Book Fair News, Etc.

The marketing folks have made a poster (yet to be seen by me) for the upcoming book fair at a local elementary school. This will be on the table where those of us signing books will sit. Two of us from work went to the school today to see the set-up and to put a tablecloth on the table, set up chairs, and so on. There was considerable buzz in the hallway about the books that were already out and the coming of the authors.

On the Saturday front, I contacted the lady with whom I'll be sharing a booth at the Christmas Fair. Looks like we'll be at the church from 8-2. I'm hoping that this fair will get a lot of traffic. Those who have been before tell me that that is the case. I'll be selling books and book/lion packages--but mostly just getting the word out. I did order forty books today for the sale. Ahhh, optimism. No publicity is bad publicity, right?

Also on Saturday, I will do a book signing at The Open Book. Posters have been made by the publishing house marketing department. They have pictures of the three authors and their books. Today I placed four of them: one on my boss's door (least effective), one at the educators' resource market near us, one at a post office on the university campus nearby, and one in the hallway at work. I need to make some better placements tomorrow between work, the book fair, and other family responsibilities.