Posted on 06/07/2003 11:08:26 AM PDT by kristinn
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton ('Rat-NY) is embarking on a summer-long book signing tour across the country to promote her memoirs, Living History, the product of her $8 million deal with publisher Simon & Schuster.
Fans expecting to witness the former First Lady personally autographing copies of her book will instead be given editions with an additional pre-signed page inserted in the book.
Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena, California, where Mrs. Clinton is scheduled to make her only appearance for the book in southern California on June 29, states on their Website that they have been assured that the author is personally signing the inserts. A Vroman's employee said that the publisher has informed the store that Mrs. Clinton is having difficulty keeping up with the expected demand for autographed books.
Another store, Trover Books in Washington, D.C., where Mrs. Clinton will appear on June 12, has informed the public that for security reasons, no photography will be allowed at her 'book signing'.
Vroman's has not been informed yet whether photography will be allowed at their store. Their Website states that people attending Mrs. Clinton's 'book signing' will be given a voucher for each autographed book purchased. They will "get to say hello and shake hands with the Senator"--an arrangement more akin to a receiving line than a traditional book signing. The vouchers will be exchanged for the autographed books afterward.
Authors much more accomplished in life than the freshman Senator, such as Lady Margaret Thatcher, the former British Prime Minister who helped win the Cold War, and retired Army General Norman Schwarzkopf, who led American forces to victory in the Gulf War, have labored to sign books in person without photography restrictions at appearances to promote their respective books.
Given Mrs. Clinton reputation of dishonesty in public matters, one wonders if 'ghost signers' will be employed to autograph Living History like ghost writers were used to write the book itself.
Eric Shawn on Fox just did a report and they had a clip of hrc arriving at the first bookstore on her tour and making a few comments. They explained how 250 people received wristbands marking them as getting books and Shawn said they would move through a line to have her sign them. They did not show her doing it, though.
He also spoke with a mother and son who had purchased the book and he had them display the signed page. Eric Shawn did ask the mother if she believes what's in the book and the woman replied "I choose to".
I didn't have time to do this one today-- but if you have a Freeper Hillary, you could have a few people with "Zone of Privacy" signs enforcing your perimeter.
Darn thing only has 500 sheets, buy it on sale :-)
The line was not nearly as impressive as it looked on TV. At one point we saw part of the line in motion and thought they were letting the customers in. Then I noticed that the people entering the bookstore all had cameras, microphones, and notepads with them. Heehee...
By the time the press finished filing in, the line was HALF the size it had been previously. I got pictures; hopefully they'll be posted.
This is a Big Media Event, but as I was just telling someone else, Deter Jeter had a MUCH longer line (at the B & N near me) when his book came out a few years back...
What are they afraid of? Having the camera(s) break and the photographer "fans" turning into stone like Colin Creevy did when he saw the basilisk in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"?!
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