Showing posts with label book signings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book signings. Show all posts

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Netwest Writers will be at Festival on the Square Saturday, July 13, Sunday, July 14

Festival on the Square
Festival on the Square
Date: Saturday and Sunday, July 13,14. 2013
Time: 10:00 AM  ·  Other dates and times
Venue: Downtown Hayesville on the Square, Hayesville, NC

Clay County Historical Arts Council is hosting its 34th annual Festival on the Square in historical downtown Hayesville. Over 70 artists and craftsmen display handmade work, musicians play and sing a variety of music, and dance troupes perform for the crowd seated in chairs on the lawn while feasting on delicious barbecue. Come early to the Street Dance on Friday night at 7pm. 3,500 attendees expected

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Curiosity Shop Bookstore hosts a child author


The Curiosity Shop Bookstore
46 Valley River Ave - Murphy proudly welcomes 9-year-old author, Ansley Carol Burnette this Saturday, June 20th, signing her book, Frisco Finds a Forever Family, a hardcover children's book about a dog who lives in a shelter but hopes for a family to love.
Ansley donates the proceeds to private, no-kill animal rescue shelters including Castaway Critters Pet Rescue, where she volunteers in Blairsville.

Ansley will be in Murphy from 11am-1pm Saturday.

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ANDREWS -- DON'T FORGET - tomorrow (Thursday, June 18th) marks the start of the Kids' Summer Reading Club. Meet at our Andrews store at 10am. Grades 4 & 5 and Grades 6, 7 & 8 will all meet for the kick-off.

Don't miss Andrews Cruise Night Saturday evening. Stop by the West End Plaza and listen to the sounds of The Junaluska Jam Band, featuring our own manager, Connie McCabe.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

NETWEST MEMBER, JACK JOSEPH PRATHER RECEIVES RAVE REVIEWS


Jack Joseph Prather, author and poet, is reading and signing his highly praised new novel - The Day of the Knights.

Saturday, June 13th from 11:30-2 p.m. at Mike's On Main, Main Street and Third Avenue, Hendersonville, NC

Tuesday, August 18th from noon-1:30 at the Lanier Library, Chestnut Street, Tryon, NC

Thursday, August 20th from 4-5:30 p.m. at the Henderson County Library, Washington Street, Hendersonville, NC

Be sure to check out Jack's website:
http://www.jackjosephprather.com/
Order The Day of the Knights from
Amazon.com and other sites you will find on Jack's website.

One reviewer asks for a sequel, and others say this book is impossible to put down. A page-turner, it seems. If you have read Jack Joseph Prather's books, please leave a comment.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Maggie Bishop's Top Ten Don'ts for Book Signings

Maggie Bishop and Glenda Beall at Blue Ridge Writers conference

Maggie Bishop, North Carolina writer of mystery and romance novels, was a presenter at the Blue Ridge Writers Conference in Georgia on March 27-28. She has given permission for her top ten tips for things you should not do for book signings to be listed here. Maggie says she is available for teaching workshops.

Top Ten Don'ts for Book Signings

10. Arrive late and show disrespect for the staff’s efforts. Show up without confirming the signing at least the day before. That way, if your signing has been overlooked, the staff has time to be prepared.

9. Limp handshake. Be proud of your writing and show it through a firm handshake.

8. Forget own supplies such as a pen, name tag and water. Demand free coffee or food as your reward for showing up.

7. Chatting on cell phone or talking with friend when a customer approaches. Don’t become that store clerk you complain about. Give the reader the respect they deserve.

6. Grab a customer by the arm and demand they "buy my book," put down other authors and books, use a guilt trip "I need the money to feed my kids," or steal another author’s customer when at a group signing. These are ways to make a reader avoid you and the store in the future.

5. Eat onions, garlic or tuna before a signing or chewing gum during a signing. You want customers to cry over your prose and not your breath.

4. Sit behind the table, do crossword puzzles or read, and ignore customers. Get over being shy and develop an outgoing persona for your moment before readers.

3. Wear revealing clothing, shorts, old shoes. Dress as you would for an interview–one level higher than the customer. You want to invite people into your space through your appearance.

2. Ignore or be rude to the help or, worse yet, blame the staff for low sales; if asked to sign stock, sign more than requested. The store needs to make money in order for you to get paid. The staff will chat about you after you leave so make sure they feel good about your visit.

1. Attitude that you are doing the store a favor, signing only because the publisher demands it, or that the reader is lucky that you appear in person. The reader is royalty, not you.

Contact Maggie at these links below.
Website http://maggiebishop1.tripod.com/
Blog http://damesofdialogue.wordpress.com/
Speaker http://www.blogger.com/