library or an indie store in Las Vegas.
Blog tours, giveaways, author interviews, speaking engagements, classes,
library visits, media
events, and
so on are all opportunities where you can encourage and remind people to post a review.
Not long after, the
events manager at a local
library invited me to their Indie Author Day
event, where I met a dozen or
so other indies.
So when I was asked to come to participate in an
event which, among other things, is going to raise money for our
libraries and will make
libraries stronger, I thought, «That's great because if you make
libraries stronger, you make America stronger — the America that I know and that I love.»
But before we get to that, we would like to take a moment to thank all the
libraries that have committed to hosting Indie Author Day
events so far.
The feedback feels really cool too,
so it would be great to have more supported games, or the ability to import your own
library into the Engine app and set customized
events to trigger feedback in different games.