The Female Scribe

Can it really be 3 years???
Wine, Women, and Story has proven that the love of books and reading can bring one new friends....

Check out this article in the NYTimes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/nyregion/18bigcity.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=susan+dominus&oref=slogin

and the reply I received from the author:

--- Susan Dominus wrote:

You know, my husband's from Syracuse, and I think we may well have visited the Book Nook! what fun. Thanks so much for taking the time to write, I really appreciate it. best, Susan

On Jan 18, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Seshat wrote:

For a brief time in Upstate NY, the Alzheimer's Association of CNY organized a used book store to raise funds in the beautiful small town of Skaneateles.

The store was staffed by volunteers, and as the Outreach Social Worker in the rural area, I
provided the staff oversight. The store was probably the size of ten feet by ten feet with floor to ceiling shelves (thanks to two husbands dedicated to their wives' cause).

The "Book Nook" was able to raise over five thousand dollars a year with minimun cost to the Association, a positive way to raise awareness of Alzheimer's Disease, and great benefit to book lovers as well.

The interesting part in response to your article is that the books flowed through my garage in the process of being weeded out for sale or for wherever (which was a painful process of Salvation Army or the landfill).

But the books! How wonderful! We acquired books from families who were closing homes of aging parents, or from the Post Office that conducted a book drive, and eventually from folks who just wanted to recycle their books.

It was an amazing adventure with book dealers coming to find the rare finds (which we could never identify and sold for the same low price) as well as the customers who just wanted a read at a price that wasn't the commercial outrageous price. We sold paperbacks for less than five dollars and hardbacks at less than ten dollars. It was a book lovers dream.

I miss the "Book Nook" and hope that there will always be used book stores out there and folks who just collect the books because someone will want to read exactly that book - for that price!

of course, there is always the library - but it's not quite the same as having the book on your own personal shelf......

good reading -

Seshat
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