eBookNewser has a story about new technology that allows authors to digitally ‘sign’ their eBooks. Customers can order a ‘personalized’ signature or purchase a prepared file that can be added to the eBook at checkout.
While I think it’s an interesting development, that certainly has merit–especially, if they can make it ‘real time’ for authors at eBook signings–I cannot imagine paying extra for it.
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Sort of a digital version of AutoPen. If you’re just including a digital rendering of a signature then that’s not worth paying extra for, since it would be no different than if the publisher printed the author’s signature on a title page.
However, the idea of personalizing the signature does have some value and you’re right in that to do it in person is even better. You could have the autograph captured in realtime and then forwarded to the publisher for later delivery to the person via email/download.
If I like an author then I would want to meet them in person and get the autograph personally (even in digital form) than to do the transaction via email.