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joanhallhovey · 06-29-2011, 02:28 PM

I had back to back book signings last week for my latest suspense novel 'Night Corridor' and though I sold books, and met some nice people, the signings were not as successful as earlier signings for my first novels. On the other hand, my ebooks - Kindle, Smashwords, etc., are doing well. Many booksellers are now charging people who want to attend booksignings, even with the authors are well known, because they're not selling as many books as they used to. People will go home and download them. Thought that might be of interest to the authors here.

Amazon are really selling far more downloads than they are hard copies. There's no going back. It will be interesting to see how this all evolves.

06-29-2011, 02:28 PM	#1469
joanhallhovey Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 50000 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Kindle	Book Signings I had back to back book signings last week for my latest suspense novel 'Night Corridor' and though I sold books, and met some nice people, the signings were not as successful as earlier signings for my first novels. On the other hand, my ebooks - Kindle, Smashwords, etc., are doing well. Many booksellers are now charging people who want to attend booksignings, even with the authors are well known, because they're not selling as many books as they used to. People will go home and download them. Thought that might be of interest to the authors here. Amazon are really selling far more downloads than they are hard copies. There's no going back. It will be interesting to see how this all evolves.