Posted by partlycloudy on August 1, 2004, at 6:35:44
In reply to Another of my mad book buying sessions!!, posted by NikkiT2 on July 31, 2004, at 16:25:41
When I worked in Manchester I was able to go to book readings and signings at Waterstones. Such an intimate setting and so wonderful to hear authors read their works in their own voice. The US is too big to allow me to travel to be able to catch all the ones I want to meet now, and I live in too much of a backwater to have mant notable authors come through. I have eased up on my book buying in the past few years after a massive purge. Unfortunately I took all the books to a reseller and he spent 2 hours asking me about each individual book before accepting or declining to take it. It was terrible - like giving something up for adoption!!!
I try to buy books used (Amazon has a great selection, of course) and that helps to ease my conscience soewhat.
2 weeks less 1 day to England....
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