mooch that book

bookbmooch.gifDo you have books piling up all over the house that you don’t know what to do with? I mean, we don’t want to throw books out, but the reality is some books were meant to be read just once, right? Well BookMooch is a free community where you can exchange books using a point system. For each book you enter into the system you get a tenth-of-a-point, and for each book you send someone you get a full point. All you do is pay the postage to mail your books to someone who has requested them and in order to keep receiving books you need to give away at least one book for every five that you receive. Hmmm, maybe I’m not explaining that very well, I suggest you go to their site and check it out for yourself!

bats and turtlenecks

segundo72.jpgAs well as having interesting posts about the goings-on in the publishing world over at his blog, Ed Champion’s Return of the Reluctant, he also has some great podcast “radio” interviews with authors. This one is with Nora Ephron, author of the longtime bestseller I Feel Bad About My Neck. Click to take a listen to this funny interview, or go to Ed’s blog and take a gander at the long list of guests that have been interviewed by “Jorge, the alcoholic and blacklisted DJ Bat Segundo, and his Young, Roving Correspondent.” Fun stuff.