The Ultimate ‘Book Geek’ Get - Bookplates!
Best-selling Author, Mariah Fredericks Says Yes To Bookplate Request
Have you ever heard of a bookplate?
A bookplate is a sticker that you place in your book with an author’s inscription/signature. Bookplates are a fantastic idea for the “book geek” who treasures a signed copy of their book. How does it work? If you love a book but there in no possible way for you to meet the author in person for a book signing, you could mail a book plate to the author (with the authors’s permission, of course) along with a stamped self-addressed envelope so that the author can sign the bookplate and then mail it back to you with no hassle and no cost. Bookplates in all shapes and sizes have been around since the Middle Ages (according to Kings College Cambridge Archive Centre) and are collectible items in and of themselves.
Years ago when I discovered author Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series of books, for example, she offered such a book plate offer to her fans on her website and I took her up on it.
Recently, I read two Mariah Fredericks’ books, The Lindburgh Nanny and The Wharton Plot and I thought about how much I would love to have her signature in the books. I love her writing and both books have renewed my appetite for historical fiction - both books also have a true crime-ish feel - another favorite trope of mine. Fredericks was kind enough to record a podcast interview with me on The Lindburgh Nanny (stay turned for a new podcast recording with Fredericks on her latest release, The Wharton Plot) and I recently asked her if she would consider rekindling the Gabaldon tradition. I specifically asked her: If I send bookplates (found on Etsy - so many options) with a self-addressed stamped envelope, would she sign them and return them back to me? Fredericks said yes! Wasn’t that nice of her?
Frederick’s website is at MariahFredericksBooks.com and if you would like her to sign your bookplate in the same way described above, send her a message though her contact page. She said it was ok.
And of course I’ll sign a bookplate for my books!
I know what you’re thinking… Will I sign a bookplate for your copy of any of my books? You bet. Send me an email at wjcwolk@gmail.com with your request and I’ll send an address for you to send a pre-addressed stamped envelope. (I’ll provide the bookplate)
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Thanks for reading. Feel free to send me a note at wjcwolk@gmail.com with comments or requests for topic.
Love this idea!