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Wigan Library Christmas Book Fair

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I recently went to Wigan Library for their Christmas Book Fair to promote/sell my six books. Here are some things that I learned:

  • These sort of events are really important to introduce you as an author to potential readers. Always take some free self-promotion materials. I took business cards and postcards.
  • Presentation and personal appearance really matters, an eye catching book cover and props really do attract people’s attention.
  • Putting all of my health books together (Mental Health Wisdom, Ways The Human Body Can Go Wrong and The Alcohol Therapy Workbook) really helped increase sales.
  • A method for taking contactless card payments is essential, as most people don’t carry cash these days.
  • Free paper bags add value to books, especially if they have a sticker of a QR code on them.
  • Sit back and relax. Allow people to look at your books at their leisure. Engage them in conversation only if they want to talk. Never fold your arms.
  • Social media presence, website and books available on Amazon are all essential.

Write soon,

Antony

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Saturday 23 November 2024

All Write Up North Event – Wigan Has Plenty of Writers

By Books & Authors, Creativity, Friends & FamilyNo Comments
All Write Up North, Image From & Copyright Wigan Council, 2020.

All Write Up North was the first Writers, Authors and Illustrators event in Wigan. The event was held yesterday and was hosted by Wigan Council’s Libraries. The event was well attended and had a warm welcome. Refreshments were available throughout and lunch was provided. The event couldn’t have been better organised.

I went along hoping to learn something from the workshops, to use the opportunity to network and to promote my book.

I didn’t manage to get into any of the workshops. The first one I missed due to the room being too small for the number of people interested, the other two I missed due to getting chatting to some friends and losing track of time.

It was wonderful to be around so many Writers. Although being honest it was a little disappointing to see the lack of Writers in my age group, most where older.

I met author of Address Book, Simon Tingle. Address Book is a short book of poetry about the people that have or do inspire him. I shall do a book review soon.

I’m looking forward to future events and to entering any future competitions they have. I only found out about the event a few days before. So to avoid this happening again, I am now following @WiganLibraries on Twitter.

Write soon,

Antony

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Saturday 8 February 2020
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