Comments on: Things I Didn’t Know I Needed To Worry About https://booksquare.com/things-i-didnt-know-i-needed-to-worry-about/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&%23038;utm_campaign=things-i-didnt-know-i-needed-to-worry-about Dissecting the publishing industry with love and skepticism Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: daniel olivas https://booksquare.com/things-i-didnt-know-i-needed-to-worry-about/#comment-8166 Sat, 11 Dec 2004 07:47:54 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2004/12/09/840/#comment-8166 didn’t mean to give you more things to obsess about! i think each author will develop those little things that work for him/her. but i do think one of the most important things is having something tangible like a review (with website clearly printed somewhere on it) so that even if someone does not buy a book right then and there, they can think about it later…and i can promise, based on comments from a bookseller, some of those uncomitted readers do come back and buy (i always ask if i can sign a few books before i leave so that such late-deciders will be able to buy a signed book even if i’m not there). in terms of what to write, i like to drop in a little spanish if the book buyer is latino/a…it’s appreciated. if not, i always say something that shows my appreciation. i use a fine tipped, black sharpie marker…recommended to me by the amazing aimee bender.

]]> By: booksquare https://booksquare.com/things-i-didnt-know-i-needed-to-worry-about/#comment-7064 Thu, 09 Dec 2004 16:50:19 +0000 http://www.booksquare.com/archives/2004/12/09/840/#comment-7064 You signed the book at the post office? I thought you spent hours agonizing over each and every word…And you lost our special pen? Well, that explains why my plumber was using the same ink.

Don’t worry — you’ll be fine at your next signing (technically your second). In the meantime, I’ll be contemplating sharing the secret of nifty links at the bottom. A girl needs some secrets!

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