Poll

Are you interested in having authors at your book group meetings? Please check all that apply.

Survey expired 05/10/17
Total voters: 183

Are you interested in having authors at your book group meetings? Please check all that apply.

53% (97 votes)	We’ve had authors attend our meetings.
33% (60 votes)	Yes, we've had an author call in.
21% (39 votes)	Yes, we've Skyped with authors.
10% (19 votes)	No, but we have attended author talks and signings as a book group and used the experience to shape our discussions.
3% (5 votes)	No, but we've emailed our questions to authors and used their responses during our discussion.
9% (17 votes)	No, but we would like to Skype or speak by phone with authors during a meeting.
15% (28 votes)	No, but we would like to have authors attend our meetings.
7% (13 votes)	No, because the location of our meetings does not permit us to host, call or Skype with an author.
14% (25 votes)	No, because we do not know how to go about inviting an author to participate in our meetings.
7% (12 votes)	Other (Please specify): New Library Director doesn't invite them like previous one. Author Leila Meacham is here in San Antonio and knows this group (she helped start our group in 1999) so she comes to visit. Always open for it and would pair up with another group in the area. We've also attended author talks, some as a group. Not interested in authors attending our meetings. We're a small group of 9 and meetings are held in our homes. We have attended book discuss at the Fitzgerald theatre in StPaul No because we meet on-line. We've had authors attend in the past and aren't interested in doing it again. We've had authors attend our meetings twice, but we've also gone as a group to author talks/signings We've also attended author talks and signings as a book group. We've attended author talks and signings, and emailed authors with questions. We have attended group Author visits at other locations