“It’s an incredible change.” The American Chelsea Banning would never have imagined that the sales of her first book Of crowns and legends do not explode at this point. Especially after his failed first transfer session last Saturday… to which only two people attended.
Yet it was this sad signing session, held at a bookstore in the small town of Ashtabula, Ohio, that allowed the 33-year-old freelance author to “explode” print and Amazon sales with her novel Fantasia. On Sunday, it was with a heavy heart that Chelsea Banning wrote a message on Twitter and Tik Tok to express your disappointment.
From discouragement to wonder
“Only two people came to my signing session yesterday (Saturday),” a dejected Chelsea Banning writes then. “So I’m pretty disappointed, especially since 37 people had registered as ‘present’ for the event. Honestly, I’m a little upset and a little embarrassed.”
“On Saturday I wrote this tweet because I was a little discouraged to see so few people,” the 33-year-old writer confesses to BFMTV.com, who says she still expected to receive about ten people, among friends.
A courteous camouflage, because the message of desire to us pour effet de faire réagir de nombreux internautes, dont de grandes noms de la littérature: la jeune auteure a pu recevoir le soutien de Stephen King, Margaret Atwood ou encore Jodi Picoult sur le social network.
“Welcome to the club,” responded Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood, author of the scarlet maiden to reassure her. “I once did a firm that nobody came to except a guy who wanted to buy whiskey and thought I was an employee.”
The American author Stephen King, known worldwide for his fantastic books, also came with his message of support. He explains to Chelsea Banning that “at the first Salem signing, there was only one client. An obese kid who said, ‘Hey dude, do you know where the Nazi books are?'”
Thousands of messages of support
Jodi Picoult, author of a thousand little nothings, confided that she was “sitting alone at a signing table for long minutes before someone came up to ask where the bathroom was.” British writer Jonathan Coe says only one person went to see him at a detective novel festival.
“We chatted for a while and I told him how happy I was that he came. To which he replied: ‘Actually, I’m Ian Rankin (a Scottish author) and I just came to meet you’ ”.
“When I saw the thousands of messages of support I received, I was absolutely blown away,” says the Ohio-based author. “I couldn’t believe it. It was amazing, I’m excited. This week has been a wonderful adventure.”
Of crowns and legends (“Of Crowns and Legends” in the original language), published last August, is the first book in a trilogy that follows King Arthur’s sons in times of war, according to the book’s author, who had been working on it. . for fifteen years. Yes, this is my first book. Twenty years after King Arthur’s death, his children can be seen trying to live up to his father’s legacy and trying to find a balance between duty and personal life.
Source: BFM TV
