My publisher, Evan Swensen of Publication Consultants, told me he considered a successful book signing to consist of two things: the author and the books both show up.

๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ?
Here are four tips. There are more, but this post does not allow me to go into all of them.
๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฒ-๐ฌ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ โ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซโ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ก.
You have only a short time to entice a reader to buy your book. This short speech needs to answer to question, โWhat is my book going to do for my readers?โ
๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ.
This is your workplace. So, dress as if going to the office.
๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐.
The people working at the store are a great help in a successful book signing. If they know you, they are more likely to direct people to you and your books.
๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐.
If you have no one at your table, get up and walk around the store. Get to know people. Tell them about your book.
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