Judge A Book By Its Signature Special Edition aka This Post Won’t Happen Without The Awesome Cee

First thing’s first: Cee from The Novel Hermit is beyond awesome. You’ll see why, just keep on reading.

So how Judge A Book By Its Signature was invented is this: I don’t know about you, but my signature is downright ugly. And lame. Let’s not forget lame. Every time I sign my name on something, whether it be a receipt or a new credit card, I wince inside. I don’t know how people come up with such awesome pretty signatures. I’m totally out of the loop with that.

One day, after getting multiple books signed, I thought what if instead of judging a book by its cover, you judge the book by the author’s signature? Will the author’s signature attract you to the book? Will you still buy the book then?

This week, I’m featuring a lot of books.

Let me explain.

When Cee mentioned on Twitter that she was planning on seeing a bunch of awesome authors (I mean, it’s Kasie West, Marissa Meyer, AND Rainbow Rowell!!!), I completely freaked out because they never come to NYC. Okay, let me correct myself, they did come to NYC, but I was too busy for whatever reason to see them or they never came to NYC the first place. I then asked Cee if she minds getting a bunch of books signed for me if I paid for shipping. She agreed, I paid too much for shipping, so she also got a signed copy of Cinder for me.

Without further ado, here are all the beautiful signed books:

Let’s start with Kasie West’s books, The Distance Between Us and Pivot Point.

Both the covers of The Distance Between Us and Pivot Point are so pretty! I love the summery feel The Distance Between Us has and the shiny orb stuff (I don’t know the name for them) floating around on the cover of Pivot Point.

For The Distance Between Us, yes. For Pivot Point, it really depends on what mood I’m in.

I like Kasie West’s signature. It’s so swirly and loopy! However, if I didn’t know her name, I doubt I could figure it out by reading her signature says though. It’s pretty hard to read.

Most likely not. I want to steal her “K” though.

Now for Rainbow Rowell’s books: Fangirl and Eleanor & Park.

I love the cover of Fangirl. In fact, I love everything about it: it’s main background picture, the font of “Fangirl,” and the cute picture of Cath on her laptop. I don’t really like the cover of Eleanor & Park as much, but it is still pretty cute and creative.

For Fangirl, definitely. I absolutely adore that cover. As for Eleanor & Park, I’ll have to think for awhile about that one.

I like how Rainbow Rowell’s signature is in all caps, plus the fact that she only writes her first name in her signatures. I feel like her signature is not really a signature though, it’s just her printing her name.

Probably not. Although I like her signature, nothing compels me to buy the book based on her signature alone.

Last but not least, it’s time for Marissa Meyer’s book, Cinder.

I love the cover of Cinder for one main reason: it portrays what the book is about so well. It’s also very unique.

Not really. The cover of Cinder will definitely catch my attention and make me curious about it though.

I like Marissa Meyer’s signature. It’s sharp and loopy at the same time.

Hmm, maybe not. I’ve seen better signatures out there.

So yeah, that’s all the awesome books Cee got signed for me! (They must have been very heavy.) Thank you so much for getting all of them signed for me Cee! <3<3<3 Will you buy any of these books based on the author's signature alone? What do you think of them all?

*All pictures are mine unless otherwise stated.

Speak Your Mind

Mel@thedailyprophecy says

11-04-13 at 10:23 AM

Oh wow, signed books are the best and I’d love to have a signed Cinder <3 From all the books, I think I'd buy that book based on the signature.
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- Kelly says
  
  11-09-13 at 8:37 PM
  
  I’ll cherish all my signed books forever. <3
  Awesome pick. ;D
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Abby @ abbbzandbookz says

11-04-13 at 10:27 AM

WOW JUST WOW THESE BOOKS ARE JUST PERFECT I CANNOT OMG LUCKY YOU. Although Rainbow’s signature was simple I found it very charming! I loved Kasie’s loooooooooops like I can’t decipher at first then….Oh “Kasie” nice one there Mrs. West!
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- Kelly says
  
  11-09-13 at 8:39 PM
  
  Ha ha, -fans self-
  You have a point – Rainbow’s signature is very charming! And I love the “Kasie” part of Kasie West’s signature. :D
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barefootmedstudent says

11-04-13 at 12:19 PM

I would buy Eleanor & Park for the signature – but that’s just because I think Rainbow is frikkin’ AWESOME!
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- Kelly says
  
  11-09-13 at 8:43 PM
  
  Haha, POINT!
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Cee says

11-04-13 at 4:07 PM

AWW YEEAHHHH. I’m glad you received the books (after a lot of delay)!

After going to various events last month, I realized that I like my books personalized because of the messages the author writes. I probably wouldn’t buy the book based on the signature in these cases, but based on the author? ABSOLUTELY YES. They were so awesome!

- Kelly says
  
  11-09-13 at 9:00 PM
  
  I know right! -fist pump-
  Ha ha, you don’t have to get a book personalized to get the messages the author writes. You can politely ask them to write the tagline, if you know they write a tagline for the book the first place. :P
  And good point! ;D
  But then again, I’m in love with signatures. <3
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