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FROM: sheila sosnicki <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 6/26/03, 5:04 PM

Hello,

What are your rules regarding what may be read for
adult summer reading clubs? Our brochure says "Read 5
books from the Orland Park Public Library" we do allow
audio books. There is some question as to whether or
not magazines should be allowed. Most of us feel that
only books should be allowed however, some staff
members feel strongly that magazines should be
allowed. The argument presented is that young mothers
are harried and hurried and reading a magazine is just
about all they can handle.

Thanks for your input.
Sheila

=====
Sheila M. Sosnicki
Asst. Head of Adult Services
Orland Park Public Library
14760 S. Park Lane
Orland Park, IL 60462
708-349-8138
FAX 708-349-8196

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FROM: "Rebecca L. Spilver" <[removed]@littletongov.org>
REC'D: 6/26/03, 5:04 PM

I have to admit that I'd be happy if they read phone books and shampoo bottles if it got an adult to participate in our summer reading program! I gear my programs towards inclusiveness (read: making it easy) for adults because they are very greatful to be able to participate without feeling like they have to jump through hoops with an already too hectic schedule. Any time I can make someone feel at our library, I'll take it!

Becky Spilver
Librarian
Bemis Public Library
6014 S. Datura St.
Littleton, CO 80120
303-795-3961
303-795-3996 (fax)
[removed]@littletongov.org

-----Original Message-----
From: sheila sosnicki [[removed]@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 3:57 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Adult Summer Reading Club

Hello,

What are your rules regarding what may be read for
adult summer reading clubs? Our brochure says "Read 5
books from the Orland Park Public Library" we do allow
audio books. There is some question as to whether or
not magazines should be allowed. Most of us feel that
only books should be allowed however, some staff
members feel strongly that magazines should be
allowed. The argument presented is that young mothers
are harried and hurried and reading a magazine is just
about all they can handle.

Thanks for your input.
Sheila

=====
Sheila M. Sosnicki
Asst. Head of Adult Services
Orland Park Public Library
14760 S. Park Lane
Orland Park, IL 60462
708-349-8138
FAX 708-349-8196

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FROM: "Rebecca L. Spilver" <[removed]@littletongov.org>
REC'D: 6/26/03, 5:41 PM

Oops, that should be "feel at home" at our library. <blush>

-----Original Message-----
From: Rebecca L. Spilver
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 4:03 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Adult Summer Reading Club

I have to admit that I'd be happy if they read phone books and shampoo bottles if it got an adult to participate in our summer reading program! I gear my programs towards inclusiveness (read: making it easy) for adults because they are very greatful to be able to participate without feeling like they have to jump through hoops with an already too hectic schedule. Any time I can make someone feel at our library, I'll take it!

Becky Spilver
Librarian
Bemis Public Library
6014 S. Datura St.
Littleton, CO 80120
303-795-3961
303-795-3996 (fax)
[removed]@littletongov.org

-----Original Message-----
From: sheila sosnicki [[removed]@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 3:57 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Adult Summer Reading Club

Hello,

What are your rules regarding what may be read for
adult summer reading clubs? Our brochure says "Read 5
books from the Orland Park Public Library" we do allow
audio books. There is some question as to whether or
not magazines should be allowed. Most of us feel that
only books should be allowed however, some staff
members feel strongly that magazines should be
allowed. The argument presented is that young mothers
are harried and hurried and reading a magazine is just
about all they can handle.

Thanks for your input.
Sheila

=====
Sheila M. Sosnicki
Asst. Head of Adult Services
Orland Park Public Library
14760 S. Park Lane
Orland Park, IL 60462
708-349-8138
FAX 708-349-8196

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FROM: Carolyn Rector <[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 6/26/03, 6:13 PM

Before I came aboard at this library, our Adult Summer Reading Club had
the patrons signing up to be included in the raffles and the Brown Bag
Lunch programs, but I read somewhere that if you want Adult patrons to
participate you have to make it as easy as possible. Now, whenever adult
patrons check anything out we give them raffle tickets to register for our
drawings, we draw three names a week as winners of "readers" of the week.
I keep my numbers by keeping all those raffle tickets. We have games to
play, if they return them they get 4 raffle tickets. At our brown bag
lunch programs, we have door prizes that they register for, so that helps
me take attendance, ie get my numbers. All raffle tickest go back into a
large drawing for the "super Prizes" Our prizes are usually donations
from area restaurants and local businesses. Anthing extra we do for our
patrons is appreciated.
It's fun!

Carolyn Rector
Adult Services Librarian
Tipp City Public Library
11 E. Main St.
Tipp City, OH 45371
937-667-3826

FROM: Amy Garrett <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 6/26/03, 7:37 PM

Hello sheila,
We allow books (from anywhere), books on tape and
books on CD. Although we would prefer that they check
their materials out here, some of our patrons do buy
their materials because they just cannot get an item
read/listened to in a 2-week (4 weeks if renewed)
period. To be perfectly honest, I have never
considered a magazine and none of my patrons have
every asked about them.
Hope this helps!
Sincerely,
Amy Garrett
--- sheila sosnicki <[removed]@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> What are your rules regarding what may be read for
> adult summer reading clubs? Our brochure says "Read
> 5
> books from the Orland Park Public Library" we do
> allow
> audio books. There is some question as to whether
> or
> not magazines should be allowed. Most of us feel
> that
> only books should be allowed however, some staff
> members feel strongly that magazines should be
> allowed. The argument presented is that young
> mothers
> are harried and hurried and reading a magazine is
> just
> about all they can handle.
>
> Thanks for your input.
> Sheila
>
> =====
> Sheila M. Sosnicki
> Asst. Head of Adult Services
> Orland Park Public Library
> 14760 S. Park Lane
> Orland Park, IL 60462
> 708-349-8138
> FAX 708-349-8196
>
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Amy Garrett
OLC Northeast Chapter Past Coordinator
Asst.' Head of Adult Services
Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library
3512 Darrow Rd.
Stow, OH 44224
(330) 688-3295
[removed]@oplin.lib.oh.us

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FROM: Candice Michalik <[removed]@yahoo.com>
REC'D: 6/27/03, 8:08 AM

Our program this year divides the books into
categories. We have several, such as "Read a
Biography or Autobiography," "Read a Book of Poetry,"
several "Your Choice!" categories, and one "Read a
Short Story." I would think that reading a short
story (not a book of short stories - just one
story)would be preferable to reading a magazine.
Perhaps this would help those who don't have time for
an entire book. Perhaps you could provide a list of
short books. There was a thread a few years ago
called "One Day Reads for the Beach" which can be
found at
http://www.webrary.org/rs/flbklists/OneDay.html

We do allow audiobooks.

=====
Candice Michalik
Reference Librarian
Lynchburg Public Library
Lynchburg, VA
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FROM: "Deborah T. Walsh" <[removed]@geneva.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 6/27/03, 8:42 AM

Our program here at Geneva Public Library is organized so that participants
can read an unlimited number of books and/or listen to an unlimited number
of audiotapes, as long as the recorded books are unabridged. We are very
strict about the requirement that material to be logged has been checked out
of our library (or retrieved through ILL) and do not allow participants to
read their own books. When they wish to do this, we suggest that they check
our copy out, so that it still "counts" as a circulation. In order to log a
book, it must have been at least one hundred pages (we assign points earned
in 100 page increments) so magazines do not count.

For good or for ill, this program spins on our circulation statistics - we
want to be able to show strong circulation when it comes time to do our
state reporting, and this program makes a big difference. We are a
community of 24,000, and right now, we have well over 600 adults signed up
for our program. It's very popular here, it has lots of rules and
restrictions, and, frankly, we like it that way because it levels the
playing field and feels "fair." Call me a cynic, but in the thirty years I
have lived in libraryland I have found that the more exceptions you make in
a program, the more people will find other exceptional things to demand.

Deborah T. Walsh
Geneva Public Library District
Geneva, IL
[removed]@geneva.lib.il.us

FROM: [removed]@netscape.net (Ruth Richards)
REC'D: 6/27/03, 9:12 AM

Hi,

We had our first every summer adult reading club this year. We allow one book - one ticket, Our One Book, One Community book is three tickets, and reading 5 books to a child is a ticket. We have weekly drawings and a grand prize drawing at the end of the summer. Almost all prizes came willingly from local merchants. We also received nice support from our Friends. All in all it has been very successful! And it hasn't cost us anything except man-power. We are also compiling titles so we can make a bibliography of all the books read this summer by our patrons. If you have any questions, ask.

Ruth Richards
Librarian
St. Clair Shores Public Library
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
586-771-9020
sheila sosnicki <[removed]@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>What are your rules regarding what may be read for
>adult summer reading clubs?  Our brochure says "Read 5
>books from the Orland Park Public Library" we do allow
>audio books.  There is some question as to whether or
>not magazines should be allowed.  Most of us feel that
>only books should be allowed however, some staff
>members feel strongly that magazines should be
>allowed.  The argument presented is that young mothers
>are harried and hurried and reading a magazine is just
>about all they can handle.  
>
>Thanks for your input.
>Sheila
>
>=====
>Sheila M. Sosnicki
>Asst. Head of Adult Services
>Orland Park Public Library
>14760 S. Park Lane
>Orland Park, IL 60462
>708-349-8138
>FAX 708-349-8196
>
>__________________________________
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FROM: Patti Cheney <[removed]@libcoop.net>
REC'D: 6/27/03, 9:34 AM

Hi All!

We are doing our first summer reading program for adults this summer,
and we're trying to make it as easy as possible for all concerned. We
are asking that patrons either read or listen to books, but are not
restricting them to our books, nor are we asking whether audiobooks are
unabridged or not. We are not even asking them to register! All they
have to do is fill out a form for each book they read or listen to, and
each form they turn in is eligible for our final grand prize drawing.
The form includes the following info:
Name
Phone #
Title
Author
Comments (and we added the sentence: "Your comments, if you wish to make
any, may be helpful in recommending this book to others")
"This is the __ (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) book I have read. After you read
5 books you will have earned a small prize!"
"The Romeo District Library will be compiling a list of titles of "What
We Read This Summer" for all patrons' future reading."

Our theme is Laugh Out Loud at Your Library, and I also compiled a
humorous bibliography, but patrons can read or listen to anything they
want.

Hope this helps!
Take care!
Patti Cheney
Adult Services
Romeo District Library
Washington, MI

FROM: "Ann Jarvis" <[removed]@vlc.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 6/27/03, 1:22 PM

In past years we have given prizes based on hours read. That might
eliminate the problem of what format the reader prefers.

Ann Jarvis
Grace A Dow Memorial Library
Midland MI

---- Original Message ----
From: [removed]@yahoo.com
To: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
Subject: RE: Adult Summer Reading Club
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:57:20 -0700 (PDT)

>Hello,
>
>What are your rules regarding what may be read for
>adult summer reading clubs? Our brochure says "Read 5
>books from the Orland Park Public Library" we do allow
>audio books. There is some question as to whether or
>not magazines should be allowed. Most of us feel that
>only books should be allowed however, some staff
>members feel strongly that magazines should be
>allowed. The argument presented is that young mothers
>are harried and hurried and reading a magazine is just
>about all they can handle.
>
>Thanks for your input.
>Sheila
>
>=====
>Sheila M. Sosnicki
>Asst. Head of Adult Services
>Orland Park Public Library
>14760 S. Park Lane
>Orland Park, IL 60462
>708-349-8138
>FAX 708-349-8196
>
>__________________________________
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FROM: "Megan Millea" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 6/27/03, 4:03 PM

The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County requires patrons to
read 5 books, either print or audiobooks. PLCMC's book club is online this
year. Patrons can register and keep a reading log.
Here is the website with the rules and prize information:

http://www.readersclub.org/relaxandread/

Thanks,
Megan M.
Fiction Specialist
PLCMC
Charlotte,NC

>From: sheila sosnicki <[removed]@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Adult Summer Reading Club
>Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:57:20 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Hello,
>
>What are your rules regarding what may be read for
>adult summer reading clubs? Our brochure says "Read 5
>books from the Orland Park Public Library" we do allow
>audio books. There is some question as to whether or
>not magazines should be allowed. Most of us feel that
>only books should be allowed however, some staff
>members feel strongly that magazines should be
>allowed. The argument presented is that young mothers
>are harried and hurried and reading a magazine is just
>about all they can handle.
>
>Thanks for your input.
>Sheila
>
>=====
>Sheila M. Sosnicki
>Asst. Head of Adult Services
>Orland Park Public Library
>14760 S. Park Lane
>Orland Park, IL 60462
>708-349-8138
>FAX 708-349-8196
>
>__________________________________
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FROM: Heuer <[removed]@itol.com>
REC'D: 6/28/03, 10:42 AM

We made our Reading Club very easy this year and we are getting great
response. The past 3 years we asked them to read from categories. They had
to read 5 books total (4 from specific categories and one of their choice).
Then those who completed the 5 put their card into a final drawing for
prizes related to the theme.

This year time was tight, staff was sparse (we've had some cutbacks) and $$
everywhere were thin (thus asking for donations of bigger prizes seemed like
an impossible task).

So we have no categories. They can read our books, books they have
purchased, books they have at home. Except for a few everyone reads library
books. But we increased the number of books they need to read (or listen
to). We ended up calling the program "Good to the Last Page" -a great
suggestion from a fiction-l member- so our "theme" is coffee. Each patron
who joins gets a coffee card and as they read a book we punch out one of the
8 little coffee cups pictured on the card. When the card is filled it will
go into a drawing at the end for coffee cups (some donations, some
purchases), bookbags (freebies from Demco) and t-shirts (donations from some
of the coffee shops in town). We also have a weekly drawing for drink
certificates from coffee shops in the community (about 10 shops are
participating). The customer only has to do a brief 2 line review of the
book on an entry slip to be part of the weekly drawing. No restrictions on
what to read, they can fill as many punch cards as they can read and the
reviews will be put into a "what we read" list later. The patrons love it
and we had to get more cards reprinted because so many want to join.

Jeanne
--
Jeanne Heuer
Brown County Library
Green Bay, WI
[removed]@itol.com

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes,
Art is knowing which ones to keep." -anonymous

FROM: Susan Fisher <[removed]@lib.williamson-tn.org>
REC'D: 6/28/03, 3:39 PM

Our program allows audios, magazines, and even newspapers if they are read
cover to cover. They don't have to read library materials, but most do.
For each item read, an entry form is filled out and we have a prize
drawing weekly. Prizes were all donated by local businesses. Patrons may
write a short review, but aren't required to. At the end of the summer,
we will put all the reviews on our website. This is the third year we've
done the program, and it always gets a great response from our patrons. I
feel that it's our "thank you" for all the support they give us throughout
the year!

Susan

sheila sosnicki wrote:

> Hello,
>
> What are your rules regarding what may be read for
> adult summer reading clubs? Our brochure says "Read 5
> books from the Orland Park Public Library" we do allow
> audio books. There is some question as to whether or
> not magazines should be allowed. Most of us feel that
> only books should be allowed however, some staff
> members feel strongly that magazines should be
> allowed. The argument presented is that young mothers
> are harried and hurried and reading a magazine is just
> about all they can handle.
>
> Thanks for your input.
> Sheila
>
> =====
> Sheila M. Sosnicki
> Asst. Head of Adult Services
> Orland Park Public Library
> 14760 S. Park Lane
> Orland Park, IL 60462
> 708-349-8138
> FAX 708-349-8196
>
> __________________________________
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--
Susan Fisher
Bethesda Public Library
4905 Bethesda Road
Thompson Station, TN 37179
615.790.1887
fax: 615.790.8426
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FROM: "Carol Kubala" <[removed]@columbiapl.libct.org>
REC'D: 6/30/03, 10:09 AM

Hi,

We allow books, audio books from our collection, the patron's collection
or any other source. We do not allow magazines (though we do not state
this). At one time we did state that participants could not count books
read to children. This year I decided to leave that out as I think my
patrons understand the scope of the program. Anyway, it's summer and the
less rules the better. I just want our adult patrons to have as much fun
as the kids and to enjoy their leisure time reading.

Carol

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Adult Services Librarian
Columbia/Saxton B. Little Free
Voice 860-228-0350 Fax 860-228-1569

sheila sosnicki wrote:

> Hello,
>
> What are your rules regarding what may be read for
> adult summer reading clubs? Our brochure says "Read 5
> books from the Orland Park Public Library" we do allow
> audio books. There is some question as to whether or
> not magazines should be allowed. Most of us feel that
> only books should be allowed however, some staff
> members feel strongly that magazines should be
> allowed. The argument presented is that young mothers
> are harried and hurried and reading a magazine is just
> about all they can handle.
>
> Thanks for your input.
> Sheila
>
> =====
> Sheila M. Sosnicki
> Asst. Head of Adult Services
> Orland Park Public Library
> 14760 S. Park Lane
> Orland Park, IL 60462
> 708-349-8138
> FAX 708-349-8196
>
> __________________________________
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FROM: "Carol Kubala" <[removed]@columbiapl.libct.org>
REC'D: 6/30/03, 10:15 AM

Rebecca,

This is the just the best thing I read today!!! With your sunny attitude I'm ceratin your patrons do feel right at home.

Carol

"Rebecca L. Spilver" wrote:

> Oops, that should be "feel at home" at our library. <blush>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rebecca L. Spilver
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 4:03 PM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: RE: Adult Summer Reading Club
>
> I have to admit that I'd be happy if they read phone books and shampoo bottles if it got an adult to participate in our summer reading program! I gear my programs towards inclusiveness (read: making it easy) for adults because they are very greatful to be able to participate without feeling like they have to jump through hoops with an already too hectic schedule. Any time I can make someone feel at our library, I'll take it!
>
> Becky Spilver
> Librarian
> Bemis Public Library
> 6014 S. Datura St.
> Littleton, CO 80120
> 303-795-3961
> 303-795-3996 (fax)
> [removed]@littletongov.org
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sheila sosnicki [[removed]@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 3:57 PM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: Adult Summer Reading Club
>
> Hello,
>
> What are your rules regarding what may be read for
> adult summer reading clubs? Our brochure says "Read 5
> books from the Orland Park Public Library" we do allow
> audio books. There is some question as to whether or
> not magazines should be allowed. Most of us feel that
> only books should be allowed however, some staff
> members feel strongly that magazines should be
> allowed. The argument presented is that young mothers
> are harried and hurried and reading a magazine is just
> about all they can handle.
>
> Thanks for your input.
> Sheila
>
> =====
> Sheila M. Sosnicki
> Asst. Head of Adult Services
> Orland Park Public Library
> 14760 S. Park Lane
> Orland Park, IL 60462
> 708-349-8138
> FAX 708-349-8196
>
> __________________________________
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Adult Services Librarian
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FROM: [removed]@SLS.LIB.IL.US
REC'D: 6/30/03, 10:26 AM

Sheila,
I've never been asked to accept a magazine but I wouldn't. Audiobooks are
fine but it has to be a book.

Chris

FROM: "Franz, Patty" <[removed]@pamunkeylibrary.org>
REC'D: 6/30/03, 10:37 AM

Folks -

Due to popular demand we have inserted this line in our staff instructions (it is not in the ASRP brochure):

If a patron would like to include their children's read-aloud books in the ASRP, they can count 10 children's for 1 adult book. This means that they still have to read one adult book.

It so happens that parents have to read 40 books to their children for our read-to-me club. They have to read or listen to 5 books for the ASRP. We have never been asked about magazines, so fortunately we have never discussed this. We have a don't ask, don't tell procedure about where the books have come from.

Patty

Patty Franz
Supervising Librarian
Pamunkey Regional Library
P. O. Box 119
Hanover, VA 23069

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www.pamunkeylibrary.org

-----Original Message-----
From: sheila sosnicki [[removed]@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 4:57 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Adult Summer Reading Club

Hello,

What are your rules regarding what may be read for
adult summer reading clubs? Our brochure says "Read 5
books from the Orland Park Public Library" we do allow
audio books. There is some question as to whether or
not magazines should be allowed. Most of us feel that
only books should be allowed however, some staff
members feel strongly that magazines should be
allowed. The argument presented is that young mothers
are harried and hurried and reading a magazine is just
about all they can handle.

Thanks for your input.
Sheila

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Orland Park Public Library
14760 S. Park Lane
Orland Park, IL 60462
708-349-8138
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FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 6/30/03, 10:37 AM

At 10:17 AM 6/30/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Sheila,
>I've never been asked to accept a magazine but I wouldn't. Audiobooks are
>fine but it has to be a book.
>
>Chris

Of course, just to be difficult, I might point out that some magazines
have much more wordage to them than many books, and in some cases the
dividing line is iffy. The recently noted MCSWEENEY'S MAMMOTH
TREASURY OF THRILLING TALES, for example, is a trade pb anthology
which is also issue #10 of MCSWEENEY'S MAGAZINE. There area a number
of literary/little magazines like GRANTA (and, for that matter, a
number of genre fiction magazines like BLACK GATE) whose wordage
(and often whose quality) matches or exceeds that of many books.

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: [removed]@juno.com
REC'D: 6/30/03, 1:30 PM

In most cases, selecting a magazine or other periodical would be awkward. Was the proposal to read a specific story or set of stories from a magazine, or to read the current issue on a continuing basis?

I can imagine special, limited circumstances in which it would make sense to select specific stories from a periodical. For example, John Grisham's novel "A Painted House" was printed serially in The Oxford American a year or more before it was published in book form. Impatient Grisham fans might not have wanted to wait. Or, if you had a group with specialized interests who wanted to read the work of old pulp-fictioneers like E.S. Dellinger of "Railroad Magazine" whose work was never published in book form, there would be little choice but to distribute copies from the magazine. (Assuming, of course, that you could find copies, and that their brittle pages survived the photocopier....)

A group reading from current issues of the magazine might be interesting, but it would be more of a current-events discussion group rather than a "book" or "fiction" discussion group.

Bradley A. Scott

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