Comments on: Book Tour Prep in the Modern Age http://booklifenow.com/2009/10/book-tour-prep-in-the-modern-age/ Strategies and Survival Tips for the 21st-Century Writer Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:51:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Drax http://booklifenow.com/2009/10/book-tour-prep-in-the-modern-age/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Drax Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:06:33 +0000 http://booklifenow.com/?p=245#comment-52 I said I wouldn't look till Tuesday. I lied. I looked! I love that photo of Booklife, Finch, pens, watch. Yeah, baby. Go get 'em! I said I wouldn’t look till Tuesday. I lied. I looked! I love that photo of Booklife, Finch, pens, watch. Yeah, baby. Go get ‘em!

]]> By: Jeff VanderMeer http://booklifenow.com/2009/10/book-tour-prep-in-the-modern-age/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Jeff VanderMeer Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:06:15 +0000 http://booklifenow.com/?p=245#comment-51 Luis: Thanks for your comment! We've got people doing podcasts of some of the cooler events, like a discussion of fantastical cities. We might also do that for some readings. The main constraint is the nature of the tour--so many events so close together, in so many different contexts, require a lot of prep, even up to the day of the gig. I'm doing workshops, lectures, humorous talks, in addition to readings. If I was doing one or two things like Gaiman, this would be a great idea, and I definitely recommend it. Yep, business cards. Bookmarks I'm not really as fond of. Because of the amount of planning necessary, my business cards for Booklife will actually get to me during the first couple days of the tour. A good example of how a small but very important detail can get overlooked despite being organized. Thanks for visiting! Luis: Thanks for your comment! We’ve got people doing podcasts of some of the cooler events, like a discussion of fantastical cities. We might also do that for some readings. The main constraint is the nature of the tour–so many events so close together, in so many different contexts, require a lot of prep, even up to the day of the gig. I’m doing workshops, lectures, humorous talks, in addition to readings. If I was doing one or two things like Gaiman, this would be a great idea, and I definitely recommend it.

Yep, business cards. Bookmarks I’m not really as fond of. Because of the amount of planning necessary, my business cards for Booklife will actually get to me during the first couple days of the tour. A good example of how a small but very important detail can get overlooked despite being organized.

Thanks for visiting!

]]> By: LFS http://booklifenow.com/2009/10/book-tour-prep-in-the-modern-age/comment-page-1/#comment-50 LFS Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:57:21 +0000 http://booklifenow.com/?p=245#comment-50 Jeff, thinking of the follow-up to the tour, you may want to post and share some of the live moments. A digital recorder (audio/video) would come in hand - something easy and flexible that you didn't have to rely on someone to set up and run (who knows, you could do a "Neil Gaiman" episodic reading). You may want to print a set of business cards or bookmarks with your name/website/book title that people will easily take home and use when they're online. Just some random thoughts, I'm sure you've already considered them all and more. Great site, congratulations. Give my regards to Ann. Take care. Jeff, thinking of the follow-up to the tour, you may want to post and share some of the live moments. A digital recorder (audio/video) would come in hand – something easy and flexible that you didn’t have to rely on someone to set up and run (who knows, you could do a “Neil Gaiman” episodic reading). You may want to print a set of business cards or bookmarks with your name/website/book title that people will easily take home and use when they’re online.

Just some random thoughts, I’m sure you’ve already considered them all and more. Great site, congratulations. Give my regards to Ann. Take care.

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