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In many cases, the point of writing the book is getting the book tour. Ever thought "wow this book really should have just been a blog post"? Well, there is no

• lbotos 4y ago
  depending on the topic a "blog post tour" may be speaking at conferences.
• perlgeek 4y ago
  What do the authors get out of the book tour? Fame, maybe?
  • fragmede 4y ago
    Money, traditionally.
  • bombcar 4y ago
    Unless the author is relatively well known, the book tour often barely pays for itself. In some cases the author gets to travel "on the company dime" and basically tour the country/world and have the expenses paid by some book sales. The author may also get a much larger cut of any books sold during the tour, even without "signing fees" or similar.
  • bluGill 4y ago
    They are hoping to get the big break. That can be people who see them locally buying a copy (most people will buy a book when the author is there, but may not even look at the book otherwise, so you can count on a few sales if you appear in a bookstore), but ideally is moves onto they actually read the book and like it enough to tell all their friends. You can get a big bonus if a someone well known happens to be in the crowd and tells all their followers.