When buying a book, the more the author writes in the book, the higher the dealer usually charges. The price difference between the two books recently is about $25. Name and author signatures use more ink than individual signatures; attention, before your name is used in ink. If they mark the date on the signature, it is more valuable. If they write simple articles, it is more ink. Writing for celebrities is usually worth raising the price, and; a draft presentation is usually a copy given to the author by the author and is worth $100. Herbs rarely exceed one copy, and the price is twice that of one copy.
Read trade magazines and regional newspapers, and learn about regional conferences and bookstores’ author signature meetings. My local Waldenbooks was signed by Esther Fresner without notice one year ago, and it was known the next day.
List the books you want to sign, or the next book is signed on the plastic bag or dust boot of your book. Another way to mark a book is to place a thin white paper bookmark between the covers. You can also check whether the book brought to the signing meeting has not been signed.
You should go to the signing meeting earlier. It is recommended to wait 30 minutes before the meeting starts, instead of one hour. You will also meet the best people on this route. Remember, they like books like yours.
Most signing sessions have some rules. The main rule might be to limit the number of books to sign or books to buy in the store. Usually you can get the signature of the second book by buying one book. The number of books published at these meetings is generally 3, but may vary according to the length of a line of books. I also have such experience, but few people limit their return to line up. Please follow the rules.
Mark the page you want to sign with white paper, or insert the dust boot into the paper. I prefer white papers. I also like to use the title page(the page with copyright information on the back) as the signature of the author, editor and illustration. Sometimes, the title page is preceded by a page with only a title. If the page contains the author’s name or requires 2-3 spaces to sign, only sign it. For “Selections”, I like to use directories. I have never found the so-called signature anywhere in the book I bought
If you want to engrave the book on you, please print your name neatly on the paper. This is another good use of white page display. I suggest writing this in pencil just to avoid ink. If the author does not do personalized work in the book, he should not be discouraged. Some authors cannot have a long signing session.
Take your own pen. The author may have his own pen, but if your former reader has just stolen that pen, take another one. Get ready to send the pen. I’m mine Andre gave me the pen; because I don’t want to lose. I don’t recommend using felt pens. You have already tested it, and it will not penetrate the page.
