First of all, in response to Dan, my name has been changed from "Not Bookstore Guy Anymore" to "Used to be Important".
Release Party Comparison:
This one was WAY more busy than MB2, and much larger than MB1 (though the gap wasnt as large). However, the thing that made this line longer than it seemed was the fact that people were bringing multiple copies of every book for Brandon to sign. The MB1 signing only had 2 books for him to potentially sign, where yesterday's had 6 plus paperback incarnations of several of them (4). So in reality, the line was even longer than the several hundred people that were in it.
I must have had the look of "Someone Who Used to be Important (that's for you Dan)", because random people kept asking for recommendations and directions. An employee asked if I knew how things were going and where his boss was. It was odd.
Overall, i thought the signing went well. I think the store could have done a few things differently to speed up the process, and a few more things to sell more books, but it went well.
Brandon: I expect a bookscan report.
