Book Signings and Appearances-Tips and experiences

[herbertwest]

Fuuuuuck
My phone battery was literaly dead, died by 2pm... and being home just now i realised that my main contact at the publisher emailed me at 2pm asking me if i was in the queue and asking me to call her :-(
Too bloody late!

[burial]

our after-signing photo

I know some of you were there, I asked for people from DarkDower.org but found o ne ;(
Too bad - maybe we'll meet at GrandRex

[Stockerlone]

our after-signing photo

I know some of you were there, I asked for people from DarkDower.org but found o ne ;(
Too bad - maybe we'll meet at GrandRex

CONGRATS !!!
see you in HAMBURG !!

[herbertwest]

our after-signing photo

I know some of you were there, I asked for people from DarkDower.org but found o ne ;(
Too bad - maybe we'll meet at GrandRex

NICE !
I did notice the .PL tee shirts while in the queue, but were a bit busy discussing with others.
Maybe we'll meet saturday?

My "report" of the night & signing
>>> http://club-stephenking.fr/3551-actualite

[burial]

I did notice the .PL tee shirts while in the queue, but were a bit busy discussing with others.
Maybe we'll meet saturday?

Sure... That would be great.
If you will see someone in that t-shirt come along and ask about burial . Don't hesitate...

[The Library Policeman]

Back home from Paris now and thought I'd share my experience of the signing. Feel free to skip this long post if you want to, folks. It'll probably bore you to death!!, but it was really amazing and exciting for me to meet my idol for the first time.
Any way, I arrived in Paris the day before the signing and asked my hotel receptionist to book me a taxi for 7 am the next morning. I figured/hoped this would be early enough to join the line at the venue and luckily enough it was.
I arrived at the bookstore at around 7;15 and there was already lots of people there. After a couple of minutes a lady came up to me and wrote the number 206 on my hand. I kinda figured I was "in" at this point. There then followed 7 hours of cold and boredom as I waited in line and I couldn't even really chat to those around me as they were all French!! Lol.

Here's a couple of pictures of the venue and the waiting line (taken with my Iphone so apologies for the quality).




I finally got inside the bookstore at 2pm after the line started to move:


And got my first glimpse of King a couple of minutes later. The line moved pretty fast and here he is signing the book for the person in front of me:


Then it was my turn

ME: Hello Mr King.

SK: Hi.

ME: I flew in from Scotland to see you.

SK: Did you, really? Wanna hear a Scottish joke?

ME: Yeah, that'd be great.

SK: What's the difference between Mick Jagger and a Scotsman? Mick sings "Hey you get off of my cloud" and a Scotsman sings "Hey MacLeod get off of my ewe"

ME: (laughing) That's great.

SK: (chuckling)

ME: (shaking his hand) Pleasure to meet you Mr King.

SK: (shaking my hand) Likewise.

And that was it. My brief meeting with my idol was over. But for him to shake my hand - and take a little time to tell me a little joke about my homeland (even if it DID hint at us all being involved in sheep copulation lol) - is something I'll treasure forever. I then exited the bookstore with a grin on my face that would have lit up the whole of Paris.

Oh and he signed this for me before he told me his little joke:



It really was a fantastic experience and I'm so happy I made the trip. I'll share my experience of the Grand Rex event in the appropriate "Paris reading" thread later.

[jhanic]

Fascinating!

John

[ELazansky]

That's a really great story, Alan.

[Stockerlone]

GREAT story Alan, CONGRATS !!!

[The Library Policeman]

Thank you, guys.

[idlewarnings]

Great story.

[Ricky]

Congrats on the book and meeting, Alan!

[TwistedNadine]

PARTY WITH JOE HILL

Not an official signing but...

RiveRun Bookstore in NH is doing a Ho-Ho-HOS4A2 Christmas Party with Joe Hill on Dec 12

RiverRun Bookstore
142 Fleet Street
Portsmouth, NH 03801

For those who live in the East, and for those who like to travel (heads up Explorer)...
Maybe Daddy will attend Joe's party??

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/ho-ho-ho...opy+of+11%2F15


Edit: Alan great story and really appreciate the pics! Congrats.

[Merlin1958]

Back home from Paris now and thought I'd share my experience of the signing. Feel free to skip this long post if you want to, folks. It'll probably bore you to death!!, but it was really amazing and exciting for me to meet my idol for the first time.
Any way, I arrived in Paris the day before the signing and asked my hotel receptionist to book me a taxi for 7 am the next morning. I figured/hoped this would be early enough to join the line at the venue and luckily enough it was.
I arrived at the bookstore at around 7;15 and there was already lots of people there. After a couple of minutes a lady came up to me and wrote the number 206 on my hand. I kinda figured I was "in" at this point. There then followed 7 hours of cold and boredom as I waited in line and I couldn't even really chat to those around me as they were all French!! Lol.

Here's a couple of pictures of the venue and the waiting line (taken with my Iphone so apologies for the quality).




I finally got inside the bookstore at 2pm after the line started to move:


And got my first glimpse of King a couple of minutes later. The line moved pretty fast and here he is signing the book for the person in front of me:


Then it was my turn

ME: Hello Mr King.

SK: Hi.

ME: I flew in from Scotland to see you.

SK: Did you, really? Wanna hear a Scottish joke?

ME: Yeah, that'd be great.

SK: What's the difference between Mick Jagger and a Scotsman? Mick sings "Hey you get off of my cloud" and a Scotsman sings "Hey MacLeod get off of my ewe"

ME: (laughing) That's great.

SK: (chuckling)

ME: (shaking his hand) Pleasure to meet you Mr King.

SK: (shaking my hand) Likewise.

And that was it. My brief meeting with my idol was over. But for him to shake my hand - and take a little time to tell me a little joke about my homeland (even if it DID hint at us all being involved in sheep copulation lol) - is something I'll treasure forever. I then exited the bookstore with a grin on my face that would have lit up the whole of Paris.

Oh and he signed this for me before he told me his little joke:



It really was a fantastic experience and I'm so happy I made the trip. I'll share my experience of the Grand Rex event in the appropriate "Paris reading" thread later.

Dude, that's AWESOME!!!! Congrats!!!

[bdwyer19]

Great story Alan! The Shining looks fantastic!!

[herbertwest]

Back home from Paris now and thought I'd share my experience of the signing. Feel free to skip this long post if you want to, folks. It'll probably bore you to death!!, but it was really amazing and exciting for me to meet my idol for the first time.
Any way, I arrived in Paris the day before the signing and asked my hotel receptionist to book me a taxi for 7 am the next morning. I figured/hoped this would be early enough to join the line at the venue and luckily enough it was.
I arrived at the bookstore at around 7;15 and there was already lots of people there. After a couple of minutes a lady came up to me and wrote the number 206 on my hand. I kinda figured I was "in" at this point. There then followed 7 hours of cold and boredom as I waited in line and I couldn't even really chat to those around me as they were all French!! Lol.

Here's a couple of pictures of the venue and the waiting line (taken with my Iphone so apologies for the quality).




I finally got inside the bookstore at 2pm after the line started to move:


And got my first glimpse of King a couple of minutes later. The line moved pretty fast and here he is signing the book for the person in front of me:


Then it was my turn

ME: Hello Mr King.

SK: Hi.

ME: I flew in from Scotland to see you.

SK: Did you, really? Wanna hear a Scottish joke?

ME: Yeah, that'd be great.

SK: What's the difference between Mick Jagger and a Scotsman? Mick sings "Hey you get off of my cloud" and a Scotsman sings "Hey MacLeod get off of my ewe"

ME: (laughing) That's great.

SK: (chuckling)

ME: (shaking his hand) Pleasure to meet you Mr King.

SK: (shaking my hand) Likewise.

And that was it. My brief meeting with my idol was over. But for him to shake my hand - and take a little time to tell me a little joke about my homeland (even if it DID hint at us all being involved in sheep copulation lol) - is something I'll treasure forever. I then exited the bookstore with a grin on my face that would have lit up the whole of Paris.

Oh and he signed this for me before he told me his little joke:



It really was a fantastic experience and I'm so happy I made the trip. I'll share my experience of the Grand Rex event in the appropriate "Paris reading" thread later.

Pretty cool!
I think that he had quite a lot of fun during his french journey. He seemed mostly relaxed and having fun!

[The Library Policeman]

Thanks everyone

And I think you're right Jeremy. Every time I spotted King he seemed to be relaxed and smiling.

[Stockerlone]

Today, 20.00 Livestream from the Hamburg Event
http://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/

[burial]

Polish team is at sternchance cafe... No one else here

[stroppygoblin]

Today, 20.00 Livestream from the Hamburg Event
http://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg/

is that 20:00 local time (ie 19:00 GMT) ?

[bdwyer19]

From Lilja this morning. Damn, no book tour...

2 new books confirmed for 2014!
Posted: November 26, 2013, 10:11:31
On the official Stephen King message board the moderator has confirmed that two new books will be released next hear.

There will be two fiction books out next year but Hall Monitor has it right, we're not quite there yet in releasing official info on those other than the titles, which Stephen has mentioned when he was on his book tour for Doctor Sleep. The titles are Mr. Mercedes and Revival.

The moderator also confirmed that King will NOT do any book tours during 2014.

He's taking 2014 off--no book tours. There will be two books out next year--he's already written them--but he won't be doing book tours for them.

[Stockerlone]

Markus Lanz Talkshow with STEPHEN KING 21.11.13

[TwistedNadine]

The moderator also confirmed that King will NOT do any book tours during 2014.

He's taking 2014 off--no book tours. There will be two books out next year--he's already written them--but he won't be doing book tours for them.

I guess that means Mr. Mercedes and Revival will be very tough to find signed.
Bummer.

[Randall Flagg]

The moderator also confirmed that King will NOT do any book tours during 2014.

He's taking 2014 off--no book tours. There will be two books out next year--he's already written them--but he won't be doing book tours for them.

I guess that means Mr. Mercedes and Revival will be very tough to find signed.
Bummer.

Signed trades will be a challenge. The S/L's should be easier.

[Stockerlone]

1-2 more bookreading events from 2013 in Hamburg....

Spoiler:

Horror authors bookreading event with Vincent Voss, Rona Walter, Kristina Lohfeldt and other in the spookey Hamburg Dungeon. A better location is not possible. An amazing evening... creepy.......

Hamburg Dungeon
http://www.thedungeons.com/hamburg/de/

Kristina Lohfeldt


Kristina Lohfeldt FB
https://de-de.facebook.com/pages/The...99490653416599

The newest project from Rona Walter...
she translated PAX BRITANNIA - Unnatural History from Jonathan Green
My inscriped book:


Rona Walter HP
https://twitter.com/MistressRona


An other event with Rona + Kristina