Sharpie © by mikelao26
Don’t worry!
I’m not going to get out my ever-present Sharpie and defile your Kindle.
Well, unless you want me to, which is another story indeed.
Instead I’m going to share with you a neat little project I came upon called KindleGraph.
When folks come up to me at conventions and ask me to sign their book(s), it’s a pretty straightforward process.
- I take book.
- I open book.
- I go to title page.
- I write something witty.
- I sign my EKG looking signature.
- I give the book back to them.
- They adore me forever and buy all my books.
But in this day and age of eBooks and eBook readers, just how is one to collect the autographs of their favorite authors?
Now, to be honest, I have hear of the fervent fan acutally giving the author of their adoration their Kindle and a Sharpie and having them go to town, but that Kindle is going to get really streaky and messed up real quick.
And what if that one of a kind signature gets wiped off?
It’s gone with the wind, baby. And not in a Margaret Mitchell sort of way, either.
Instead, I’ve found a way that allows readers to interact with their favorite authors and get a personal inscription and a signature for the majority of their eBooks.
As I mentioned above it’s called KindleGraph.
Just how does KindleGraph work?
- You go to the Kindlegraph site.
You search and see if the book you want a Kindlegraph for is available.
If it is, you sign into Kindlegraph with your Twitter account.
You click on “Request Kindlegraph” and then you sit back and wait.
If you’re an author:
- First you want to make sure that your books are on the KindleGraph site.
If not, requesting and adding each book only takes a few seconds. Get over here get going. A Twitter account is necessary.
Upon receipt of a request for your KindleGraph, you are taken to a page that shows the cover of the book you are signing.
You type something awesome to your fan, then digitally sign it with DocuSign and then click Send.
It’s that easy for everyone concerned!
After you (the author) have clicked on send, within a few minutes your reader will receive a fancy PDF with your book cover, your inscription and your signature.
To me, this is similar to collecting signed baseball cards.
You might have a folder on your Kindle called “KindleGraphs” where you keep all these PDF files.
Talk about awesome, right?
Right!
For more information you can watch a short little screencast here.
And of course, if you’d like to get my KindleGraph, you can find my page here.
I think this is a pretty neat idea and a great way to move forward technology-wise and still keep a common touch and bond with your readers.
Enjoy!
