Don’t tell me you haven’t done this with your own books.
I’ll admit that after leaving a bookstore my clients tend to have their books face-out.
[I do not recommend moving books around! Publisher pay good money for product placement and the poor booksellers have enough to worry about.]
Sherri
One day that will be me! 🙂
Rick Barry
Well, um, I didn’t move them around the store, but I have turned some of mine from spine view to face-out view.
Funny video!
Lisa Carter Sweet Tea with a Slice of Murder
Not me. But it could be my mother . . .
Lisa Bergren
I’m a Secret Face-Out Agent–not only for my own books, but for people I love too!
Diana Lesire Brandmeyer
Yep, I do it for all of my author friends. 🙂
Kate
I think I’ll wear a disguise…at least sunglasses and a hat… a ski mask might lead to false assumptions. Fun, thanks for sharing.
Jim Rubart
I’ve never, ever faced my books or my author friend’s books. Well, okay, maybe 20 or 30 times.
Marti Pieper
I repost way too many of your Fun Fridays. This one = awesome. And I must say it presents some new (albeit not bookseller-friendly) ideas.
Stephanie Shott
That was great! My book is due out in three weeks and I can’t wait to try some of those smooth moves out! 🙂
V.V. Denman
I just love Fridays at Steve Laube’s blog.
Sally Apokedak
Hysterical.
I love her sneaking it into the fiction section and saying she made most of the memoir up.
Me? I have never turned a book face-out for my friends and I hope if I ever get published no one will do it for me. If I turn one face-out I’m turning someone else’s spine-out. I can’t do that.
The video, however, was a great way to advertise her book.