I've never gotten overexcited about the prospect of getting signatures either. I have a total of 4 signed books, but I never actually set out to get the signatures. One was a gift, so the value's more in that than in the author's signature. I won another one in a contest, though I was far more interested in the free book part than I was in the signature. The other two were from guest writers who gave us copies of their books while I was at Odyssey. I wouldn't have thought to ask for a signature, but just about everyone else in the class was, and the writers in question were awesome people, so I figured might as well.