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Have you ever interacted with an author? If so, how? Please check all that apply.

Survey expired 07/07/17
Total voters: 478

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 36% (174 votes)Via the author’s website
 16% (76 votes)Via the author’s blog
 40% (190 votes)Written email
 9% (45 votes)Written snail mail
 31% (147 votes)On Facebook
 10% (49 votes)On Twitter
 19% (89 votes)On Goodreads
 4% (19 votes)On Instagram
 2% (8 votes)On Pinterest
 1% (6 votes)On YouTube
 10% (49 votes)Via a phone chat
 6% (27 votes)Via a Skype chat
 62% (298 votes)Face to face at a book signing
 33% (160 votes)Face to face at a book conference or festival
 8% (37 votes)I never have interacted with an author.
 2% (10 votes)I never have interacted with an author, but would like to.
 14% (67 votes)Other (Please specify):
  • came to my local library
  • I once had lunch with Lee Smith, one of my forever favorites. She was charming, witty, utterly delightful.
  • Author Buzz
  • was acknowledged in her book
  • PUBLISHER'S SURVEYS ABOUT COVER DESIGNS
  • Visited our bookclub
  • Local authors have come to my book club.
  • face to face at a writing class
  • Visited book club
  • Met Chris Bojalean at the NYC book launch of his book The Light in the Ruins
  • Face to face in London, after contact by email and arranging to meet at Highgate Cemetery and then go for coffee.
  • Phone interviews with Dan Simmons and Steve Berry; Chris Bohjalian was a fan of my theatre group
  • Met Erin Hart at a funeral.
  • George C Chesbro was a substitute teacher at my high school
  • Mary Higgins Clark spoke at a local library. Also Dr. Jerri Lin Nielsen at a womens health conference. She is the doctor station
  • I worked with many at Random House back in the mid-80s
  • Before retiring as Library Media Specialist at a K-8 school I would invite authors to visit our school.
  • Book and author luncheon
  • Personal friend
  • One at a meet/dinner, the other at a book club..she was a member's sister.
  • Our non-fiction book club often invites local authors of the book we are reading. Many attend; one even joined our club.
  • At a college graduation after a commencement speech
  • I worked in early childhood for years and was asked to go to Harper Collins to give input on childrens books meet authors there
  • Children's authors have come to visit our school library
  • Waited on while purchasing books in a bookstore
  • Book club invited local author to dinner & discussion of writing process
  • At a book club meeting
  • author spoke at a local college & signed our book afterwards.
  • We have a local author who came to our bookclub meetings twice
  • Authors have visited our book group
  • school library conference and a group of us lunched with Beverly Cleary who walked into lunch unescorted and asked to join us
  • In person, helping to pick up several authors from the airport and taking them to their hotel and then escorting them around tow
  • A nationally known author who shall remained nameless volunteered to speak to my college class! I got an A, she was wonderful!
  • rec.arts.mysteries decades ago!
  • Author visited my book club
  • came to my home for my book club as we read her book
  • was on the committee that brought an author to town - we took him out for dinner
  • An informal group chat at local college
  • Face to face at a book group
  • Mary Doria Russell spoke to our library reading group
  • meet local authors for coffee
  • Attended a meeting with Author Miriam Grace Monfredo at a residential living home.
  • In the course of real life
  • Library event
  • When they speak at a local bookstore, I have visited with them. Also, a couple have come to my home and spoken to our book club
  • Personal friend
  • Neighbor of my brother!
  • The author, Clyde Bulla, was a family friend who dedicated some books to us.
  • As a children's school librarian I hired twenty-four authors for our schools, one per year.
  • in person at family gatherings
  • Book made into a movie - Went to her movie premiere in the US of Pope Joan.
  • Christmas Cards and AuthorBuzz contests
  • Worked with one for many years.
  • Worked with one for many years.
  • On the old TBR Bookaccino as a host on AOL in the early years
  • worked with authors at NYC pub house
  • We've had authors attend our book club meetings. And I was on the library board at my synagogue where we had author programmi.
  • We have had lunch with authors.
  • Face to face at my book club
  • FB im
  • face to face at our book club meeting
  • We've had three authors visit our book club
  • Nevada Barr came to speak in Grey, Maine sponsored by funding thru the Grey. Public Library
  • in person
  • on Words with Friends
  • Face to face at an elementary school presentation. AND face to face at ALA.
  • Transported Dr. Seuss from an airport to athe conference center where he was speaking.