Thanks to Laura, I found out about The Book Thing the other night. A few new people from the conference and I went and saw it. Russell was nice enough to let us come in on volunteer night. We found some fun books. He made us stamp them with “This is a free book. Not for resale. The Book Thing. Baltimore, MD.” It was a great place! I am totally inspired. Anyone interested in starting a free books store with me?
A billboard downtown said: “A baby costs $385/month. How much is your allowance?”
Wow. That’s pretty darn crazy. Very interesting ad. Pretty daring.
WOW! That is so amazing. I never heard of this before. Plus this is SOO close to my old stomping grounds - I lived at 3339 N. Charles Street, just seven blocks north of where the Book Thing is now. Even if I don't read much, I think it would have been cool for that to have been in the neighborhood when I was there.
Any luck yet with the free bookstore? A friend of mine just dumped 5000 books. I have to find out where they went.
Posted by: Mark at March 1, 2005 09:03 PM