My first book signing in two years happened!
Was it a great success? I wouldn't say that, except for family only two people showed up. One was someone I don't know very well, but she's all about reading series from beginning to end. And though she reads on a Kindle, she bought two books for a friend.
The other non-relative was a good friend who I hadn't seen since the pandemic began. She'd purchased my latest two book from Amazon and brought them for me to sign. And she also bought a book for a friend.
My granddaughter purchased 5 books in the Deputy Tempe Crabtree series for something she's doing for her 5 grand-kids--who are really little and won't be reading them any time soon.
How many books I sold really has nothing to do with the best part of the two hour signing. Both of the women came at different times and so I had a chance to really visit with each of them--truly worth the effort I put into putting on the event. (And I had plenty of help doing that.)
And guess what? I'm ready to do another book signing, where I have no idea, but I'm ready. It is so heartwarming to meet readers and talk about books.
I've also signed up for the PSWA writing conference--first one in two years. /https://policewriter.com
This is my favorite writers' conference, great for mystery writers. Plus, it's small with only one track so you don't miss anything, and you'll meet a lot of interesting people.
Marilyn Meredith, who also writes as F. M. Meredith
2 comments:
Since I'm doing ebooks now and not sure if I'll return to print books, I won't be doing booksignings. I used to do programs at libraries, but haven't done that in a while either. I've gotten out of the habit of dealing with the public as far as my books are concerned, except for online.
Selling books is not easy, so even with a low attendance, you had one who likes to read series books from the beginning. That's a good potential fan. With the massive number of books you have in two different series, that has some potential. Sounds like it was a fun event.
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