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Jerry Lee Lewis New Book and Signing?

has anybody got information about what bookstores jerry is attending to sign his new book ? I say sign as I have seen at the barnes &noble store in new York while he will be in attendance the books will be pre signed and only the auther will be signing !! does that set any alarm bells off

at this moment this is the only signing he will be attending does anyone know of any others as would really like to add him to my book collection and being based in uk I have to get in touch with the stores in usa !!

thanks

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Permalink Reply by Chad B on January 9, 2015 at 9:04pm

Steve,

Cult might be an even better word for it.

Regarding the book signatures, it is my belief he would have signed them over a period of several days and not one sitting. An acquaintance who has done quantity celeb signings told me this is common. The items to be signed are sent to the celeb, they sign them at their leisure and sometimes the buyer documents the signing of the last 100 or so as proof. I'm not saying that is what happened here but I'm certain JLL did not sit and sign all 750 at one time.

Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on January 10, 2015 at 10:25am

Steve Z.,

I agree that there’s less variation than in the larger TTM signatures, but there’s still substantial variation. For example:

The width of the bottom of the “J” varies substantially.
Some of the “L”s are shaped like a “2”, while others are not.
Some of the “L”s begin with a horizontal stroke, while others begin with a vertical stroke.
Some of the “Lee”s have two different styles of “E”, and not always in the same position (some appear to be spelled “Ler” and others “Lre”).
Some have the hook “S” at the end, while others do not.
The dots over the “I” vary. They appear either as a small dot, a small vertical line or a small horizontal line.
Some of the signatures show a very thin “R”, while others show a much wider “R”.

This is just within the small percentage of signed books that I’ve seen. All of the things that I’ve listed are true of authentic Jerry Lee Lewis signatures.

Permalink Reply by Sidney Fields on January 9, 2015 at 1:02pm

Mark:

Just curious...what were the circumstances under which the book was signed?

Also...where does the number 850 come from for the total number of books he purportedly signed?

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Permalink Reply by Mark Roberts on January 9, 2015 at 1:05pm

I think it was posed at the beginning of this LONG thread some where. But one key thing is ALL of the books at the signing were PRE-Signed.

Mark

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Permalink Reply by Steve Zarelli on January 9, 2015 at 1:07pm

If I recall correctly, I believe the number someone stated was 700 or 750 books were "pre-signed."

Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on January 9, 2015 at 2:25pm

What likely happened is that the individual pages were signed and then the publisher bound those signed pages into the books.

Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on January 9, 2015 at 3:43pm

The number comes from this message from Judith Lewis, which Chad posted earlier in the discussion.

JERRY LEE SIGNED 750 BOOKS. I NEVER SIGN HIS NAME AND NEITHER DOES JW.

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Permalink Reply by Chad B on January 9, 2015 at 1:08pm

Mark Roberts, It is hard telling why he signed the book where he did. An assistant probably slid it in front of him face down and this was where it was opened.

I feel your pain when looking at the variety in signatures. It can be a challenge to one's sanity.

The parallels between the return you just received and my first paid ttm are uncanny. In addition to the one I posted above (#6), the following is the second item I had signed in the same envelope.

It has a different feel than the #6 but believe it is good. It matches well with your HSC album cover. In short, we both received multiple signatures at one time with each signature showing differences from the other.

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Permalink Reply by Mark Roberts on January 10, 2015 at 11:32am

I value your opinions of course... but I am still not convinced what so ever. Judith's words speaks volumes to me, when she apologized for there being a problem with his signature and that they would sign for FREE. Then the ones I got back were totally different and more like the inperson examples. There is a reason for that... because the 1st ones were not authentic they were signed by a woman. And for the record - I have no ill feelings for the Lewis Family. I have gotten extra "real ones" for all the troubles. :)

Mark

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Permalink Reply by BallroomDays67 on January 10, 2015 at 11:54am

The signature on the debut LP was included in the second group that you received. Did you compare it to the ones that you believe were signed by a woman? Does it appear less feminine in your opinion?