Carter cancels Regulator appearance

Former President Jimmy Carter will not be able to reschedule his book signing at the Regulator Bookshop, according to the store’s website.

Carter, 86, was to appear at the Ninth Street bookstore Sept. 28 to sign copies of his new book, “White House Diary.” But the former president fell ill that morning aboard a flight to Cleveland and had to cancel his appearance due to a brief hospital stay.

Tom Campbell, the Regulator’s owner, originally said Carter would be able to take a rain check but did not know when this would be possible.

The Regulator’s website announced Tuesday that customers who bought books from the store to be signed by Carter would instead receive signed bookplates, which were sent to the Regulator by Carter’s publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

“It’s a handsome sticker,” book seller David Felton told the (Raleigh) News & Observer Tuesday. “It’s not a stamp. You’re getting his actual signature.”

“White House Diary” is an edited and annotated collection of Carter’s diary entries from his presidency. The Regulator had sold almost 1,000 copies of the book, according the (Raleigh) News & Observer.