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Hey guys!
This seemed like an appropriate place to post this, since I'm trying to reach people who write the most genres possible. I was recently chatting on another writers forum I visit a lot and a new author showed up who's frustrated and depressed. She lives on the island of Cyprus (having grown up in NY) and is trying to write a children's fantasy novel but is having a hard time getting inspiration. There aren't any bookstores where she is and as she puts it:
"...here in Cyprus, their libraries are more poor than our elementary school libraries in Queens where I grew up. No public funding and nobody seems to donate here. Internet is super expensive here too---too expensive for a working stiff, and moving's not an option."
I made the suggestion to her that rather than staying frustrated, I was willing to spend a few bucks to send some of my overflow novels (plus a few of our OWN novels, of course...) to their library as a tax write-off. I checked with our local post office and apparently there's an International Flat Rate box, just like the domestic one. You can stuff in as much as you can---up to four POUNDS of books, and it's only $11.00 to send it to Cyprus, which will take 6-10 days.
Granted it won't take many hardbacks to reach that weight, but I'd imagine that quite a few paperbacks would fit. She said the library carries both, but if they didn't want the paperbacks, they could always sell them to raise money, or give them away to patrons (achieving the same goal!)
How about it? Want YOUR book to be read in Cyprus by people lolling on sandy beaches vacationing or by book-hungry locals? Have some spares on your shelves that need a new home? I'm sure going to send a bunch, and I would LOVE to find out their shelves are BRIMMING with new books in a few months!
Address is:
Cyprus State Library
Konstantinou Paleologou Avenue 6A
Nicosia 1011
Cyprus
Who's up to help out a stranded American writer asking for help?
Cathy
This seemed like an appropriate place to post this, since I'm trying to reach people who write the most genres possible. I was recently chatting on another writers forum I visit a lot and a new author showed up who's frustrated and depressed. She lives on the island of Cyprus (having grown up in NY) and is trying to write a children's fantasy novel but is having a hard time getting inspiration. There aren't any bookstores where she is and as she puts it:
"...here in Cyprus, their libraries are more poor than our elementary school libraries in Queens where I grew up. No public funding and nobody seems to donate here. Internet is super expensive here too---too expensive for a working stiff, and moving's not an option."
I made the suggestion to her that rather than staying frustrated, I was willing to spend a few bucks to send some of my overflow novels (plus a few of our OWN novels, of course...) to their library as a tax write-off. I checked with our local post office and apparently there's an International Flat Rate box, just like the domestic one. You can stuff in as much as you can---up to four POUNDS of books, and it's only $11.00 to send it to Cyprus, which will take 6-10 days.
Granted it won't take many hardbacks to reach that weight, but I'd imagine that quite a few paperbacks would fit. She said the library carries both, but if they didn't want the paperbacks, they could always sell them to raise money, or give them away to patrons (achieving the same goal!)
How about it? Want YOUR book to be read in Cyprus by people lolling on sandy beaches vacationing or by book-hungry locals? Have some spares on your shelves that need a new home? I'm sure going to send a bunch, and I would LOVE to find out their shelves are BRIMMING with new books in a few months!
Address is:
Cyprus State Library
Konstantinou Paleologou Avenue 6A
Nicosia 1011
Cyprus
Who's up to help out a stranded American writer asking for help?
Cathy
