Karen the Librarian

Another big email blast day. I sent another notice out to about 30-40 people and included the poster showing the two books to be featured at the signing: my own Mumsi Meets and Lion and Chickadee Winter by Dawn Watkins, one of my favorite children's picture books. (It reminds me of my grandfather.) In this new email I included a link to a 10% off coupon for Barnes & Noble. That seemed like a nice touch.

I made a trip to the downtown main branch of our library to speak with someone about either getting my book on the shelves or reading during a story hour or something. I wasn't very sure of what I was asking, but the librarians were very helpful and encouraged me to contact the Youth Services Manager, Karen, who was at the time in a meeting. I left her a complimentary copy of the book and a brief note telling her what I wanted and that I'd be contacting her via email soon.

Next I made a stop looking for lions at a local pharmacy. I need some more to send with some complimentary copies as well as for gift packaging. (I found more later at another store, too.) The evening finished with my ordering 200 Mumsi bookmarks for handing out at B & N Saturday. Word is that they may have a limited number of books on hand due to a shipping/handling issue.