Another Buy A Book Day In The Books

ANOTHER BUY A BOOK DAY IN THE BOOKS Yeah, I know, that was fairly lame, but I’m busy, and drained, and, aw what the hell. This past Friday was September 7th, identified for three monumental occurrences: 1. The delivery of seminal rock star Buddy Holly ( ) 2. The start of me (1964-any minute now if I don’t get some of this weight off) and three. National Buy a Book Day On Friday you went out and purchased a bookâ€"I just know you did. I did, and noticed an terrible lot of people reporting on Facebook, Twitter, and so forth that they did the same. This yr it appeared as though nobody was noticing, then on the day all these people reported in that they purchased a e-book. I liked it. Next yr, it is going to be even bigger, I promise. I am about to hit you up for money, so prepare yourself. I’ll offer you somewhat time to adjust by telling you what I bought on Friday. I began off the day at Amazon.com, in an effort to prove the reply to a few frequent questions relating to National Buy a Book Day. Look, one other num bered list: 1. Do online bookstores count as bookstores? YES. 2. Can I purchase a used book? YES. I purchased two from Amazon, and one of them made it to my mailbox yesterday, which is loopy quick. three. Do e-books “rely”? YES. I bought a Kindle guide, too. I then waited a lot of the remainder of the day for my son to come home from faculty and my spouse to come house from work, then off to the brick-and-mortar retailer we went. In an effort to purchase newer books from residing authors at full worth, we selected our native Barnes & Noble and every picked out a e-book. I would have gone to an unbiased bookstore, but the closest one is pretty far-off. I would have gone to a used bookstore, however had already bought used books that day and what am I, made of money? This also goes to one of the more frequently asked questions: How many books can/do I want to buy? The reply to that: As many as you want so long as it’s a number equal to or higher than one. You wouldn't have to si nglehandedly fund the publishing business. No one can do this. The concept is that if lots of people every buy one guide, lots of books might be offered. Mission accomplished. What did I purchase? Here’s the total listing: It was my birthday, so I decided to treat myself and paid about $20 for one of the rarer Ace SF Doubles for my still-incomplete collection. I discovered a fine copy of #D-103 Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick/The Big Jump by Leigh Brackett. Worth it for the quilt art alone! The Philip K. Dick Ace Doubles are onerous to seek out and coveted by collectors, so I needed to pony up for it, but I’m delighted to have it as part of my assortment. I polybagged it and will take care of it lovingly. I’m planning to read the whole Berserker series by Fred Saberhagen, but don’t have all of the books yet, so I purchased one of many lacking titles: Berserker Wars. The Kindle e-book I chose was We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen because it seemed fascinating. At Barnes & Nob le I picked out Maphead by Ken Jennings, which I had not heard of and simply occurred to see on the shelf. MAPS! This appears to be a e-book written specifically for me, a lover of maps. It’s going up close to the entrance of the rotation. And come to consider it, I must weblog about maps. Remind me. My wife picked out Mercury by Lesley-Ann Jones, subtitled “An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury.” She’s a Queen fan, and can fortunately inform anyone all about her having seen them play reside in Chicago within the 80s. And let’s face it, something tells me this man’s “intimate” story will be actual page-turner. I might need to check it out myself. My son, who’s just started seventh grade, chose The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan. He’s read at least a pair books by that creator and is a fan, and I’m a fan of children who're fans of authors. I paid for it with a smile on my face. My daughter’s off at school and was on her personal to purchase a guide, and he or she higher dang well have done so. Her tuition money is dependent upon it. (Not really.) Please feel free to tell me what book(s) you bought here within the comments part. And now, I hit you up for cash. The National Buy a Book Day Foundation is up and operating. I’m still working on expanding the web site and creating applications for readers, booksellers, authors, and publishers, and by this time subsequent yr we’ll have much more to offer. For now we now have two goals: 1. Get our 501(c)three paperwork done and submitted. This prices a bit over $seven hundred however will permit us to acquired tax deductible donations, and corporate donations. 2. The next goal is to get some kind of a presence at Book Expo America in 2013. This will require as a lot as $5000. Not cheap, however we have to get to the place the book persons are, and begin getting retailers and publishers on board with this. In the weeks forward we’ll have a PayPal solution for the web site, however for now , we’re kickin’ it Old School and accepting checks or cash orders by mail. Follow THIS LINK to find out where to ship your examine. The National Buy a Book Day Foundation supports readers, authors, booksellers, publishers, and most of all, BOOKS. If that isn’t a worthy trigger . . . â€"Philip Athans About Philip Athans The Importance of Living â€" Lin Yutang, Kindle Edition It’s a heavy read though, so I assume I’ll shelve it until I’m on trip next. I picked up, brand new I’m pleased to add, the first guide in a trilogy by some author I’ve never heard of. What was it known as once more? Whisper of Waves or one thing silly like that. I’m skepticle about it. *wink wink* Since I finally received a brand new job and just recently started, I splurged and acquired a second guide. The Voice of the Night by Koontz. I purchased that one used at my native book retailer. I do plan on a number of more buys and I’ll be concentrating on authors I have by no means heard of. Gotta’ get in to the circulate of my new job, though and turn into more accustomed to 3rd shift. Sorry for the second remark. I just butchered the word ‘sceptical’. -_- It’s 6 AM. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it. I ended up buying _Roadside Picnic_, apparently a traditional Russian SF novel from the 70s that I ’d never heard of, simply out in a new translation. I kinda cheated as a result of I bought it just earlier than B&N closed at 10 on Thurs night, but I figured almost 10 PM on Thurs right here was really Friday on the east coast, so it still counts, proper? We’ll rely it! 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