Have Book, Will Travel
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Author: Dorothea Fuller Smith
Published by: Dieffesco Publishing.
Price: $6.95
90 pages,
detailed appendix
©2003
trade paperback
6" x 9"
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Authors! Can you go on a booksigning tour and sell lots of books?
You bet you can!
ORDER NOW!
Book tours are not just for celebrities and well-known authors. They may make YOU a celebrity! Learn how in Have Book, Will Travel and its companion video, Have Book, Will Travel Seminar with Philip and Dorothea Fuller Smith.
Inside Have Book, Will Travel you will find:
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how to plan a reasonable itinerary that you can leisurely
carry out without fail
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best places to seek book signing engagements in the area
you have chosen
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how to get set up at the bookstore where your event is
taking place
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how to conduct yourself at the booksigning event and how to
cope with the unexpected
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where available bookstores in the western states are
located and how to call or fax them
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how to remain friendly but businesslike and keep accurate
records
The Have Book, Will Travel Seminar with Philip and Dorothea Fuller Smith is a 45 minute video brimming with instructions and procedures for planning and doing book tours.
At the seminar, author Dorothea Fuller Smith shares what she and her husband Philip learned on their 2002 book tour through 12 states. Learn how they:
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Sold more books than they anticipated.
- Met totally fascinating people wherever they went,
including authors, columnists and book people whom they will
continue to call "friends".
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Made contacts for future marketing opportunities,
especially with bookstore managers and event planners.
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Took advantage of the trip by passing through
strategic spots where they had old friends or family to visit.
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Gained general experience in dealing with new people
in new environments and circumstances.
Of course, every book tour has its challenges to overcome. In the seminar, Dorothea prepares for you the following challenges, and more
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Drawing people to your events in a consistent pattern.
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Keeping pace with your own schedule. Though well-planned,
at certain junctures it can become truly hectic.
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Maintaining contact with home base.
Even though bookstores are reluctant to buy books from self-publishers or small press to sell in their stores, they may welcome a visit from the author. Many bookstores sponsor weekly if not daily booksigning events. If your book sounds good and has had some success elsewhere, these bookstores will eagerly sign you up for a booksigning. Watch your sales increase tremendously and your popularity soar. All you have to do is plan very carefully and get on the road.
Our seminar will prepare you. Our book Have Book, Will Travel will inspire you.
What Others Are Saying
"Dorothea Fuller Smith's Have Book, Will Travel: A Guide to Book Touring Out West is a must have for any small press or self published author."
-- Wendy Baumgartner, President, Book Readers Association of America.
"I'm thrilled with the info in Have Book Will Travel and thank you for writing such a helpful book for us authors."
-- Dr. Maureen Stephenson, REMS.
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