Surprises All Around

The big book signing has come and gone. I thought it would be a disaster for me.
For the last month I've worked hard to finish the second editions of the two Hazel books and Dora's Story. Finally I had them done and uploaded successfully and ordered copies for the book signing. They didn't come.
The books are still not shipped.
Failure is a state of mind or so I've read. So I looked at what I did have to take with me.
Exploring the Ozark Hills is a book of nature essays and photographs I print on my printer. Goat Games is another I print. I had some copies of the first editions of my Hazel books. My friend Richard sent two of his botany books The Syrian Milkweed [common milkweed in the U.S. not Syria] and The Floral Biology of Aristolochia [pipevines, different and interesting flowers].
So I went. And I sold six books! Plus have a couple of people on a waiting list for Dora's Story.
This was the first big book signing in town so not that many people came. Salem is a small town anyway. But every author there [ten or twelve of us] sold books.
A big book signing is fun to attend. I'm glad I didn't sink under failure just because my new books weren't there.
The next question is what to do with all the books when they finally arrive.