Accepting a limited number of authors each season
For Authors

Your readers have always
wanted to sit across from you.
Now they can.

Excerpt Place creates private virtual book signing events where your words are read aloud, your readers speak with you directly, and every visitor leaves with a personalized signed bookplate — all without asking anything of your schedule.

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The Process

Your involvement is one afternoon.
Your readers' experience lasts a lifetime.

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Step One
You record once
A short voice session for your AI clone, a welcome video at your desk, and approval of two book passages for the readings. One afternoon. Everything else is handled.
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Step Two
We build your room
Excerpt Place configures your two-room event: the library reading space with your Excerpt Readers, and your private signing room where readers speak with your AI voice and receive their bookplate.
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Step Three
Your event opens
Readers register, experience the full evening, and leave with a personalized signed bookplate. You receive their signature requests by email. The event runs itself — on your schedule, on your terms.
The Experience

What your readers go through.
What you get in return.

The Visitor's Evening
1
Visitor registers and submits their inscription request — what they want you to write in their copy
2
The Event Host welcomes them to the library and introduces the evening
3
Excerpt Reader 1 performs a passage from your book aloud
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Excerpt Reader 2 performs a second passage from a different part of your book
5
Visitor enters Event Room 2 and speaks live with your AI voice — asking questions about the book, the writing, the story behind the story
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Visitor receives their personalized bookplate inscription — downloadable and signable by you
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Optional: visitor purchases or pre-orders the book via your embedded link
✦  Global reach, zero travel
Your signing room is open to readers anywhere in the world, any time you choose. No flights, no hotel nights, no green rooms.
✦  Your voice. Your personality. Your words.
Every element of the event — the readings, the conversation, the inscription — reflects your actual voice and style. Nothing generic.
✦  A direct line to book sales
Every visitor sees an embedded purchase link. Readers who have just heard your words and spoken with your voice are primed to buy.
✦  You stay in control
You approve every piece of content before the event opens — the passages, the welcome video, the AI knowledge base. Nothing goes live without your sign-off.
✦  No technical burden
Excerpt Place handles all configuration, hosting, and technical maintenance. Your team receives a single briefing document and a link.
What Authors Say

Authors who have opened their room.

I spent one afternoon recording. My readers spent an evening with my book. That is the trade I would make every single time.

Coming soon
First author testimonial

My publicist was skeptical. Then she saw the bookplates visitors were downloading and sharing. Now she is the one asking when we open the next event.

Coming soon
Second author testimonial

The conversation my AI had with readers was more thoughtful than most Q&As I have done in person. My readers felt heard. That matters to me.

Coming soon
Third author testimonial
Apply to Host

Every event on Excerpt Place is personally reviewed.
We host a limited number of authors each season.

This is not a self-service platform. When you apply, a member of the Excerpt Place team reviews your submission and reaches out directly to begin building your event. We keep our author roster intentionally small so every event receives the attention it deserves.

✦We respond to every application within 5 business days
✦No technical knowledge required from you or your team
✦Your event content is approved by you before anything goes live
✦Your reader data is never sold, shared, or added to any list
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We look forward to building your event.