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BUY A BOOK, CHANGE THE WORLD!
I don’t want to turn BOOKGASM into a political forum (cough! McCain sucks cough!), but for October, the independent Small Beer Press is putting all of its books on sale, from 25 percent to 60 percent off, and will donate 20 percent of all proceeds to Barack Obama’s campaign. “Our books are all great, and slightly weird. But nothing weirder than what’s happening in the world,” said publisher Gavin J. Grant. “Who can believe George W. Bush managed to get elected once, never mind twice? Or that Sarah Palin’s candidacy for VP is taken seriously?” So deplete that PayPal balance, readers, and pick up some titles by Kelly Link, Elizabeth Hand, John Crowley, Carol Emshwiller and more. After all, adds Grant, “The government is apparently not offering bailouts to the indie presses of America.”
NEIL TO YOUR MASTER
Can’t see Neil Gaiman in person as he tours with THE GRAVEYARD BOOK? Thanks to the magic of the Internets, you can watch him read the new all-ages title online. He’ll be reading a chapter in each city he visits, with video posted later that night on his new kid-oriented Mouse Circus website. By the tour’s end, he’ll have read the entire book aloud. And you’ll have saved yourself having to stand shoulder-to-shoulder beside people with questionable hygiene.
MORE MORELAND
The economy may be tanking — oh, snap, I thought this wasn’t going to be a political forum (cough! Palin sucks cough!) — but it’s good to know that some things still don’t cost a nickel! Such as a handful of free short stories by SHADOWS IN THE MIST author Brian Mooreland. His new Dark Lucidity blog contains some downloadable e-tales for a limited time.
SELF-PROMOTION CORNER
There’s been another birth in the Lott household! Luckily, it’s not another likely candidate for orthodontia, but a sophomore novel! DATING DA VINCI, by my lovely and talented wife Malena Lott, is now out from Sourcebooks. Booklist called it “delightfully affirming”; Publisher Weekly raved that it’s “written smartly … satisfying and uplifting”; and yours truly calls it “the best novel ever that will directly result in putting food in my children’s mouths!” The women’s fiction title would make a great gift for the literate woman in your life, don’t you agree? I thought that you would. —Rod Lott
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Love your blog but not your politics.
We can agree to disagree.
See ya in 4 years.
Troy