The POD edition is out

The print-on-demand edition of The Library Book is ready, and available! I am very pleased with it, and I hope everyone will buy and read it. On the Amazon site, search "The Library Book John Fiske," and it'll pop right up.

I ordered a copy last week, and it arrived today. I showed it to the clerk at the post office and she could not tell that the book was POD. I raised the price from $19.95 to $22.00 (although I paid the old price for my own book!) The shipping was around $3.40.

Altogether, I've been quite pleased with CreateSpace's service, and the quality of the product. (CreateSpace is Amazon's POD affiliate).  I strongly believe that the POD business model is correct for The Library Book, as demand for the book is uncertain, and yet the book will be continuously available, or in print.

So, go to Amazon's site, and order a copy!

Carrere's death

John Merven Carrere, architect of the New York Public Library, died on March 1, 1911, one hundred years ago today. He had been injured in a car accident at Madison and 74th, and he never recovered. Carrere's wife, Marion, and his two daughters did return from their holiday in Europe before he died.

A few days later his body lay in state in the foyer of the New York Public Library, which was due to open to the public in May.

In my book, The Library Book, the foyer was Carrere's favorite space in the library. It is my favorite space because it reminds me of the marble quarries in which I went scuba diving, and from which the stone for the library came.

Learn more about the book at www.johnfiske.com