tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post4732413832895847977..comments2023-12-10T19:04:26.773-08:00Comments on Author2Author: Author EtiquetteEmily Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07073350248209507278noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-1216390957071404182010-04-09T08:50:54.046-07:002010-04-09T08:50:54.046-07:00Kristina- Well, you need to have a party in the MD...Kristina- Well, you need to have a party in the MD/DC/VA/NC area, lol. I'll totally go to it then. <br /><br />Hey, maybe that's what you could do. It would be costly, but maybe have like a traveling launch party for each book. Take a vacation to some city (like DC hint hint) and have a launch party there. :)<br /><br />By the way, will you be at BEA this year? Because I'm going and it would be lovely to see you. Plus, then I can grovel and get back in your good graces for not having gone to any of your launches. :PBookChichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03641362399541764523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-7151888849481754732010-04-08T20:31:13.713-07:002010-04-08T20:31:13.713-07:00I do a signing for each book, but I don't do a...I do a signing for each book, but I don't do a party. For one thing, I'm cheap! For another thing, it didn't feel quite right to me, like you're saying, I think.<br /><br />I think we should move to Austin!Lisa Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10677227681455190084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-63068184007248977002010-04-08T14:39:09.409-07:002010-04-08T14:39:09.409-07:00Kate, are you saying the kids are going to stop te...Kate, are you saying the kids are going to stop telling me wonderful stuff? Oh no! :-) They compliment me all day-- I figure they're trying to get stuff but it works. <br /><br />And OMG, I've totally heard people talking badly about ack pages being too long etc. I brought this up because I was wondering if I needed to stop with the third book or if I could do it again. :-) I just love them.<br /><br />Book Chic-- so you've been to two of Maggie's and none of mine??! :-) Thanks for checking the Meg Cabot ack situation for me!<br /><br />CLS-- That sounds cool! Maybe if our book community was bigger here. Hmmm.<br /><br />Thanks C.K.!Kristina Springerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03171504801682649341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-57574956814997523382010-04-08T11:51:09.292-07:002010-04-08T11:51:09.292-07:00Wait, you can't have baby showers after the fi...Wait, you can't have baby showers after the first baby? Says who?! Sometimes they're appropriate. And sometimes acknowledgements are appropriate. (Who says: OMG, she's thanking people again! What's wrong with her?) <br /><br />And I think you should have a book launch party for your kids where they tell you wonderful things about you. (That's what kids do before they turn 8, right? That's not false nostalgia or anything, is it?)Kate Fallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12856887940900664692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-73578796446968634082010-04-08T10:03:46.143-07:002010-04-08T10:03:46.143-07:00Launch parties for subsequent releases are quite p...Launch parties for subsequent releases are quite popular here in Austin (maybe it varies regionally). We have a big indie bookstore. Everyone loves to celebrate, and the whole book community turns out. It's not uncommon to see teachers and librarians, for example, at such events.<br /><br />As for acknowledgments, I thanked everyone, including early elementary teachers, in my first novel. But in more recent ones have restricted that to those who've helped as readers, researchers, my editorial/agent team, or offered particular moral support during the writing.Cynthia Leitich Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650058326282279022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-2730546212739473412010-04-08T07:07:15.835-07:002010-04-08T07:07:15.835-07:00I like reading acknowledgements pages, no matter w...I like reading acknowledgements pages, no matter what book it is for the author. As for the front and back thing, I think it depends on the book. Maybe it's just cuz it's an ARC, but Guardian of the Dead by Karen Healey (which I'm reading now) has them in the back but it also has an Afterword and a Glossary, so maybe they just wanted to stick all the extra stuff in the back? I don't know.<br /><br />Meg Cabot books do have acknowledgements, but they're pretty much copy and pasted in each book. They don't change at all really. Same with the dedication. They are in the front.<br /><br />As for parties, I imagine it's up to the author. If you don't feel comfortable doing a whole shebang for each book, don't do it. Maybe just hold like a release day signing or something. But like Maggie Stiefvater has held a launch party for each of her books (and I've been to two). So it just depends.BookChichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03641362399541764523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-32307603130896749482010-04-08T06:50:57.740-07:002010-04-08T06:50:57.740-07:00So far I only did one for the first book (and even...So far I only did one for the first book (and even that was really short) because really, the next two would've been almost identical. It never occured to me that it was an etiquette issue though so who knows, maybe I'm committed a faux pas!C. K. Kelly Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152997234365905131noreply@blogger.com