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Ever heard George R.R. Martin's story about a signing in the 1990s in the St. Louis area? Larry Send a noteboard - 14/12/2010 01:18:04 AM
I went to Borders this past weekend and they had a table set up for some author. I walked by several times and the guy looked really bored. He was idly tapping the table and the woman next to him looked utterly miserable. I didn't see one person walk up to them. But it really doesn't help when your book is about leadership and hiring. I humored the guy though.

Have you ever felt sorry for an author at a book signing?


When I attended his November 2005 signing in Nashville, he told this story how he was at this convention in the St. Louis area sometime around the release of the first SOIAF book (I believe). Due to someone "big" also signing in the area (I can't remember if it was Bradbury or Vance, but someone at the same convention was signing that night in the general area), he had his signing set up in a smallish store.

There were four people present. When they announced that it was time for his book signing to begin, two people promptly left. He claims that he must be one of the few authors who have ever driven readers away from a signing. Funny how far some have gone since then, no?
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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Has anybody ever felt sorry for these authors at book signings? Dark Knight - 13/12/2010 09:59:18 PM 871 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/12/2010 11:04:02 PM 763 Views
Lol! Dark Knight - 13/12/2010 11:49:51 PM 660 Views
Indeed. Camilla - 14/12/2010 12:42:34 AM 697 Views
None of the bookstores I've been in have ever had a signing when I've been around. *NM* j-whitt987 - 13/12/2010 11:54:32 PM 270 Views
The author was there and no one showed up? ? - 14/12/2010 12:13:06 AM 705 Views
Well...uh...yeah somebody showed up. Yeah thats right! Dark Knight - 14/12/2010 12:45:47 AM 690 Views
Hehe. ? - 14/12/2010 12:59:57 AM 778 Views
Excellent Kevin J. Anderson story. Werthead - 14/12/2010 10:26:32 AM 672 Views
That's awesome. Jacob - 14/12/2010 03:06:54 PM 631 Views
Odd. KJA rocks and Dune sucks, so I wish I had been there. *NM* Kotagg - 15/12/2010 01:07:53 AM 293 Views
I don't have any great love for Dune either... Jacob - 15/12/2010 02:48:15 PM 743 Views
I have not ranagrande - 14/12/2010 01:10:38 AM 740 Views
Ever heard George R.R. Martin's story about a signing in the 1990s in the St. Louis area? Larry - 14/12/2010 01:18:04 AM 809 Views
Visions of Spinal Tap running through my head *NM* Mossman - 14/12/2010 01:39:25 AM 315 Views
I've seen this locally. Werthead - 14/12/2010 10:28:38 AM 676 Views
My wife was at a bookstore where several signings were going on at once. Kaldric - 14/12/2010 03:51:39 PM 817 Views
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