At 7, we went inside. Brian gave a 20-30 minute presentation, followed by Q&A and a whole bunch of signing. Rumor has it that we sold 37 of Bryan's books (plus a bunch more besides). Joni and I went out to dinner while the event was still going on. When we passed by the store after dinner, Steve was still working on getting the garbage cans loaded. And it was 9:40!
I want to thank Bryan and his amazing team at Pure Matter - Courtney (who's also his wife), Tracy, Joey, and Ryan. They brought the wine (VHOB took care of the food) and communicated with me regularly from inception to the night of. And I have to say that we all did a darn good job!
I've got some pictures I will post here. But I'm going to put a bunch more on Facebook. Lots of fun.
Bryan's mom, wife, high school English teacher
Bryan with book and buyer
1 of 2 areas where people congregated inside
2nd area
Bryan signing after presentation/Q&A
I love how y'all at VHOB are rocking the author events!
ReplyDeleteYou're right. We are rocking some great author events - except for the one that I'm still holding out hope for! (no guilt though)
DeleteWow that had to be one impressive signing.
ReplyDeleteIt was pretty darn cool.
DeleteWish I lived closer to a bookstore like this!
ReplyDeleteThat's my hope for you too.
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