Promotion Tips for author interviews 11 Nov 20251 Feb 2026 Some of us thrive in the spotlight; some of us not so much. Either way, if you're an author promoting a book, you are going to end up being interviewed.…
Promotion Book Signings: Yellowstone vs New York City 2 Aug 20161 Feb 2023 The Old Faithful Inn is one of my favorite places to sign books. Since there's no wi-fi there—and no cell service to speak of—everybody is focused on the world around…
Promotion Random thoughts at a book signing 14 Jul 20141 Feb 2023 It's Sunday, July 6, 2014. I'm at Old Faithful Inn signing copies of the Yellowstone edition of Who Pooped in the Park? People show up in spurts here. When the…
Promotion It would seem obvious… 23 Oct 201327 Feb 2025 Though I've posted many book signing tips here, there are a few things that seem so blatantly, searingly obvious that I haven't bothered to write about them. I suppose I…
Promotion Book Signings at PNBA: Above and Beyond 7 Oct 20131 Feb 2026 My dual personality is in full bloom today. It's the first day of the PNBA (Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association) conference in Portland, Oregon. I have been going to bookseller conferences…
Promotion I guess I’m one of the few… 15 Aug 20131 Feb 2026 In the bookstore today, a customer was looking at my big spinner rack of Who Pooped in the Park? books. He looked at the sign on the top, which shows…
Promotion A few book signing observations from Yellowstone 29 Jul 20131 Feb 2026 Last week I made my annual pilgrimage to Yellowstone Park to sign Who Pooped in the Park? books. There are two concessionaires in the Park: Delaware North, which operates the…
Promotion 7 book signing tips for children’s authors 2 Jul 20131 Feb 2026 There are a lot of things that are different for an author who writes books for children—especially picture books. I've talked about some of these things before, but I've never…
Promotion Customizing presentations at book signings 27 Jul 20121 Feb 2026 Seven years ago, when my first Who Pooped in the Park? book was hot off the presses, I cut one up, scanned it, and turned it into a PowerPoint presentation.…
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