What You Need To Bring To Your First Book Signing

Fifteen things to bring to your first book signing

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Congratulations! You finally got your book published, it looks superb, feels great in your hands, and it has that wonderful new book smell. You’ve even scheduled your first book signing at a local bookstore. But now what?

Since you’ve never attended a book signing before, you probably conducted some research only to find countless articles about the writing craft but not many dealing with the subject of book signings. That’s where I come in.

I’ve attended numerous book signings over the years and even attended my first one without any knowledge or experience on the subject (yeah, I winged it). But you won’t have to wing it because this article will cover the fifteen things — some obvious, some not so obvious — you will need at a book signing event.

1). Your Books

This should be a foregone conclusion, but if I don’t mention “your books” as part of the fifteen things you need to bring to a book signing, someone will surely call me out on it.

So, now that we got the most obvious one out of the way, let’s continue.

2). Bookstand