? about book signings

[drewbaby]

Has anyone trying to get a copy of a signed book when an author is having a book signing by calling in? I assume the best bet would be if you knew someone in the city for whom you could just have it put on hold. It's worth a shot, but if anyone has input it would be much appreciated.

[MW1221]

That's how I've gotten a majority of signed books. Whether or not they do it depends on the celebrity and the store.

[drewbaby]

Thanks for the info! Did you just call the store? Were they able to ship it or was it for pick up only?

Any successful "venues" you can speak of?

[dgangel]

I know bookends will let you buy signed books from them.

[MW1221]

Depending on the celebrity, Borders and Barnes and Noble, might do it for you. Yes they do ship, usually Fed-Ex or UPS, which you have to pay for. All I did was call the day before the signing. Sometimes, they tell you to call back after the signing. When they tell me this, I usually call about an hour into it, instead of at the end.

[drewbaby]

Thanks! I appear to have had a success already. I called Barnes & Noble in Lincoln Center the day before Tom Perrotta (Election, Little Children) had a signing and they took all my info and said it would be no problem.

There are some other good one's coming up that I will also try.

[Melindabear2002]

My sister is a manager at a Books A Million and i think she'd do it, but you'd need to find out what authors are going to be there.