You may be in luck! Thanks to my in-the-know writer friend, Suzanne Lilly (who coincidentally blogs as TeacherWriter) I found out about Kindlegra
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Kindlegraph “lets authors send personalized inscriptions and signatures (‘kindlegraphs’) directly to the electronic reading devices of their fans.” A smart fellow by the name of Evan Jacobs came up with the idea, and it’s an application that’s growing every day. There are other applications out there, too. Autography is a service that allows ebook signing as well as photographs with authors.
Ebook signings will never take the place of that moment when you (or Cathy-on-a-Stick) gets to meet a real live author, gush about his or her book, and mug for a photo. But it can provide one more way to connect with readers. And I think that may be a good thing.
Tags: autographing books, autography, E-books, kindlegraph
Well how about THAT! good to know.
If you go to Kindlegraph and type my name in, you’ll see what book comes up that I can e-sign. I have a funny feeling you might know it, Linda.
Hey, thanks for the mention! I didn’t know about Autography. I like the idea of a photo with the signature. Speaking of photos, I’ve never heard the story of how you came up with Cathy on a Stick. But every time a see a pic of your face on a stick somewhere, it brings a smile to my face!
Aw, thanks, Suzanne! The story of Cathy-on-a-Stick…hmmm. I shall put that on my To Do Blog Posts About list.
Hey, you have “Cleopatra’s Moon” showing.
I’m ready Tanya’s copy and need to get it back to her. Terrific book. I’m not picky about a book being signed. I’m just happy to have one in my hot little hands.
Loved that book, too, Lisa! I don’t have to have every book signed, but when YOUR book comes out, I better get a paragraph!
I thought the day of author’s signing their books would be long gone with the onslaught of e-books, so this is kind of cool. I still want a “real”, paper book and if I’m getting a signature, I’m like you, Cathy! I want to SEE the person and TALK, etc. But those days are slowly (or quickly) fading away….*sniff*…