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Authors, how do you sign a digital copy?

2/18/2014

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So here's the thing, authors are my rock stars. I have gone on countless road trips to meet, greet, and hey, get autographs. As a librarian I have gone to American Library Assoc. conference and Texas Library Assoc. conference met and got autographs of more authors. I have lots of autographed books many authors whom I have met Janet Evanovich, Lee Goldberg, Kevin Hearne, Jim Butcher, Liliane Hart, Delilah S. Dawson, Jaye Wells, Nicole Peeler, Mark Henry, Ernest Cline, Molly Ringwald, and Tracey Hickman, and a few I haven't met but have ordered signed copies of their books Nora Roberts and Marissa Meyer. These books are among some of my most prized possesions.

A side note for any authors reading this, as a fan meeting you I tend to be goofy, starstruck and tongue-tied. So the best autograph I have gotten to date was from Ernest Cline who asked, "Star Trek or Star Wars?". When I answered Star Trek he signed my book To Wendy, Live long and prosper! Ernest Cline. I have to tell you that really took the pressure off, I could converse, be personable instead of a tongue-tied goob. Now I'm not suggesting all authors ask "Star Trek or Star Wars?" I'm just letting y'all know that something like that makes all us starstruck plebeians be a little more comfortable.

So, back to the main point. I have spent a significant amount of time and money going to places so I can meet authors and get their autographs on their books. I am not the only person who does this. Apparently Disney, a marketing genius, is aware of this phenomenon because the last Rick Riordan book was about $14 for the hardback and about $100 for the autographed copy. I would like to side step the whole ebook versus paper copy argument for the moment but, what if all you have is ebooks and audiobooks? What do you ask the author to sign? A question to ponder for the week...
 

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