Free: Dispatches from a Public Librarian

I have collected the first 34 "Dispatches from a Public Librarian" along with other library-themed essays/stories in an eBook, and it's yours free if you want to read them. Just go to this link and it's yours.

If you have Stanza on your iPhone, you can also find it on Feedbooks.

If you have a Nook, you can get a free download directly onto your reader.

It is also on ManyBooks, which converts it to several other formats.

For Kindle users, a .99 version is on the Kindle Store; it is not possible, at this time, to make the book free; if Kindle changes this, I will do so.

Free Book From TOW Books

In case you missed the link on McSweeney's yesterday, or in case you don't go to McSweeney's at all, TOW Books is giving away free copies of their books (both physical copies and ebooks). Read about it here.

Insanity @ My Library: A Photo Contest

Do you have a picture that perfectly illustrates the insanity that takes place at a library? Maybe it's the book drop that was destroyed by a firecracker, the librarian who never matches his socks, or the library that is completely falling apart and has structural damage to prove it! If so, send them to me and you will automatically be entered in a drawing for a free signed copy of Quiet, Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian.

One copy a week will be given away starting Friday March 28, 2008, ending on Friday, May 2, 2008.

To enter simply send a JPEG photo to scottdouglas@scottdouglas.org. By submitting your picture, you are affirming that you hold all copyrights to the photo (or have permission by the copyright holder to submit on their behalf). Please make sure and include your full name, address, email, and the name of your favorite library (only your first name and favorite library will be published…the other information is just to help me make sure a book gets to the right place if you win).

By submitting your picture you are also giving me permission to publish your picture (even if you are not a winner) on my blog (speakquietly.blogspot.com).

Additional commits can be emailed to me directly at scottdouglas@scottdouglas.org.

Submit as early!

Contest Announcement Soon

I am putting the finishing touches on a "Quiet, Please" book give away contest...and by putting the finishing touches on the contest I mean I haven't even started and am open for suggestions about what kind of contest I should have. So if you have one, then send them to me by commenting below or just a simple email to scottdouglas@scottdouglas.org.

Either way the contest will begin in March with the first book will be given away at the end of March with another book given away in the forthcoming weeks to follow.

Stayed tuned...