| 单词 | book signing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbook signing book signing n. the signing of a publication by the author or originator; spec. the signing by an author of copies of his or her work for members of the public (frequently attributive); an event where this takes place, typically held in a bookshop. ΚΠ 1907 Author Apr. 186/1 Book-signing... I refer to the custom of signing, initialling, or marking with a facsimile autograph, every copy of a piece of music before it is sold. Nearly every music publisher in this country now adheres to the custom. 1939 Publishers Weekly 15 July 156/2 I am fortunate in my own town, in having warm friends among the bookstore people, so that there are book teas for me, and book signing afternoons, with fine results. 1956 Chicago Tribune 30 Dec. b5 It was in the book section of Marshall Field's and he was saying a few words before sitting down to an afternoon of book signing. 1965 R. Howard tr. S. de Beauvoir Force of Circumstance x. 540 Press conferences, television appearances,..book signings, lunches with writers, a visit to the Museum with a group of painters who—what an ordeal! 1995 Eightdays Week 20 May 17/1 An author..notices her during a book-signing session. 2005 Writer's Mag. Sept. 49/4 Instead of a traditional (usually sparsely attended) booksigning, you could team up with poets and other entertainers to present an event at which your book is sold. < as lemmas |
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