MY READER'S BLOCK: From "Booking Through Thursday"

SCAM artist alert

Apparently there is someone calling themself "Luigi Calloway" out there who is claiming to be associated with the Mount TBR Reading Challenge. He is contacting authors and telling them if they pay him, then their books will be used for the challenge. It's possible he's also telling people they must pay to participate in any way. Please know that there is absolutely no charge associated in any way with this reading challenge and that this person does not represent me or anything associated with my blog. There will NEVER be a reason for anyone to have to pay for participation in any way for any of my challenges. If only people who exert this much time and effort on scamming people would put it into something worthwhile....like reading their own books!

Thursday, June 10, 2010

From "Booking Through Thursday"

I follow a couple of book/reading related sites and this question appeared on "Booking Through Thursday" today:

Do signed copies excite you? Tempt you? Delight you? Or does it not matter to you?

Here's my response (revamped, just a bit):

Most of the signed copies that I have come from dear friends who also happen to be the authors. Not only are the books terrific, but having the signature of authors who are my friends means a lot (Richard Nash, David Wojahn & Scott Sanders to name a few). The most treasured is the inscription and signature from Richard on his Wild Enlightenment.

I have a couple of books that I found in used book stores with signatures that did seem to make the find a little more exciting. On the other hand, there are very few (if any) current "big name" authors for whom I would stand in line just to get their autograph. And there are very few authors that I would get extraordinairly excited about finding a signed copy...Dorothy L Sayers would be one. But I doubt I could afford to buy a signed Sayers if I actually found one.