Book Sales and Autographing
Please discuss your plans with David or his assistant at least a month before his visit.
If David drives to your school. . . he usually bring books for sale. Before his visit, David will send by email an attractive order form that can be printed, photocopied and distributed to students and staff. There is a place for you to set a due-date for the order forms, but David will accommodate late orders. Please read “Notes on David’s Order Form” (sent with form) before you photocopy the form. There is info you must fill in first!
If David flies to your area. . . he usually cannot bring books with him but he can arrange to send them beforehand or after returning from your school. Either way, all of David’s books can be offered, and all books will be signed.
Alternatively, you may wish to provide books yourself or through a local vendor. The form “Book List” gives a complete listing of David’s publishers. Please contact David for suggestions of which books to offer. If outside vendors are supplying books, it is important that David or his assistant contact them. Please provide contact information.
Regardless of who supplies the books, David recommends that you use the order form he provides. It comes in two versions, including one in which you set your own prices.
Please remember to discuss your book sale plans with David or his assistant well before his visit.
At the Signing. . . If books are to be sold and signed, please schedule time for a signing session. An adult helper is essential. Book signing can be handled in one of two ways:
/ The children line up and David greets them as he signs their books. This method is more personal but much more time-consuming than the other method, below.
/ David signs books without students present, following the signing instructions purchasers have written on the order form. David prefers to write his own message rather than those that have been devised for him. If you create your own form, please have the name(s) to whom books should be signed displayed prominently. Do not encourage people to write their own messages for David to write and sign!
for more information:
David M. Schwartz
1849 Drake Drive, Oakland, CA 94611 (510) 339-6778
info@davidschwartz.com