Sunday, November 19, 2006

Booksigning pics

Here I am last Saturday at the Borders Express in Springfield, PA, with enough books to bathe in:



I was a little nervous when I saw how many had been ordered, wondering how I was ever going to sell them all.

I sold about half, with a little (okay, a lot of) help from my friends and family. Several total strangers bought it, so it wasn't all nepotism. The rest I autographed and left behind with the fantastic booksellers, pictured here:



Left to right, they are: Keri (the manager), Maureen, and Jenn. Along with staffers Ashley and Buck, they were all incredibly supportive, enthusiastic, and helpful. I can't imagine how they could have made my first signing any better.

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7 Comments:

I'm glad it went well, Jeri -- sorry we weren't able to make it.

That IS a lot of books!

Posted by: Blogger Rob S. at 11/20/2006 2:09 PM

Stopped by the store today. They were VERY pleased with the results, told me you'd sold an impressive 20 books.

Cecilia

Posted by: Anonymous Anonymous at 11/20/2006 5:13 PM

Just talked to the guy at Borders in Winchester, who told me they'd gotten in 60 copies of my book for this Saturday's signing.

Gulp. I mean, I know it's a busy weekend, but that's one book every two minutes. Don't they know that I'm Nobody?

I'm also doing a 3:00 reading at that signing, and there are a bunch of other fun events that day at Borders. So everyone come and bring your friends. It'll be a party!

Posted by: Blogger Jeri at 11/20/2006 5:22 PM

You look so cute in the pictures. A lot like a little elf.:-)

Posted by: Blogger Unknown at 11/20/2006 5:48 PM

That's so neat. And a lot of books, wow.

Posted by: Anonymous Anonymous at 11/20/2006 11:16 PM

Send me the details so I can put the next signing on my blog!

Posted by: Blogger Gabrielle at 11/21/2006 7:22 AM

Will do, Gabrielle. Thanks!

Posted by: Blogger Jeri at 11/21/2006 8:02 AM

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