as a member of the Air Force I have certain constraints on my time that would normally prevent me from going on a book signing journey, but i was wondering if an appearance closer to GA, even in Greensboro again, was in the cards for the relatively near future.
Posted by xtownaga (Member # 7187) on :
I'm pretty sure book signings usually acompany book releases, so you probably have to wait until OSC releases another book, though once that happens I would be rather surpised if there wasn't a signing in OSCs hometown and/or the surrounding area, as it's relativy cheep for the publisher to do (no flying the Cards anywhere)... then again I may well be wrong on some or all counts.
Posted by Orson Scott Card (Member # 209) on :
I don't anticipate consenting to do any signings other than those already committed to. My writing and my teaching and my family must take precedence - and with the increase in my duties due to my work at SVU, SOMETHING has to give. Signing books seems to me the least essential thing. At least I assume that you'd rather have more books from me than have the existing books signed ...
My publisher and I both enjoy "one-city-one-book" (or, as they call it in Columbia MO, "One-Read") programs, and it's possible that one or two of those a year might happen, depending on whether anybody invites me (so far only three cities have chosen Ender's Game and invited me to come).
This isn't an "announcement," it's just a fact. There simply aren't hours enough in a week for me to lose whole days traveling and doing book signings when I have papers to read and grade AND books and stories to write. Not to mention a magazine to edit <grin>.