Nov

The First-Ever Good e-Reader Online Ebook Signing Was a Success!

GoodEReader & Autography with author HP Mallory at the ebook signing event

Over one hundred fans attended the online ebook signing with author HP Mallory, thanks to Autography’s ebook signing software and Spreecast, the social video platform. Fans were able to ask questions live, receive their signed ebooks instantly via email, and interact with the author as she answered interview questions from our members of the Good e-Reader community.

Many of the readers and participants in the discussion were reluctant to join on video, or in many cases, lacked the necessary enabled equipment to participate on camera, all of the fans were able to type questions to the author using the video chat feature. Their questions were then answered by the author, covering topics ranging from Mallory’s writing style and publishing experience, to what can be expected from her books and her characters in the near future. Fans really responded to the intimate feel of the event, as the author chatted with them from her own living room. Moreover, unlike at rushed events where a reader may get to exchange only a few words with the author at the signing table, many fans stayed for the entire hour-long event and talked intermittently.

“This is really cool format – I feel like I am in the same room as HP – best book signing ever,” posted one reader at the event wrap-up.

While Mallory would pause from time to time to sign more ebooks, Tom Waters, co-founder of Autography, would interject information for both readers and authors interested in more options for ebook signing, explaining both the process of actually signing digital editions and how it can benefit both bestselling authors and indie authors alike.

The link to the recorded event can be found HERE and includes the audio and video of the ebook signing. For those readers who were unable to attend the signing, HP Mallory can still send an autographed ebook. Simply send your email address (or the recipient’s, if this is a gift) to info@autography.com and be sure to include the name for which the book is to be personalized.

Be sure to check out future editions of the Good e-Reader live ebook signing. We will profile some very well-known bestselling authors very soon and give readers a chance to interact with these favorite authors.

Mercy Pilkington (534 Posts)

Mercy Pilkington is a young-adult author and a teacher in a correctional facility. She does not have a single textbook in her classroom. With the top-of-the-line technology at her disposal and the low reading ability of many of her students, there’s no need for standard paper texts. Instead she relies on e-readers, iPads, desktop PCs, Polycom video conferencing equipment for virtual field trips, live streaming for science demonstrations, and text-to-speech read-aloud software to teach English and science. Within the next ten years, public school classrooms across the country are going to look a lot more like Mercy’s classroom because the educational possibilities with these kinds of technologies are limitless. Have a question? Send an email to mercypilkington@yahoo.com

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This was a good move forward with good e-reader to bring new innovative features to the e-reader space
Nards Barley
Well done. This is what sets this blog from those also-ran ebook blogs like the Digital Reader.
Nards Barley
That should read “what sets this blog apart”
Mercy Pilkington
I’m really thrilled when the readers respond to the things that we’re fortunate enough to be able to offer. I, myself, was very surprised by the number of people who attended throughout the hour-long event! I can’t wait to have another event like this one for our readers!
Cdclocks
Sweet! I’ll have to keep an eye out for the next one. Is there a transcript of the chat? I’m curious to hear how autographing digital books works….or do you happen to know when (time) in the video Tom went over that?
Mercy Pilkington
We actually mentioned it several times throughout the chat, but I can tell you that we gave Tom the floor, so to speak, at the first opportunity that HP stopped for a few minutes to sign some ebooks. So when you see her look down and begin signing, that’s fairly close to Tom starting to explain how the company works. I would start looking at least 20 min into it.
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I totally agree, we just don’t report the news but do different things no one else in the industry does!
Sherry
Yeah. I hadn’t really intended on watching the entire replay last night, but I got hooked. LOL. I ended up emailing Tom about a possible demonstration video. I know a LOT of ebook writers who’d love to see how this works. Apparently, he’s already knocking the video idea around with the techies. :-)
Mercy Pilkington
If you’re not able to hear from Tom, let me know. I have the demonstration video he sent me for this event. In fact, I’d love to post it, with his permission. Hopefully we can do that soon!

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