tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post112508109409855517..comments2023-10-05T06:28:29.938-07:00Comments on Bookseller Chick: Let your fingers do the walkingBookseller Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740546395821645741noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-60546159277586492612008-10-11T12:24:00.000-07:002008-10-11T12:24:00.000-07:00Sara, if it's an issue of common courtesy then I h...Sara, if it's an issue of common courtesy then I have to agree with Bookseller Chick: Call ahead! The folks who work in bookstores have a lot of work to do, much of it manual. They are often on their feet 6 or more hours a day, trying not only to serve customers, but also to make sure that as many books as possible make their way to the selling floor. With more and more authors doing drive-bys, a call ahead probably would have garnered Ms. Gerritsen the recognition and cooperation that her appearance out of the blue apparently calls for.Corey Wildehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566740230330395590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1154039592227615812006-07-27T15:33:00.000-07:002006-07-27T15:33:00.000-07:00I'm so jealous! I just finished Wicked (I'm behin...I'm so jealous! I just finished Wicked (I'm behind the times, I know) not too long ago. I'm planning on reading his others, but mainly I need to get through all the other books I manage to buy and never read (so many books, too little time).Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04183741643258150672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1126247143757230912005-09-08T23:25:00.000-07:002005-09-08T23:25:00.000-07:00wait! wait! I was sure I put in my info for that c...wait! wait! I was sure I put in my info for that comment, didn't mean to have it come up anonymous. I hate anonymous comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1126224599869149552005-09-08T17:09:00.000-07:002005-09-08T17:09:00.000-07:00Your perspective on this phenomenon (When Drop In ...Your perspective on this phenomenon (When Drop In Signings Go Wrong) is interesting, but I have to point out a couple things.<BR/><BR/>First, I didn't get the impression that Tess expected anything but common courtesy. She approached those booksellers the same way Macguire approached you. I imagine she would have been more than satisfied with an exchange like this:<BR/><BR/>--hi, author, maybe you've got, thought I could sign--<BR/>--name?<BR/>--t.g.<BR/>--hold on, please... oh yes. could you wait a moment please? <BR/><BR/>At this point Courteous Bookseller goes off to find the books and/or the person who handles author signings. Courteous Bookseller makes no comments like 'huh. we've got a lot of your books' or 'are you sure that's the title?' or 'no such book in print'. (I have had booksellers tell me these things about my books. I've also had a bookseller say, 'I don't find any author by the name of James Joyce in our database' and then when I pointed to the bigger than life-size mural of JJ on the wall, I got a shrug). <BR/><BR/>It's not that every bookseller should be familiar with Tess's work, or mine, or Joyce's, even. It's the dismissive tone. It's the 'oh no not another nut' look. In Tess's case, it's the outrageous comments about returning books. We all know that happens, but you don't have to rub it in on the second day of release.<BR/><BR/>Just my two cents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com