Offer posted in livelongnmarry

[pameladean]

I just posted an offer in livelongnmarry of two copies of the hardcover edition of Tam Lin.

The entry is here: http://community.livejournal.com/livelongnmarry/56957.html?mode=reply.

The User Info page for the community explains how to bid, when bidding starts and ends, and so on. Note that bidding doesn't begin until July 1. The project was conceived to support marriage equality, with particular emphasis on defeating the California ballot initiative that would make same-sex marriage illegal in that state.

There is a great deal of lovely stuff on offer besides my books: other autographed books, jewellery, baked goods, fan-fiction and original fiction tailored to the recipient in various ways, critiques of manuscripts, chapbook design, all sorts of things. Go look.

I followed the format of other authors who are offering autographed books, but it occurs to me that that's a little ambiguous. You can bid on one copy; there's no obligation to bid on both; and the minimum bid listed is per book.

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Comments

[tanac.livejournal.com]

I note that there's no "buy it now!" price - did you intend that?

[tanac.livejournal.com]

Never mind... (the comments on the actual post didn't show up the first time I went to look at it)

[pameladean]

It was suggeted by one of the mods that Buy It Now was not obligatory and was probably not the best idea under the circumstances.

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[laurel]

Cool!

This also reminded me that I still haven't acquired a hc of it from you, which we were talking about, like, years ago. I can't recall if I'd paid for it or no or much of anything except it was one of those things that fell through the cracks a couple times by now. D'oh!

[pameladean]

Oh dear.

I have no idea if you've paid either. I can try to look it up. My records are perfectly awful. My guess is that you probably gave me a check, but heaven knows if I deposited it. I'm still finding checks from the early 1990's, when I was really not doing at all well, that I never deposited. In most cases, I had sent the book. Yargh.

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[laurel]

Eep! No need to stress over it-- I'd like to have a HC of Tam Lin someday since I think it's the only HC from that series I'm missing; happy to pay for it (even a second time if need be) (tho money is tight nowish so bidding in the auction may not be an option despite good cause etc). Whatever works.

I still have a "thank you" gift for you for cat-sitting I should get you sometime (and I should retrieve key) for that matter. It's Monday so I'm still not fully functioning brain or bodywise, but mayhaps some nice morning or afternoon you could pay me and my cats a visit on my porch and we can swap stuff. Or something.

[pameladean]

No, you should just pay, if you pay at all, the amount I was charging when I was selling them in the 90's.

A porch visit with you and cats sounds splendid. I do better in early afternoon than in the morning. 8-)

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[arkuat]

I finally got around to admiring your offer and the bids it is getting. Very gratifying to see!

I'd be a lot more tempted to bid myself if I didn't already have my own copy of that edition. (Remember how appalled I was when I discovered that it had been languishing in my mom's room for months, but fortunately had survived the experience none the worse for wear?) Better let them go to people who don't already have one yet.

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

What a splendid and generous offer for that good cause!

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

Hello in July!

My daughter and I went to the bookstore, and she bought Tam Lin today.

She remembers it and wants to reread it.

I told her I knew you, that we were LJ friends. I was happy to tell her.

We drank coffee together in the side-shop, and I offered to sign her book:

To Kate from Jackie, who knows and loves Pamela Dean.

She said, don't, please, and don't get banana bread crumbs on it, either. Or coffee spots.

[pameladean]

Aww, I'm really glad she was able to find it.

Some people don't want anybody messing up their books in any way; sounds like that's Kate. But you could draw her a picture too, which is more than I could do!

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