Having received many complaints about the fact that I rarely do
signings beyond the Toronto area, I've decided to follow the example of
other authors and offer signed bookplates.
NOTE: I'm currently running way behind on filling orders. I'd run a
promotion for No Humans Involved that was far more popular than expected,
and I'm still filling orders for that. I kept running out of
bookplates so I'd put these orders aside for now (they need 3 each while
the promotion only needed 1) I'll get to them very soon!
It's a decorative label with an adhesive back that can be placed inside
a book. Commonly used as a way to mark your own books before
lending them out, authors also use them as an easy way to 'sign' books.
I've pasted an example to the right.
Let me know what you want yours to say. Just signed? Signed
and dated? Signed to you or someone else (like the example)?
Inscribed with something special (e.g. 'Happy
30th Birthday, Jill')? Great. Inscribed with some profound or witty
comment of my own? Um, no. When it comes to book
inscriptions, I am incredibly unimaginative. Sorry!
Just send a self-addressed envelope to the address below, indicating
the inscription and how many bookplates you'd like (up to 3).
No need to include return postage. While I
appreciate the gesture, Canada Post won't accept stamps from outside
the country, so consider this one "on me"...my thanks for buying the
book!
Kelley Armstrong
RR #4
Aylmer, ON N5H 2R3
Canada
For now, I'll leave the bookselling to the
bookstores. That's how they make their livelihood. If you
want a signed book, please buy it from them and ask me for a bookplate
(see above.)
I used to allow readers to send me their books to
sign and return, but had an experience where I returned five
books...and they went missing. After many phone calls and much
panic, they were found, but it taught me that this isn't something I
should do. I couldn't bear the guilt of losing a reader's first
edition non-replaceable Stolen hardcover!
What the Heck is a Bookplate?