1. I don't know why everyone is complaining about book access
these days. I've never had more. "Independent" bookstores
I've been in carry little of interest; the only mystery
bookstore I've ever encountered featured a roving, uncouth
bulldog, and I never went back. Yet I can sit here at the
keyboard and summon up fascinating piles of book, even ones
from far-off UK. 2. And right on, Mr.T, re the tax codes.
I'll have to try harranguing my reps in DC on that matter.
(The last time I tried to contact my Congressman, I learned
to my horror that he had no e-mail address.) But, pray tell,
what leads you to believe Bush wants to do something for US
culture?
Joy
> Are you related to Reverend Cherrycoke? Even if you
are,
> thanks for hosting the UK hardboiled discussion. As
others
> have said, many UK authors are barely known in the
US, and
> with our wonderful global model, we can't find their
books
> in bookstores (which used to be the usual place, but
no
> longer).
>
> If Bush wants to do something for US culture, he
should
> push to abolish the ridiculous taxation of book
inventory.
> A book that stays in print for 20 years and sells
1,000
> copies a year makes money. It's not quick money but
it's
> money. I say this because we seem to be going back
to
> reality on so many fronts...
-- # To unsubscribe from the regular list, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to # majordomo@icomm.ca. This will not work for the digest version. # The web pages for the list are at http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/ .
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : 30 Jul 2002 EDT