Wednesday, June 1, 2011
More Details of the Book Tour
Thank you all, for your good wishes about the book tour. It's always a bit hard to know how many details are too many about my book promotion, because the main focus of this blog is "About Amish," at least what I know about it having grown on in an Amish community. But your comments have inspired
Wednesday night we had our largest crowd for the week, at the Warren Township Library. Marcela Dunham contacted me through Lynn Kimmerle some months ago, and she did a phenomenal job of promoting this event, so that she ended up with a full house (67 people). I was very impressed with Marcela's dedication, especially when she said she was going to call everyone on her sign-up list, to let them know that there were people on a waiting list to get in and that if they were not coming, to let her know. She had also been proactive in letting me know what she thought her patrons would want to know about, so I tailored my talk to include the topics she suggested. Judging by the comments and questions people asked, she was a good judge of what her patrons like. To add to her dedication, Marcela sent me an email with feedback and pictures. Below is a photo that shows a large part of the audience.
Marcela kindly wrote: "Our patrons at the Warren Library enjoyed your talk tremendously, and are still talking about it. Apparently some people congregated outside the library after your talk, still discussing the information you provided. It was informative and fascinating. Since then, every time I meet one of the attendees they tell me that it was one of my best programs!!"
