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.
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