1.0 link 79322 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jami-attenberg/an-author-signature_b_79322.html For a newly published author stock signings serve three purposes. The first, and most important is that if a book has an "Author Signature" sticker on it, it is more likely to sell. Secondly, it offers the author the chance to connect with the bookstore clerk. (I like to say "clerk" because it sounds more old-timey, like they could be wearing a bow tie and have slicked-back hair.) If you can make just one new friend, maybe they will hand-sell...

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