<html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Was it the consensus of the meeting that having the NESFA reading group review NESFA books is worthwhile, rather than a lame-looking attempt at publicity? (I tuned out some of yesterday's down-a-rathole discussion -- mostly wrt pricing, but it wandered a lot.) Maybe I'm just too suspicious of 'net puffery, but I'm wondering whether this will end up a benefit or a loss; reviews from people too young to have grown up with the stories <b>might</b> be useful.</div><div><br></div><div>OTOH, it's not as if I'm overflowing with things to do right now; if the discussion of <i>The Light Brigade</i> goes well, I wouldn't mind (re-?)reading a NESFA Press book I don't have to buy. (I'm trying not to buy any new books, physical or electronic, as part of decluttering before moving.)<br></div><div><br></div><div>/CHip<br><br></div>
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Subject: Re: [nesfa-reading-group] Reading and reviewing NESFA Press<br>
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From: Boogalouis <<a href="mailto:boogalouis@gmail.com">boogalouis@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Sun, April 19, 2020 9:00 pm<br>
To: NESFA Reading Group <<a href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a>><br>
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Dave, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sharon also suggested we could borrow copies of the books.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m suggesting that some of us read and discuss the books and that one of those who do use that discussion as a jumping off point from which to write a more informed review. Is this something you would be interested in? </div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""> <div dir="auto" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">Louis</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">The bastard child of absurdity and the sublime.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Sent from my MBP, Lepha</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 19, 2020, at 8:54 PM, David G. Grubbs <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:dggrubbs@gmail.com" class="">dggrubbs@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">In most cases, we don't need to purchase the books. I have physical copies of most of them and PDFs of almost as many.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">If I can get a little space in my life (maybe over the Summer), I can start this process. What I need is some raw text from people who have read the book. Kristin looks like she has the energy to distribute the reviews. We just have to invent verbiage.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 7:37 PM Boogalouis <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:boogalouis@gmail.com" class="">boogalouis@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div class="">A suggestion was made at today’s business meeting that NESFA members (as well as others) read and review NESFA Press books. The members of the reading group were mentioned as possible helpers with this effort. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I’m not suggesting that the reading group to become the NESFA Press book review group. I enjoy (most of) the books we read, way we choose them and the people I get to discuss them with (you). </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But I think it’s possible for the NRG to help get reviews of NESFA Press books out into the world. Maybe we could hold a 2nd meeting each month (3rd Friday?) to discuss a NESFA Press book. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But wait, there’s more. Someone, or a few someones, would need to write a review of said book. So our meeting would be a communal brainstorming session for the reviewer(s). James said he’d be interested in reading a NP book each month and I'm interested as well. I don't have time to write reviews, though. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A possible impediment is that, unlike the regular reading group books, we won’t be able to take any NP books out of the library. To participate, we’d need to purchase purchase the books we discuss. Though I believe everyone receiving this email is eligible for the NESFA book discount. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We’d need to work out a method for choosing the books we read and a way for us to get ahold of those books. Plus we’d need to make sure the book is reviewed. Let me know if any of you are interested in giving this a try. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class=""> <div dir="auto" style="letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" class=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">Louis</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">The bastard child of absurdity and the sublime.</div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" class="">Sent from my MBP, Lepha</div><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><br class=""> </div> <br class=""></div>_______________________________________________<br class=""> reading-group mailing list<br class=""> <a href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org" target="_blank" class="">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a><br class=""> <a href="https://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group</a><br class=""> </blockquote></div> _______________________________________________<br class="">reading-group mailing list<br class=""><a target="_blank" href="mailto:reading-group@lists.nesfa.org" class="">reading-group@lists.nesfa.org</a><br class=""><a href="https://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group">https://listsmgt.nesfa.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-group</a><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div><hr>_______________________________________________<br>
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