http://www.edrants.com/free-book-day/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.edrants.com/free-book-day/comment-page-1/#comment-236533 Jasper Milvain Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:44:23 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=6441#comment-236533 Is there a US equivalent of the book tokens British schoolchilden get each <a href="http://www.worldbookday.com/" rel="nofollow">World Book Day</a>? Not as sweet as your idea - but guaranteed to get every child into a bookstore at least once a year. Is there a US equivalent of the book tokens British schoolchilden get each World Book Day? Not as sweet as your idea – but guaranteed to get every child into a bookstore at least once a year.

]]> http://www.edrants.com/free-book-day/comment-page-1/#comment-236518 Jessica Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:00:22 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=6441#comment-236518 I'm so with you on this one, Ed. I love Free Comic Book Day and have discovered some new favorites that way. And if you could see the amount of complimentary reading copies that get thrown out in the average bookstore, you'd know publishers could be doing something better with all that paper. I'd love to see indie publishers work with their local bookstores to publicize Free Book Day, even if it just involves giving away galleys and ARCs that would otherwise be pulped (in fact, that's what a lot of Free Comics are about -- there's a certain amount of poorly-selling backlist in those bags). Corporate publishers may scoff, but on a grassroots level this could be a huge plus. MacAdam Cage, Akashic, Norton, FSG, Soft Skull -- how about it?? I’m so with you on this one, Ed. I love Free Comic Book Day and have discovered some new favorites that way. And if you could see the amount of complimentary reading copies that get thrown out in the average bookstore, you’d know publishers could be doing something better with all that paper. I’d love to see indie publishers work with their local bookstores to publicize Free Book Day, even if it just involves giving away galleys and ARCs that would otherwise be pulped (in fact, that’s what a lot of Free Comics are about — there’s a certain amount of poorly-selling backlist in those bags). Corporate publishers may scoff, but on a grassroots level this could be a huge plus. MacAdam Cage, Akashic, Norton, FSG, Soft Skull — how about it??

]]> http://www.edrants.com/free-book-day/comment-page-1/#comment-236516 M.A. Masterson Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:56:26 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=6441#comment-236516 Isn't that called a public library? Isn’t that called a public library?

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