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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us
[mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Perry Stokes<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, October 21, 2009
8:22 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Libs-or<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Libs-Or]
HarperCollins looking for Librarians' essays</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Here’s an essay
publishing opportunity I’d like to share.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Best of luck,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b> <a
href="mailto:thom@pnba.org"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thom Chambliss</span></font></a><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>To:</span></font></b> <a
href="mailto:info@pnba.org"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Oregon Booksellers & LIbrarians</span></font></a><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></font></b> <a
href="mailto:Carl.Lennertz@HARPERCOLLINS.com"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Carl Lennertz</span></font></a><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Friday, October
16, 2009 1:33 PM</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Harper
looking for YOUR essays</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Lucida Grande"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande"'>Dear Oregon Booksellers,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Lucida Grande"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande"'>Carl Lennertz at Harper is
working on essay collections for each of the regional booksellers associations,
and says that he needs some essays from and/or about Oregon, written by past or
present booksellers or librarians. He wonders if PNBA can help. Attached below
is a mock-up of the potential cover for the PNW version, in case seeing it will
help you imagine the project.<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>
[deleted due to listserv size limit]</span></font></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Lucida Grande"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande"'>Carl is looking for essays
by booksellers, librarians, sales reps, or even publishers, if they know the
state and have a good story/subject/presentation. He does NOT want stories
ABOUT the bookstore or the library, per se, but</span></font><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b><b><font face="Lucida Grande"><span
style='font-family:"Lucida Grande";font-weight:bold'>stories BY booksellers or librarians</span></font></b><font
face="Lucida Grande"><span style='font-family:"Lucida Grande"'>. He is avoiding
authors at this point, because they tend to have an audience. The finished
collection will be published by Delphinium, an imprint of Harper, and will be
promoted and sold in the indie market.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Lucida Grande"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande"'>If you have any ideas, or
know someone else who might be interested in contributing, I would appreciate
your passing this request along. Inquiries, essays and ideas may be sent
directly to Carl for his consideration. Here are a few notes from Carl, about
the specifics:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 color="#00b14f"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00B14F;font-weight:
bold'>About 2,500 words and by Word doc by email to me only. If I can use it,
we?ll do an edit together to make it poifect.</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>As you?ll see in our model for this
project, Ecco?s State by State, some authors once lived in the state they wrote
about, or do now, but some were sent to the state for a first, fresh look.
I don?t think you have time for the latter, but really, anything goes.
Likewise, I?m open to pieces about parts of larger states.</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>NOTE: These are NOT about bookstore
life; you?re Jane or John Citizen on this, but of course, working in the book
life as part of the piece would be more than fine.</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>If you?d like a Word version of the
Great Lakes Reader to get a feel for the variety of themes, I can email that to
you.</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 color="#19497e" face="Lucida Grande"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande";color:#19497E;font-weight:
bold'>The book will have PNBA?s member store list in the back. Portion of
proceeds to ABFFE!</span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Email me if you have any questions:</span></font></b>
<a href="mailto:carl@harpercollins.com"><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>carl@harpercollins.com</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thanks for considering it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Lucida Grande"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Grande"'>Sincerely,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Lucida Grande"><span
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
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