So my friend Mike Boyce just wrote a children's book about homelessness for his BFA thesis, and is trying to raise money to get it published and into San Francisco schools. Economy of scale means that he needs a minimum number of orders to make it feasible to have it printed and bound.

I'll just quote him, because his own words say it best:
"San ( Read more... )

I just found this again, and I wanted to post it here, so I'll have a copy I can get to easily.  Also, now that I think of it, I feel like doing a series of these posts (eventually), talking about what books/authors changed the way I saw the world or my place in the world.  I think this would be a good place to start.

I sent an e-mail to/signed the ( Read more... )