Thursday, November 17, 2011

We Found the Conference of Birds! Donate Today

In Portland, a private library circulates secondhand books for outdoor reading...to homeless people, Occupiers, and others. It's called Street Books (http://streetbooks.org/). If you send them even moral support, and an e-mail address, every few days they'll send you a list of what their unique reading audience are reading and requesting. If you're a writer, this is like an ongoing market study.

Because I have a real-world used bookshelf as well as this Online Bookstore, this blog has a unique relationship with Street Books. As long as I physically own a copy of any Book You Can Buy From Me, you can pay me to ship it to Street Books for only $5.

People on the streets of Portland are pretty well educated. Currently there's a demand for "The Conference of Birds by Rumi." Amazon doesn't show an exact match for that author and title, but does show an English translation called The Conference of Birds, credited to a group of less famous authors.

If you would like to donate this classic to Street Books via this blog, click here. If you have a copy and can donate it directly, click on the Street Books link above.

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