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BOUGHT! Saturday was National Buy a Book Day and as soon as again, we went out as a household and . . . you guessed it . . . purchased books! I’ve requested folks to do three issues in honor of National Buy a Book Day: 1. On September seventh, buy a book 2. Let me know through varied social media outlets which books you purchased three. Donate any cash you have left over from shopping for books to the National Buy a Book Day Foundation. We have the first one down, proper? At least, I’ve already advised you I went out and bought books. As for the second level, this year, I purchased for myself The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie, as a result of I’ve been that means to read Joe Abercrombie for some time now after getting plenty of suggestions from people who know me, so now I will. I purchased this at a local Barnes & Noble for full price. That’s what I like to name a Full Buy a Book Day. Living author, full worth, everyone gets paid. But I additionally went the other course and bought The Complete Novels and Selected Tales of Nathaniel Hawthorne from Half Price Books as a result of used bookstores need love too. And shopping for a used book by a useless writer, and I’ll guess all of Hawthorne’s stuff is in the public area, means nobody was cheated out of a royalty. It’s an attractive guide, too. Very old-fashioned Modern Library Giant edition, which is not as old because it looks because the writer’s address on the dust jacket has a zipper code, but it’s in regards to the content material, right? It’s mine now! My son, after a half-hearted try and sub in “Steam cash” in place of a guide (and that’s not some kind of steampunk reference, he’s talking about the on-line video game retailer) settled on a Walking Dead graphic novel. My spouse opted for the new e-book by Sophie Kinsella, Wedding Night. She’s a Sophie Kinsella fan. My daughter went with Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud. I guess I raised a couple of comics nerds. Go me! You can inform me what you bought here or on the GoodReads group, which you must totally be part of, or on the Facebook Page, or by replying to our Twitter feed, which you should comply with: @buyabookday and don’t overlook to make use of the hashtags #september7 and #buyabookday. As for the third factor. Yes, we want your money. The National Buy a Book Day Foundation is a one hundred% volunteer organization. I get no salary, and neither does anybody else concerned. We have about $10 per month in precise organizational bills, maybe $200 per 12 months all in with varied charges and so on. That means pretty close to each last penny of your donation goes to supporting the National Buy a Book Day movement, and first things first, it’ll help us file our Federal 501(c)three paperwork, which prices a little less than $one thousand but once we’re a registered 501(c)3 organization we are able to begin to ask for company donations, and bigger, tax-deductable donations. Plans? A scholarship fun d. Point-of-sale materials for any bookseller who desires them. Public awareness programs that can help us make this a really national event. We need your cash, and have made it as simple as we can to allow you to donate, online, through PayPal or credit card. Just go to the National Buy a Book Day Foundation website and make a donation in any quantity. Got 5 bucks? We’ll take it! This isn't a program to assist rich people get richer. This is a program to support the 1000's of Americans who depend on books to make a living. And should you assume your local bookseller is “wealthy” . . . People who work at publishing homes aren't rich. People who work at print outlets and distributors, and the overwhelming majority of your favorite authors, aren't wealthy. Not in dollars anyway, but we’re wealthy in one thing: our shared love of books. Happy National Buy a Book Day! â€"Philip Athans About Philip Athans I bought two books: “Miami Blues” by Charles Willeford and “Shades of Milk and Honey” by Mary Robinette Kowal. I bought them at Elliot Bay Books on Capitol Hill. Then stopped off on the library and bought ( I prefer ‘rescued’) “Spook Country” by William Gibson for a buck at the FOL shelf.