Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb… If you’ve been snowed in and are going stir crazy waiting for spring, we recommend taking a mental vacation, with a great read. A good book can absorb you and make the cares of the outside world fall away. No need to put on winter gear to go bookshopping, of course – your next great read is no farther away than the PBS Market.
We’re really pleased by the feedback we have gotten from members since opening the Market, which offers NEW overstock books at discount prices. Members especially love the ability to use a credit for each book, to reduce the prices even lower. You can find the Market under the Search option in the grey menu bar at the top of any page on the site, you can see Market books during your regular book searches, and you can also browse Market books on your Member Homepage by clicking the “New Books for Purchase” link below the lower sliding display. There is also one Wish Listed book currently available in the Market at the top of your homepage, which changes every hour. Take a few minutes to browse the Market, and remember that each purchase supports PBS and helps keep membership free.
On a sad note, a very dear member of the club has left us – LeAnne Grant (Gracious-Granny) passed on peacefully after an illness. Many of you knew her, had received books from her, or had been helped by her in her Tour Guide role here in the club. She was a truly kind and lovely person and she will be sorely missed. Working with her daughter, we have set up a School Book Donation campaign in LeAnne’s memory. It seemed a fitting tribute to one who touched so many lives, and to whom books and reading were so important. We hope that all of you will visit the donation page to leave your comments about LeAnne, which we will share with the family.
We also hope that everyone will hug a loved one a little extra hard today, or tell someone how much he or she means to you. The few seconds you take to say “I love you” to your parent, partner, child or friend are never wasted.
Take care,
Richard and the PaperBackSwap Team
