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Kathy A - Mar 04, 2008 6:21:39 am PST #5172 of 28344
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

I mentioned this over in Natter, but it's probably better here. I was weak at B&N on Saturday and brought home three books.

  • America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation by Kenneth C. Davis, who does all those Don't Know Much About... books. A freebie advance reader, and one I'll eventually read, probably when I go on vacation in April.

  • Dearest Friend, the collected letters of John and Abigail Adams, which I am definitely looking forward to reading, being the long-time Adams fan that I am (ever since I saw 1776 back in junior high)

  • Lost Christianities by Bart Ehrman, which I'm on page 20 of and really didn't want to go to work this morning because I'm already getting engrossed in it.

sj - Mar 04, 2008 6:46:12 am PST #5173 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

After sj posted the link to American Gods, I started reading it at the link (because it's not like I'm going to *work* at, you know, work). So when the end of the day rolled around, I had read a chunk of it, and needed to keep reading it, so I went to Half-Price Books and bought it. I'm about 2/3 of the way through it.

Yay! You just proved the point Gaiman made in his blog the other day when he was chastized by a bookseller for giving away a book for free.

Polter-Cow - Mar 04, 2008 7:31:38 am PST #5174 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Well, technically, Gaiman didn't get any money from that transaction, right? Heh.

sj - Mar 04, 2008 7:37:47 am PST #5175 of 28344
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

No, but his point was more that people would still buy books, even if some were offered free. He didn't get into new versus used, but it was more about the booksellers than his making money or not.

Volans - Mar 04, 2008 7:38:42 am PST #5176 of 28344
move out and draw fire

It helps that the online version was basically scanned pages and not at all satisfying in a bookish way.

DavidS - Mar 04, 2008 8:34:56 am PST #5177 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Speaking of online books I guess I should note that my second book Lost in the Grooves is now online in Google Books.

So if you were at work and wanted to look something up in it, it is no further away than your browser.

I'm sure this will do wonders for sales. Hmph.

sumi - Mar 04, 2008 10:05:48 am PST #5178 of 28344
Art Crawl!!!

The next installment in A Song of Ice and Fire is up for pre-order . . . I can barely believe it!

Hayden - Mar 04, 2008 11:21:44 am PST #5179 of 28344
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

It doesn't look like that much of Lost In The Grooves is on Google Books. Enough to tempt readers to buy it, I think.

DavidS - Mar 04, 2008 11:24:21 am PST #5180 of 28344
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

It doesn't look like that much of Lost In The Grooves is on Google Books. Enough to tempt readers to buy it, I think.
Temptation is good.

megan walker - Mar 04, 2008 11:33:11 am PST #5181 of 28344
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Temptation is good.

I can resist everything but.

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