To see if we can get a hardback - The Thread (1 Viewer)

[Purple Stickpin]

New Bukowski book? The - To see if we can get a hardback - Thread

Hi John (from MA, not CA),
That is where I heard it. It will probably not happen, but I cannot imagine why they would not do it if they thought that there was demand for somethign like this. It would also be somethign that every Borders, B&N, etc would want to carry, so sales would not rely on walk in sales at City Lights or word of mouth...

It is funny though, that they responded that they wanted to talk to you. At least your name is not George Bush or you may have received a completely different reply...

Amen to that!

Anyway, if you click on the link hoochmonkey provided, there is a link there for sending a comment to City Lights regarding this book. Can we get enough takers here to do that and see what happens? Maybe a separate thread would help?

I realize that having a dozen or so people request a hardcover version would probably have no effect, but doing nothing is certain to have no effect.

 

[zoom man]

Great idea
and I did just e-mail them too...

I don't have the computer savy to start a new thread with the link atop
But someone here must
;)

(Hell, I can't even 'quote' and respond properly,
(see above)
and curing my non-avatar status,
fugedabout it).

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Here is this what you want:
http://www.citylights.com/info/?fa=contactus
There is a physical address in there to write a letter. Send a hardback letter so they will know you are hardcore. Martha Stewart could do it. So can you.
Thank you mr. PurpleStickpin sir.

 

[Father Luke]

Here is the link hoochmonkey posted, as it was left behind
when the thread was split off.

Link

 

[bospress.net]

if they send me 50 paper copies, I'll remove the wrappers and bind them in hard covers!

Bill

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Thanks, for splitting this sub-topic from the original thread. I'm hoping we'll get a few more views on a new thread with a topic line more specific to this particular issue.

I sent City Lights a message about how happy I was to hear about the book, and how much we'd love to see a hardcover. Gerard, perhaps a real letter would be effective. Let's see if they respond.

if they send me 50 paper copies, I'll remove the wrappers and bind them in hard covers!

:D

I'm sure if you pay for 50 copies, they'll send them to you.

 

[HenryChinaski]

yes, this is a very good idea. maybe we could start an online petition.

 

[HenryChinaski]

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bukowski/

I emailed them before I set up the petition. Hopefully with a torrent of emails and then this petition, maybe, if only limited, they'll give in to our demands.

I'm hopeful.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Thanks, HC. Just signed it.

 

[Black Swan]

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bukowski/

Just signed it. Good idea.

 

[strangegirl]

yep i signed.