Wednesday, August 22, 2007
The CR FAQ: The Book That Ate My Mind...
Finally, the dead tree version of the book-that-ate-my-mind is finished and available for purchase. A small preview is here. The Lulu.com purchase page is here. And just for fun here is a button to there as well: 
The name of this nemesis-book? The CR FAQ - An Introduction to Celtic Reconstructionist Paganism.
Despite years of experience in publishing, this was a difficult project to get out the door. Part of it was the nature of the source material which was written on a Wiki by 8-10 people. This meant there were myriad inconsistencies in the text which needed to be standardized. Plus a hefty dose of non-English words needing to be quadruply-checked and italicized. Plus a glossary and an index. All in all, lots of detail and things to go wrong.
However, it looks great and I'm happy at the quality of the text as well as the graphics. Now if it will just sell...
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Listening to: "Without You" by Robin Lane & The Chartbusters
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Freecycle and Bookmooch
Two resources I've found useful recently.
Freecycle is an exchange site where people list things they want to get rid of. From their front page: "The Freecycle Network was started in May 2003 to promote waste reduction in Tucson's downtown and help save desert landscape from being taken over by landfills. The Network provides individuals and non-profits an electronic forum to "recycle" unwanted items."
Bookmooch is a method of passing books along. "BookMooch lets you give away books you no longer need in exchange for books you really want."
Over the years I've accumulated an outrageously large book collection. I've reached the point where I can no longer unpack the whole bunch at one time. Boxed books are wasted books. (Although I reserve the right to keep some of them in storage.)
Check these folks out.
Freecycle is an exchange site where people list things they want to get rid of. From their front page: "The Freecycle Network was started in May 2003 to promote waste reduction in Tucson's downtown and help save desert landscape from being taken over by landfills. The Network provides individuals and non-profits an electronic forum to "recycle" unwanted items."
Bookmooch is a method of passing books along. "BookMooch lets you give away books you no longer need in exchange for books you really want."
Over the years I've accumulated an outrageously large book collection. I've reached the point where I can no longer unpack the whole bunch at one time. Boxed books are wasted books. (Although I reserve the right to keep some of them in storage.)
Check these folks out.
