Having attended Chap Harper’s incredibly clever and
interesting book signing event at Garvan Woodland Gardens on July 2, I found it
interesting the following day to come across an online article at
KillerNashville.com entitled “How
to Host a Killer Book Event.”
Despite the fact that I do not yet have a completed a book
and, therefore, have no book events on the agenda, the first thing I did was to
copy the article to a Word document and save it in my “Book Marketing” folder;
one day, and I hope it’s not far off, I will have a book of my own to market.
The second thing I did was to forward a link to the article
to the members of the Village Writer’s Club “What Next” Personal Interest Group
(PIG), led by Cy Holliday. The members of that PIG are interested in getting books
published; marketing those books will be a crucial element in getting their
books in front of readers. In response John Achor sent me a link to another exceptionally valuable article entitled "40+ Ways to Make Your Next Book Signing an EVENT!" (When you read the article, you'll note that it is Part 1 and links to the following Part 2 and on through to Part 4.)
The third thing I did was to write this and schedule it to
be posted here. I did that because I enjoy sharing tips about writing and
publishing with the other members of the Village Writers’ Club. I hope other
members will share valuable tips and ideas with me, too, and offer their encouragement.
