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Spotted on EBay by my wife - copy of Black Mist and other Japanese Futures (1997), anthology edited by Orson Scott Card and Keith Ferrell, with my story "A Medal for Harry" which I was gracious enough to autograph :)

That's quite the selling point. That crease in the binding is not just any ordinary crease, but was made by one of the authors. I wonder if he charged more for that.

Good point there, John - I should ask him for a cut of the higher price, if he did.

Oh, that's funny. Perhaps that's his modest way of saying that the book had been autographed.

He says elsewhere all over the sale page that the book is autographed :)

But I should really be grateful, because it provides such a good story.

Just remind me never to let Paul man-handle my books. Oh wait, I buy all my books on kindle now. So I guess there's no need for me to worry about binding creases. Of course, that also means I can't resell an ebook... whether it is autographed or not.

Another good point, John. I guess the digital equivalent would be keep me away from your Kindle.

Here's the scene. It's several years from now. This ad appears on eBay:

A Kindle fire, in very good condition. One small crack in upper corner of the screen, made by Paul Levinson, when he leaned over the shoulder of the original owner, to see what page the original owner was reading in Unburning Alexandria.

John wrote: "I buy all my books on kindle now. So I guess there's no need for me to worry about binding creases."

He could always sign your screen with a permanent marker.

Or accidentally scratch the leather cover.

Paul wrote: "This gets filed under Everyone a Critic - or, no good deed goes unpunished -



Spotted on EBay by my wife - copy of Black Mist and other Japanese Futures (1997), anthology edited by Orson Scott Ca..."

Paul, I think you have earned a nickname. We can call you the Wild-Book-Bending-Author ;)

Definitely has a ring to it! Could work as an alternate to Wild-Time-Bending Author!

Paul wrote: "A Kindle fire, in very good condition. One small crack in upper corner of the screen, made by Paul Levinson, when he leaned over the shoulder of the original owner, to see what page the original owner was reading in Unburning Alexandria."

lol. The drawbacks of ebooks illustrated right there. I do miss the physical feel of book pages, their smell and characteristic conditions.

Actually I still buy paperbacks only when I get an opportunity to have them autographed, (usually at book festivals such as a popular annual one in Oxford) otherwise I buy all my books on Kindle now.

When is the book festival in Oxford? One of these I'll try to come over.

Oh you've missed it for this year, Paul :( Its every March. Actually its a good platform to promote your book, if you can manage to somehow get a timeslot. Different authors have different ways of using their time slots. One of our group member authors, Alex Scarrow did his as an entertaining children's quiz show, giving out prizes etc and of course the obligatory q&a session. Here's a link to the last festival.

The 2014 festival dates have been set already though, March 22nd. They run for 9 days (weekend to weekend)

http://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/

Thanks, Tej! That might actually work for me next year, if it's the week of my spring break at Fordham.

Paul wrote: "Thanks, Tej! That might actually work for me next year, if it's the week of my spring break at Fordham."

If you manage to host a session, I'll be sure to book it and hopefully have read your Socretes book by then!

Excellent! And about Socrates, it'll be fun to see you whether you've read it or not, for which diversion you have all the time in the world ...

This makes me laugh so much Paul!

Lincoln wrote: "This makes me laugh so much Paul!"

Happy to hear that!