The Missouri bookburning has become even more of a dog-and-pony show. Now the good folks at PaperBack Swap have gotten involved, mounting an effort to douse the fires:
Of course we were unhappy at the thought of all those books being burned! So we contacted Tom to see if he would consider donating them to our PBS [Note: that's Paperback Swap, not Public Broadcasting Service] family. He said that he has had several contacts from different groups asking for his books so that they don't get burned and has vowed to select one of the groups to receive them--he hasn't decided yet which one. Of course, we think that he should give all of them to PBS!
To show Club support for the idea, we have started a petition from our members asking Tom to let PBS find new readers and new homes for these books, instead of destroying them.
Here is the proposed plan:
Robert and/or Richard fly to Kansas City and rent a big truck. Then we drive it back, heading towards PBS headquarters in Atlanta, with numerous stops along the way. At each city we visit, we would invite our members to come meet us and take as many books as you want. All for FREE!
It'll be interesting to see Tom Wayne's response to this. Is his primary objective to inspire people to read more books, to boost sales, or to garner media attention? And I wonder what other organizations will jump into the ring?
This sounds like a reality show. How ridiculous. Will the book organizations have to eat bugs?
Posted by: Jennifer | May 30, 2007 at 11:06 AM