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| Jennifer Weiner. She probably hates me |
Author: Hey! Thanks for coming by! (Autographs my book)
Me: Oh my God, your books are so great, you know, I'm a writer too!
Author: (forced polite expression) What do you write?
Me: Uh, well, you know. Haha! Whatever I want! Mysteries mostly. Sometimes with a little paranormal. But you know, not like ... anything with vampires or anything.
Author: Okay. (gives the "move along" face)
Me: Maybe one day you'll come to one of my readings!
Author: ("Please leave" face)
Me: Okay thanks!
I leave feeling good about myself, but then I run through the conversation again as I walk to the subway, and I swear I'll never speak to another human being ever again. Awkwardness aside, I still enjoy doing it, and I've seen the same authors multiple times, though don't always talk to them. I'm not stupid.
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Hi Melanie,
ReplyDeleteI can totally relate to this. In fact, it was an awkward signing experience that led to the idea behind Kindlegraph. In my case, I was at an author reading/signing in the summer of 2010. After the author finished his reading, he invited people to come up and have their books signed. I felt very awkward since I had the author's book on my Kindle. As the line started growing I felt even more awkward because I didn't want to take away from someone else's time with the author just to say "Hi, I loved your book but you won't be able to sign it for me."
It was about a year later that I began developing Kindlegraph. Since that time I've heard from many authors who've really enjoyed being able to interact with their readers no matter which format of their books those readers may own and no matter where in the world those readers happen to live.
Regards,
Evan Jacobs, Founder
http://www.kindlegraph.com
I was really impressed with the Kindlegraph website! I'm excited about connecting with my readers this way ... especially since I don't think I'm the "reading aloud in public" type.
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