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here's the deal: tryinmorning displayed interest in reading sam harris' "letter to a christian nation." i told him i'd send him the book free of charge if he agreed to do the same for another board member after he was done.
the benefit here is that the book is small, so shipping charges will be low, and it's short -- roughly 100 pages -- so it won't take long to read.
whether or not we think this can become bigger, with more books being traded, i don't know. but i think this could at least be a nice little experiment with the book trading hands rather quickly: i finished it spread over one weekend.
after tryingmorning, we already have some people lined up which i've put in order of location to keep shipping costs down. e
lemoncoatedafterworld (iowa, i think) badradio16 (california) washing machine (texas)
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tm, i can send this book out to you as early as tomorrow.
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narr wrote:
I'd be up for it too, but I live in Sweden, so I don't know if that'll work?
that might be tough -- i'm unaware of what it'd cost. the reason i'm doing this is because i feel it was a great read and it'd be more beneficial to pass this along than have it sit on my bookcase shelf.
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corduroy_blazer wrote:
narr wrote:
I'd be up for it too, but I live in Sweden, so I don't know if that'll work?
that might be tough -- i'm unaware of what it'd cost. the reason i'm doing this is because i feel it was a great read and it'd be more beneficial to pass this along than have it sit on my bookcase shelf.
Yeah, I kinda figured. It's not cheap to send packages between US and Sweden.
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mecca2687 wrote:
I can send c_b a bible
already have one.
cutuphalfdead wrote:
Are you fucking serious?
completely. objections?
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narr wrote:
corduroy_blazer wrote:
narr wrote:
I'd be up for it too, but I live in Sweden, so I don't know if that'll work?
that might be tough -- i'm unaware of what it'd cost. the reason i'm doing this is because i feel it was a great read and it'd be more beneficial to pass this along than have it sit on my bookcase shelf.
Yeah, I kinda figured. It's not cheap to send packages between US and Sweden.
ballpark it.
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this is a great idea. i've got a ton of books that are a read-once and move on. i'll compile a list...maybe others who are interested can do the same?
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tryinmorning wrote:
corduroy_blazer wrote:
tm, i can send this book out to you as early as tomorrow.
excellent. so I'm sending to invention?
yes sir.
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i think its a great idea. plus, i see a lot of people reading the same books all the time in the what are you reading thread, maybe if someone wants to read something without buying it or a lot of people want to read the same book...
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kiddo wrote:
this is a great idea. i've got a ton of books that are a read-once and move on. i'll compile a list...maybe others who are interested can do the same?
good idea. i think if people could get a list together that would be best if we wanted to expand this.
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If this were to work, it would have to be an A&E thread.
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