Lest anyone think I am knocking Kindlegraph’s excellent idea, I’m not. The idea of being able to personalize a signature for an ebook is an intriguing idea, so of course I signed up.
How does it work? As a reader, you go to Kindelgraph.com and search for your favorite authors. The site boasts that there are 3,500 of them, and there’s probably more. If your author is there, it will shoe their name in the search results, then click it for a list of autograph-able books. Kindlegraph will then send the author a notification and they can log on and sign away.
As an author you first need to register, which is very easy, and then enter the ASIN (found on your book’s amazon page) for each book you’d like to add to their database. Once a book is added, you will get a “test request” from the site’s admin for the first book that allows you to practice your signature and such (more on that in a moment)
On the request page there is space to write a personal message with two fonts to choose from; handwriting and typewriter, and then a second input box for your signature. You can actually use your mouse (stylus, finger, whatever your setup is) to sign your signature, like so:
Or you can “adopt a signature”, which uses that handwritten font again. Once you’ve drawn your signature, kindlegraph saves it, and you never need to do it again, though I have been because when you sign a real book no two signatures look identical, each is one of a kind, and I don’t see why e-signatures should be any different. But then I am kind of a lunatic.
What if you or your readers have a Nook or a Kobo or something else? So far I have been unable to locate any sites that supply signatures to these devices, however, I am keeping my eyes open. If I run across one I’ll be sure to share it and if you know of one I’d love it if you’d let me know.
UPDATE: this also works with Kindle apps on cellphones, tablets etc. The reader just provides the email address associated with the items Amazon account. (Thanks Tara Wood for the info!)
What do you think of ebook signatures? Good idea, or waste of time?
Self-Published Authors Helping Other Authors 
If it’s not a waste of time for my readers, it’s not a waste of time for me. I love it when I get Kindlegraph requests! And you’ve just reminded me. I need to add a couple of my recent books to my account. 🙂
Me too! I think it’s so much fun 😀 And glad to be of help 😉
I don’t know about Nook or Kobo, but if your reader has a Kindle app for phone or tablet, etc., it still works. They simply have to provide the email assigned to the device from the Kindle site. I have a Nook, but use the Kindle app on my tablet.
Thanks so much for the info! 🙂
That’s interesting. I looked into it but I wasn’t sure about it. That said, I had no idea you could personalise it that much. Consider me a fellow nutter. If I do take the plunge I’ll be signing each one individually, same as you.
Cheers
MTM
Glad to know i am not alone! 😀
I think it looks like a fun idea!
I think so, too! 😀