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Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times: A Collection of All Original Essays from Today's (and Tomorrow's) Young | Kevin Smokler
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An anthology of original essays from our most intriguing young writers, Bookmark Now boldly addresses the significance of the production of literature in the twenty-first century. Or simply, How do we talk about writing and reading in an age where they both seem almost quaint?The book features authors in their twenties and thirtiesthose raised when TV, video games, and then the Internet supplanted books as dominant cultural mediumsand their intent is to examine: (1) how this generation came to writing as a calling, (2) what they see as literature's relevance when media consumption and competition have reached unprecedented levels, and (3) how writing and reading fit in with the rest of our rapid, multitasking world. The result will offer a voyeuristic peek into the private, creative lives of today's writers and shed light on what their work means at a time when the book business is changing, yetalmost paradoxicallya time when storytelling as a means of both self-realization and community building (be it via e-mail, weblogs, or This American Life) seems more relevant than ever before.Edited by Kevin Smokler, a Bay Area entrepreneur who has devoted himself to fostering literary culture and cultivating fresh talent, Bookmark Now is a collection that both captures the state of the art and provides inspiration to aspiring writers at all levels.
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Scochrane26
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Thanks for the cute bookmarks, Christina! @cwarnier #summerbookmarkswap. Love magnetic bookmarks

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WanderingBookaneer
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LeahBergen 😆😆 5y
Bette 🤣😂 5y
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TheNerdyProfessor
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@LibrarianRyan I cannot imagine how much time it took to make these homemade bookmarks - I especially love the glittery ones! These will be perfect for adding some pizzaz to my next reading adventures.

Thank you for hosting and for sending these lovely bookmarks my way!
#bookmarkswap

LibrarianRyan I am glad I made about 60 of the clear one because I am never making them again! 5y
OnlyYoo Love the last unicorn bookmark! 5y
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Wonderwoman89
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This has been my favorite swap. All of these bookmarks I have gotten in the mail are so wonderful. I hope there will be another swap like this. Thank you @TheNerdyProfessor these bookmarks will work perfect at my office for my stacks of paperwork and book I keep at the office. #bookmarkswap

LibrarianRyan 😁👍🏻❤️ 5y
TheNerdyProfessor I'm so glad they arrived on time! Happy reading! 5y
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BookNAround
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A #bookmarkswap envelope today. 😁 @LibrarianRyan @catebutler Looking forward to tomorrow!!!

catebutler I‘ve been biting my nails waiting for these to be delivered, ha! I‘m SO glad it made it when the PO estimated. 😅 5y
LibrarianRyan 😁👍🏻❤️ 5y
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SmartBookaholicsIncBookstore
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Can someone please explain the bookmark swap thing I keep seeing and how I get involved

SW-T It was a #bookmarkswap hosted by @LibrarianRyan If you signed up, you got assigned a swap partner. 5y
LibrarianRyan Why hello there. The #Bookmarkswap is like most other swaps but really cheep!. Basically you sign up and tell the host (in this case me) if you want to do 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 partners, want international, or home country only. Once the registration deadline passed you are assigned someone(s) to send bookmarks to based on the criteria you listed. I ran this one like my other swaps with set open date of Aug 15. This had a short turnaround time. 5y
LibrarianRyan @SW-T Thanks 5y
LibrarianRyan I may do another around valentines day. There are quite a few Halloween themed or close to time swaps coming up, there will probably be a few Christmas ones, and someone normally hosts a Christmas card group. 5y
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Hufflepuffle
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My second #BookmarkSwap package is here!! It is raining hard today and it washed off some of the writing but I think it‘s from @Come-read-with-me 😊

Just waiting on my last swap now, can‘t wait for opening day!!!

Come-read-with-me @hufflepuff It is from me! So excited it arrived before the 15th. I was getting worried! 🤓 5y
Hufflepuffle Thank you very much @Come-read-with-me 😊 can‘t wait to open it tomorrow!! 5y
Come-read-with-me @Hufflepuffle 👏🏻🌼🌸 5y
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bibliobard
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Received two more #bookmarkswap packages today, this time from @IndoorDame and @Princess-Kingofkings ! Waiting is the hardest part 🙃

LibrarianRyan Yeahh 5y
Princess-Kingofkings @IndoorDame That sticker! 💜 5y
bibliobard @Princess-Kingofkings @IndoorDame I might have to cut it off the envelope and stick it some where cause I love it too! 5y
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bibliobard
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Yay a bookmark arrived in the mail from @cwarnier ! It looked like it might have gotten torn open a bit upon arrival, so hopefully everything inside is safe. 🤞 Guess we will find out on opening day. #bookmarkswap

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BeansPage
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@That-Bookish-Hiker is being affected by the government shutdown. If we could help her even a little bit with purchasing some of her absolutely beautiful bookmarks it would be amazing. Every little bit counts!
Let's help her out you guys!!! 😃😃😃
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https://www.etsy.com/shop/JatipDesign

Melismatic This is a fabulous idea! 6y
CBee Just placed an order! 🧡🧡 6y
BeansPage @Melismatic @CBee 🤗😘🤗😘 6y
That-Bookish-Hiker Thank you! ❤️❤️ 6y
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WanderingBookaneer
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If I do a GoFundMe, would the Litsy community help me buy this? 🤪😂

gibblr Let me be the first to say gtfo of here 6y
Zelma When I was a kid, my dad always joked about getting a gold toothpick from Tiffany‘s. (He didn‘t.) 6y
LittlePixels Their "everyday objects" collection cracks me up! ? 6y
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WanderingBookaneer @LittlePixels : They have a sterling silver ball of yarn for 9k and a nest for 10.5k. So see, @gibblr , my request is not that outrageous. I really loved the eggs in the nest and I‘m not asking for 10k. 😜 6y
tjwill What!? 6y
DGRachel But, why?? Think of all the books you could buy for that money! 6y
ephemeralwaltz What😂😂 6y
WanderingBookaneer @DGRachel : You make a fair point. 6y
Kappadeemom Oh my gosh. I would lose it in a hot minute! 😳 6y
TrishB No comments about capitalism gone mad over here..... 6y
dgingo 🤣 That blue box requires *some* markup. 6y
jillrhudy I‘d flush it down the toilet 🚽 6y
riversong153 Lol, no matter where I work there is always an excess of paper clips! 6y
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MeganAnn
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These three #summerbookmarkswap packages went out yesterday morning. @Clwojick @erzascarletbookgasm @LazyLimaLife I‘m so sorry I didn‘t get them sent out sooner, and hopefully they won‘t take too long to arrive. My broken ankle has made getting anything done impossible so it took me way too long to put things together. Please forgive me for my lateness and I hope you love everything. 🤞🏻😬

robinb So sorry about your ankle! 😬 6y
MeganAnn @robinb aww thank you!! 😘 6y
erzascarletbookgasm Thank you! No worries about it, I hope your ankle is healing quickly. ❣️ 6y
MeganAnn @erzascarletbookgasm thank you for understanding! ❤️ It seems to be going well and the doctor says it looks great. I‘m just trying to be patient and deal the pain. 6y
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Alicia
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Thank you so much to @jillannjohn for these amazing bookmarks and salt/pepper shakers!!!! I absolutely love them!!! The llama is so cute the expression on its face is amazing! Thank you so so so so much!!!! 📚❤️💓📚❤️💓🌵 #bookmarkswap

tammysue Cute! 6y
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sebrittainclark
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Such a fun collection of bookmarks from @PatriciaU

#summerbookmarkswap @Clwojick

PatriciaU Glad you like them! 6y
Clwojick ♥️♥️ 6y
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Posh_Salad..AKA..LazyLimaLife
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I returned from vacay Monday, but still haven‘t mailed my bookmark swap out yet! Sorry! I‘m still unpacking and since I collected some bookmarks from Comic Con, I want to make sure I include them. They should be ready to mail by Monday! Here is a picture of “Scar-face” to keep you amused until then. 🙋🏾‍♀️ #summerbookmarkswap

Burghbookaddict 😂😂😂 6y
MeganAnn 😂😂😂 love it!! Also, no rush as I haven‘t gotten mine mailed out yet either. 6y
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sebrittainclark
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My #summerbookmarkswap letters are in the mail! Hopefully you'll all get them soon!

@Gaylagal2 @PatriciaU @Smarkies

Smarkies Looking forward to it! 😁 6y
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Eggs
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Who's with me?

Andrea4 I'm both. 7y
Andrew65 👍 7y
RohitSawant Yes! 7y
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blondie I tend to be a monster at times. Hahaha. 7y
JuliaTheBookNerd Truth!! 7y
tammysue Ha! So true! 7y
Craftylikefox Haha! Yes! 7y
dgingo Never a monster, but I use scraps of paper more often than one of the one million bookmarks I have. 7y
theresidentromantic It's the one thing I've threatened my fiance over. He can do whatever he wants to his books, but if he's reading one of mine and a hair is out of place, he doesn't want to know where he'll find his Xbox controller. 7y
That-Bookish-Hiker My husband did this to his book and I gasped and said “what are you doing?!” Then I promptly divorced him. 🤪 just kidding I told him is never to do that again lol. 7y
Leftcoastzen Indeed ,monsters. 7y
AnastasiaPoirier Haha. I write in my books. I used to feel bad about that, but now I just look at it as a dialogue with the author. It's also fun to reread and see your old notes in the margins--like a journal. 7y
Burghbookaddict Unforgivable! 7y
AnneCecilie 🙋🏼 so true 7y
CouronneDhiver Former monster. 👋🏽 7y
StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego 😄 I used to dogear until I discovered magnetic bookmarks. The normal ones always fall out. 7y
Meeko93 ❤📚 7y
Reggie I loaned my $3.57 copy of Twilight to a coworker eons ago so her daughter could read it. She told me the a week later hey how much did that book cost cause her daughter dogears each page as she goes. It was Twilight so I didn‘t care but I thought mental note: no more borrowing books to Liz. Lol 7y
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mrp27
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#readingresolutions #bookmarks

I'm a bookmark junkie and these are just a few of my favorites.

LeahBergen I love them. 😍 7y
niha923 They're gorgeous!! 😍 7y
TommieMarie74 I‘m one too. Do we need to start a support group? 7y
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TrishB Lovely ❤️ I‘m obsessive about them too! 7y
debthmpsn Oddly enough, I don‘t own any bookmarks. For some reason I got in the habit Of using random scraps of nearby paper to mark the spot (could be a receipt, junk mail, shopping list lol). These lovely bookmarks, however, lead me to believe I‘m missing out on something fun :) 7y
mrp27 @TommieMarie74 We just might! 😜 7y
mrp27 @debthmpsn in a pinch I'll use whatever is handy but for the most part I have always used a bookmark. Now I'm at the point where I collect them from bookstores I've visited and they make great souvenirs from my travels, it's fun! 7y
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