We've noticed one thing about online retailers: they can't duplicate the experience
of meeting your favorite author and getting your book signed.
No reader can resist the double - treat
of meeting their favorite author and scoring author swag — all the charm with the dashing good looks.
Not exact matches
We were so relieved to not be sitting, stuck in the car anymore, and I was super excited to get to
meet some
of my
favorite paleo bloggers /
authors!
I had the opportunity to
meet with two
of the
authors Natasha Burton and Meagan McCrary to find out what inspired them to write this book and to find out their
favorite Big Red Flag stories.
After a trip to Comic - Con to
meet their
favorite author, Adam Shadowchild (Jeffrey Tambor), Graeme and Clive load up their RV and hit the road for a tour
of some
of the most famous UFO hotspots in the American Southwest.
Following their
meet - cute, The Fault in Our Stars runs its course charting Hazel and Augustus's relationship from its somewhat aimless beginnings, in which she resists getting close to him out
of fear
of hurting him, through health crises that serve as a form
of bondage, and eventually across an ocean to Amsterdam in search
of the reclusive (fictional)
author of Hazel's
favorite novel.
Author Talks — Conference attendees will have the chance to
meet some
of their
favorite ASCD
authors and hear their personal insight on different topics.
John, cynical yet vulnerable, thinks he's immune to emotion until he
meets bright, brittle Marisol, the
author of his
favorite zine.
After a weekend
of meeting librarians and
authors, reminiscing about
favorite libraries and geeking out over new books, the BookPage crew returned from the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans on Monday night.
But luckily I found it a few months later, and this blog now gets an average
of 12,000 hits a month on its four monthly posts and I have a blog partner, Ruth Harris, who is one
of my
favorite best - selling
authors — someone I'd never have dreamed
of meeting three years ago.
Pat Conroy remains a personal
favorite author of mine for that engaged reason — No matter how often and how popular, when Pat's signing books, he introduces himself to each and every fan who approaches the table and
MEETS them... listening to each
of their own family stories and anecdotes... An
author who is truly appreciative
of his fans and so they adore him, too!
Readings are one
of the easiest ways to
meet your
favorite authors, and they can be such a dose
of excitement and a morale boost to help you slog through the endless hours
of typing at your laptop.
There was also a booth
of the «Lieblingsautoren» («
favorite authors»), a group
of successful selfpublishers who've come together to set up their own presence at the fair, to
meet fans and promote their books.
Like the chance to
meet your
favorite author and to get him or her to sign the fresh copy
of their book that you have bought.
Also, Plain's «
Meet the
Author» Q&A about The Sight
of the Stars is one
of my all - time
favorites.
Gallery Books «seven - city Belles on Wheels book tour kicked off on Friday, and already the romance - branded bus carrying ten
of the imprint's bestselling romance
authors to bookstores across the Southeast has
met up with fans in five different cities, allowing readers to
meet as many as ten
of their
favorite writers for autographs, photos, and questions.
The Southern Festival
of Books is a free event that annually attracts 25,000 attendees to
meet their
favorite authors, become familiar with talented new writers, and engage like - minded fans and followers
of great literature.
Robin Cutler [00:10:27] And also, if I've
met the
author, or it's one
of my
favorite authors, I want that book for all time, because I'll likely go back and re-read it.
Of course, the opportunity to network with other authors drives self - published authors to the event, as does the chance to meet with some of their favorite bestselling authors in attendanc
Of course, the opportunity to network with other
authors drives self - published
authors to the event, as does the chance to
meet with some
of their favorite bestselling authors in attendanc
of their
favorite bestselling
authors in attendance.
While the playlists sometimes revolve around actual scenes in the book, such as a crucial plot point taking place in a dark, loud night club or two characters
meeting at the wedding
of a mutual friend, many
authors are even incorporating their
favorite «writing music» into a downloadable playlist for their fans.
On average, nearly 3,500 readers
of all ages flock to the event to
meet their
favorite writers and new
authors as well.
Finally, should one
of your book become successful, having more than one book out there will help you to
meet the hunger
of your fans from their
favorite author.
OK... that's my two - bits for now... remember: your motto is: «If it's to be, it's up to me...» and keep my two
favorites that I will include in my next book — a book that has won six national book awards, including a coveted Book
of the Year from the Indie / Fab awards announced at the 2014 American Library Association annual
meeting in Las Vegas...
Author YOU - Creating and Building Your
Author and Book Platforms...
Again, thanks to the folks at RealClimate for letting me post, since I am not an actual scientist.Tim Ferris, a popular astronomy and astrophysics
author that I've read extensivly, and like a lot personally, once said to me at a Commonwealth club
meeting, here in San Francisco, a few years ago, that maybe species extinction and loss
of human life is part
of the natural cycle
of the planet cleansing itself.At the time, (although he is still one
of my
favorite cosmology and astronomy
authors), I felt the comment was arrogant, and off base.Now I'm not so sure.