Mitch Albom's notes from a book tour: America still turning its pages

My first-ever book signing was in 1988, for a collection of my columns that the Free Press had published. It was a paperback called “The Live Albom.” I got a call from a small local bookstore asking if I would come on a weekday afternoon to sign copies.

For two hours.

“Absolutely!” I responded. In my mind I thought, Two hours! They must be expecting 500 people!